Boersma to head Michigan's new IT department
George Boersma became acting director of Michigan's newly created IT Department last week. He had been the state CIO in the IT Solutions Office for the past five years. Gov. John Engler formed the new department to oversee all state IT functions and personnel.
Secure Web site holds Arizona law enforcement information
To beef up security, Arizona Public Safety Department officials set up a secure Web site to allow state and county police and emergency divisions to exchange information. State IT workers launched the site early this month.
Bradford comes home as Arkansas' first CIO
Arkansas native Randall Bradford has worked for the Air Force, Dell Computer Corp. and EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, Mass., providing IT services all around the country. Now Bradford will take his knowledge home and become his state's first CIO.
West Virginia agency outsources for a systems vulnerability assessment
One of Jim Weathersbee's first acts as deputy information security officer for West Virginia's Health and Human Resources Department was to hire Backbone Security.Com Inc. to give him an independent view of the department's IT system.
Tennessee upgrades with new car titling, registration system
Tennessee Motor Vehicles Department employees will have an easier time tracking and maintaining residents' vehicle title and registration information thanks to a new $14.2 million system the state will install over the next three years.
Ohio procurement system moves catalogs to vendors
Budget and technological shortcomings have forced Ohio Electronic Commerce Center officials to overhaul e-Buy! Ohio, the state's vendor catalog system. The Administrative Services Department runs the program, which allows state agencies to buy from approved vendors. Vendors, rather than the state, will house and maintain their own catalogs from now on.
GovConnect keeps N.J. officials on the same page
The <a href="http://www.state.nj.us">MyNewJersey</a> portal lets state and local government officials share documents, communicate ideas and keep up with statewide news. Now employees from the Information Technology Office and Local Government Services Division have created a subportal, called GovConnect, to keep the state government in touch with 566 municipalities.
Brown University study finds city Web sites lacking
The Web sites of the 70 largest American cities need major improvements and offer little more than basic information, researchers at Brown University's Taubman Center for Public Policy said.
Va. governor goes to conference via IP
When a scheduling conflict prevented Virginia Gov. James Gilmore from attending the Commonwealth of Virginia Information Technology Symposium in Lexington last week, the state IT Department made sure he was there.
Gibson leads Virginia county's IT division
With her promotion to director of the IT Department, Wanda Gibson's role in the Fairfax County, Va., agency will change little.
New voting systems offer tough choices
Two years ago, Beverly Kaufman anxiously looked over the choices in voting technology. The Harris County, Texas, county clerk was planning a $25 million voting system purchase for the third largest county in the country.
Del. overpays Medicaid bills
The Medicaid program, which provides health insurance for about 40 million low-income Americans and likely will absorb $219 billion in state and federal funds this year, suffers from improper payment losses that the federal government estimates at $11 billion to about $20 billion each year.
Maryland connects a final piece to the electronic voting puzzle
Maryland is taking steps to become one of the first states to have a fully electronic election system, using electronic transfer for everything from voter registration to candidate filings to election day voting.
Asset Management
Sometimes, it's not what you have, but knowing what you have and where you can find it. To keep track of their diverse and growing collections of hardware and software, government computer managers increasingly are turning to asset management applications.
Truckers in Florida bypass weigh-ins
The Florida Transportation Department is working to keep truckers on the road to increase safety and stem traffic congestion. Big rigs can roll steadily through the state instead of stopping at weigh stations because of a new intelligent transportation system launched last fall and officially kicked off Aug. 10.
Ohio child support system runs up against $16 million fine
Officials, IT workers and contractors at the Ohio Job and Family Services Department are working almost around the clock to stave off federal fines of up to $16 million. By Oct. 5 they must reprogram and test the statewide child support system.
States are reeling from Nimda infections
Many states are cleaning up damage from the latest computer worm, Nimda. Some officials said Nimda was much worse than the Code Red worm they dealt with in July.
Arlington County, Va., sets up wireless system to help Pentagon rescue efforts
The Pentagon's home county and a group of volunteers from industry applied the finishing touches to a wireless LAN and Internet access system today to help with the search, rescue and cleanup after last week's terrorist attack.
New York City, hospital group team up to list patients on Web
Within 12 hours of last Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center in New York, city officials and Stream 57, a company owned by the Greater New York Hospital Association, collaborated to post on the Web the names of people treated for injuries sustained in the attack.
GIS, Web deployed in New York after attack
The New York State Technology Office and New York City IT officials are using the Web and geographic information systems to disseminate information and coordinate resources during rescue operations following yesterday's World Trade Center attacks.
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