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Michigan sees dividends in courtroom video strategy
(Wikimedia Commons) For Michigan’s state court system, video conferencing is more than just a perk of the 21st century: It is a tool to cut costs and increase public safety. For the past two years,...
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Hot tech tools for today’s classrooms
Plickers’ app allows teachers to quickly scan student response cards and assess how well students are doing. (Pickers) PHILADELPHIA — With more than 550 companies demonstrating their latest hardware,...
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Minecraft attracts long lines at ISTE conference
Teachers got to play Minecraft for the first time at the annual ISTE conference. (Corinne Lestch/StateScoop) PHILADELPHIA — There were hundreds of vendors at ISTE showing off their latest educational...
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Kansas to host next-gen 911 call system on the cloud
(iStockphoto) Kansas is on cloud nine-one-one. According to a report released Monday, the Sunflower State will adopt a cloud-hosted, next-generation 911, or NG911, calling system. The move comes as the...
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Commentary: How to become the ‘transcendent’ CIO
(iStockphoto) The CIO role in our state and local governments has been changing at a rapid clip. Increasingly, governments want technology officers to deliver services that make it easier for agencies...
View ArticleMinnesota’s move to centralized IT makes room for cyber
Minnesota’s move to a centralized information technology operation represents a once-in-a-career opportunity for state Chief Information Security Officer Chris Buse: He has the chance to architect the...
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California governor appoints new data center head
(StateScoop) The chief information officer for the California Department of Food and Agriculture could be headed to the state CIO’s office. Gov. Edmund Brown appointed Robert Schmidt, who has been...
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One Year In: Collins looks to improve Delaware IT options
James Collins, Delaware’s chief information officer (Wyatt Kash/StateScoop) As Delaware’s first chief information officer to come from within the government, James Collins said he knows firsthand how...
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Nebraska CIO poised to save $5.3M over 10 years with IT consolidations
CIO Ed Toner led a review of the state’s systems when he took over in June. (Courtesy of Nebraska Governor’s Office) Since taking over as Nebraska’s chief information officer in June, Ed Toner...
View ArticleVMWare: Virtualization sets the tone for the future of state IT
The following content was produced for and sponsored by VMWare. State information technology could look a lot different in 2020 thanks to virtualization, two executives from VMWare told StateScoop....
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