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Integrating the Ivory Tower – State and City Government and Education Leaders make forays into consolidating information systems.
Three years ago, North Dakota officially unveiled ConnectND, an ambitious plan to integrate the state’s universities and government agencies into one administrative software platform enabling front-line staff to use common financial, and human- and student-resource management applications.
Blogs for Local Governments
Outside of election years, and those times when those "big" issues emerge, the public pretty much goes about their business, blissfully unaware of the workings of their local governments.
Montana Promotion Division Selects Siebel Systems and Tier1 Innovation to Further Expand State’s $2 Billion Tourism Industry
"Our priorities for evaluating solutions were clear — minimal risk, strict budget alignment, and broad product capabilities out of the box," said Betsy Baumgart, Administrator, Montana Promotion Division.
Counter-Spin for Open Government – government must almost reinvent the subject of public relations if it is to actually involve and serve citizens broadly in this age of electronic information.
Open government does not just imply that information is available some place where a researcher with enough savvy and diligence can dig it up. Information actually has to be pushed out through the information noise to connect. And this information has to be what citizens need to know — the good and the bad, the successes and failures, and the realistic options for the future.
First-Rate Communication Skills necessary for effective State Govt.
"Communication is a factor in every problem you have."
State and Local Technology Trends
Mark Struckman, vice president of research for the Center for Digital Government gave a briefing on trends in government IT at GTC Southwest in Austin today. Struckman said the Center is beginning to see a…
Made to Order – Using technology to shift power from government to citizens.
Government will never truly realize IT’s transformative benefits until it rethinks and redesigns government systems, service delivery mechanisms and bureaucratic structures to reflect Information Age realities.
Shaking IT Up in Utah
This plan will be nothing more than a reshuffling of bodies if there isn’t some room to make sweeping changes in the make-up and nature of state IT workers.
‘California Grown’ Web Site Clicks With Agriculture Industry and State’s Consumers
Complete with user-friendly agricultural information about the state’s forests, farms, food supply, flowers, fish and fiber, the newly designed Web site also offers visitors an opportunity to access the popular TV commercial featuring Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, learn about new retail promotions, program developments and upcoming community "California Grown" events.
Idyllic Missouri Town’s Web site Offers More Than Brochure Information
"I am convinced that we’ve successfully made the jump from a brochure-type Web site to a full-service Web site while concentrating on the citizen’s primary interests."
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