Digital Government
Multistate Matrix is wounded, not dead
Officials at the Florida Law Enforcement Department have not given up.
People
CIOs share challenges
Issues facing chief information officers at the state, local and federal levels are not dissimilar, a panel says.
Modernization
States see VOIP coming
A voice-over-IP network seems inevitable, several state CIOs said.
Digital Government
HHS marches with states on health IT
The secretary of health and human services says feds must collaborate with state governments on digital health technology.
Digital Government
NASCIO goes to Washington
Twenty-one state CIOs took their concerns about cybersecurity and identification cards to Capitol Hill.
People
Feds hunt for XML core
The National Information Exchange Model seeks to identify a core set of schemas and ensure their standardization.
People
Agencies to form commodity councils
If agencies can drive a better deal by bringing purchases together, OMB will ask them to do it, the head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy says.
People
NC develops skills
The governor’s office will devote money and personnel in developing the state’s Center for 21st Century Skills program.
Digital Government
St. Louis tackles bus maintenance
Accenture is developing a system that analyzes real-time data from sensors on St. Louis buses.
Cybersecurity
Security group wants ideas
An interagency task force is appealing to industry for ideas to improve security while reducing costs.
Digital Government
More Medicaid IT outsourcing?
Spending on outsourced Medicaid Management Information Systems will rise by one-fifth, Input says.
People
TopOff exercise heads off virtual terrorists
Emergency workers respond to new and imagined threats.
People
Sharing drives DHS data project
DHS officials are translating the responsibilities into a data architecture.
Digital Government
EDS keeps Medicaid work
Rhode Island will continue using EDS to process Medicaid claims.
People
State and local officials look to outsourcing
Retiring workforce driving new push to contract out services.
People