Va. city outsources IT remotely
In the go-go economic climate of the late 1990s, the city of Falls Church, Va., had trouble hiring and retaining IT staff. City officials decided to outsource all IT work. <br>
Utah CIO Windley resigns
Utah CIO Phillip Windley is the latest to leave in the end-of-the-year blizzard of state CIO resignations.<br>
New Jersey's CIO resigns
Judith Teller will resign from her post as New Jersey CIO on Dec. 31. <br>
Sunshine State lures teacher applicants via the Web
To attract teachers, Florida has launched a Web site that lists job vacancies, online applications, lesson plans and other career resources for teachers.<br>
Georgia CIO Singer resigns
Georgia's chief information officer Larry Singer is resigning.<br>
With e-voting, Broward County election results were slow'but chadless
The Nov. 5 election in Broward County, Fla., went more smoothly than the Sept. 10 primary or the 2000 presidential election.
Housing agency likes mice
At the Chicago Housing Authority, there's a mouse in the house. The nation's third-largest public housing authority is swapping network passwords for biometric mice that scan users' fingerprints.
NASCIO honors 10 innovative IT programs
The National Association of State CIOs last month honored 10 state government programs for IT excellence. The winners were announced at NASCIO's annual conference in St. Louis.
Chicago housing agency sings password blues
The nation's third-largest public housing authority is swapping its password-based network security for a biometric system that uses a computer mouse to scan and submit user fingerprints. <br>
Wyoming can afford to remake budget process
Wyoming has seen several transformations in the past few years, not the least of which is the approach to developing its biennial budget.
Shortfalls pinch states' IT funds
Can state governments make lemonade out of this lemon of an economy? And will they still buy IT?
D.C. wins prize for business portal
The District of Columbia government today received an award for its online business resource center, presented at the National Association of Chief Information Officers' meeting in St. Louis, Mo. The site, at <i>www.brc.dc.gov</i>, won in NASCIO's digital government category for putting tax and fee transactions online for 90,000 Washington, D.C., businesses. <br>
Memphis puts its new multilingual portal on the Web
Memphis, Tenn., home to Beale Street, barbecue and the blues, is also home to a rapidly growing Hispanic community. The 2000 Census shows that the Hispanic population of the Memphis area's Shelby County more than tripled in the 1990s, growing from 7,091 in 1990 to 23,644 in 2000. The total U.S. Hispanic population grew by 58 percent in the same decade.
Iowa launches Web site for bids and proposals
Post it, and they will come. Iowa lawmakers decreed in April that state agencies must advertise all requests for bids and proposals on a page that went up this month on the state's Web site, at eservices.iowa.gov/rfp. Vendors can find specific RFPs by typing in keywords.
New York GIS will map city's underground
New York City's Environmental Protection Department is mapping city sewers with ArcView 8.2 from ESRI of Redlands, Calif.
Arkansas' new CIO is enthusiastic about e-gov
Arkansas' recently appointed CIO, Carolyn G. Osborne, likes her newly adopted state, but she said she 'still has to get the tar off my heels.'
Florida will analyze polling site IT
Florida election officials are reviewing how their new systems performed during the recent election and whether the systems exacerbated the problems that arose.
DOD takes biodefense to local level
Last year's anthrax crisis got the attention of public officials, from the Pentagon to town halls around the country. The Defense Department last month announced a plan to work with state and local health officials to test a surveillance system for biological agents in Albuquerque, N.M., as part of the Biological Defense Homeland Security Support Program.
City posts its faults
Laguna Beach, Calif., has a long history of mudslides. In 1998, one person was killed and 10 injured when El Ni'o rains soaked the coastal city, causing several homes to collapse.
N.C. unholsters new handgun permit system
Three years ago, North Carolina CIO George J. Bakolia, then CIO of the state's Justice Department, faced an IT crisis. Several experienced employees were nearing retirement and only they understood the inner workings of the state's data infrastructure.
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