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Initial efforts to save money by making state agencies more efficient have yielded $3.6 million in immediate savings opportunities for the state of Arizona. The Efficiency Review Initiative team released an interim report that examines…

"We will be driving technology through this budget crisis," he said in a luncheon keynote. "We have systems out of date across the board, legacy systems not talking to each other. Again, I wish more legislators actually knew what a legacy system is. That just doesn’t make sense with technology," he said. The controller said he will advocate for legislation in this arena. "It is not only important," he stated, "it is strategically an imperative and has to be a priority."

"Really, it takes people like the governor from Virginia and Massachusetts and here, coming from business, with business savvy," Anderson said. "Having Gov. Benson understand this makes my job a lot easier. If I had to convince a governor it would be a very different thing."

"Three state-government programs, one city program and one federal program are winners of the 16th annual Innovations in American Government Awards, receiving $100,000 grants to support replication activities."

"The 11 city IT projects were selected from the survey responses based on pre-established criteria that included innovation, enterprise-wide or multi-jurisdictional applications and collaboration."

"Oregon could save millions of dollars while increasing the flexibility, usefulness and reliability of its computer systems." Barnhart said.

The vice grip on budgets remains tighter than ever as state and local governments head toward the end of the fiscal year in June. As leaders talk about tough choices and the need to control…