Beautiful, Terrible IT Consolidation
Depending on which state CIO you ask (or even which time of day you ask him/her), consolidation is either the best or the worst thing that’s ever happened to government IT. On the one hand, those...
View ArticleAre you coddling your mission-critical apps?
Whenever I ask state and local government IT managers if they’re using virtualization, the answer is “yes” nearly 100 percent of the time. But when I alter that question slightly and ask if they’re...
View ArticleIndiana’s big data push
Indiana is beginning a big data push this summer, purchasing SAP’s HANA box that will help the state do in-depth analytics in an effort improve the lives of its citizens, Chief Information Officer Paul...
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Mississippi planning cloud email initiative
Miss. CIO Craig Orgeron Mississippi is planning an enterprise cloud email initiative. In an interview with StateScoop, state Chief Information Officer Dr. Craig Orgeron said Mississippi is in the early...
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Virtualization Made Easy With HP
This content is sponsored by HP. It originally appeared on HP’s blog. What if virtualization were easy? With HP, it is. Take Dauphin County in Pennsylvania for instance. Tom Guenther, who oversees an...
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New digital momentum for state and local governments
Editor’s Note: The following article and infographic were sponsored by HP and Intel. The rising capital reserves of state and local governments, and a new generation of digital technology and...
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Harvard spotlights innovative state, local tech programs
Harvard University’s Widener Library (Wikimedia Commons) The Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation had a problem: They were turning away too many applicants for...
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How Philly uses cloud migration as a path to innovation
Philadelphia’s Chief Innovation Officer Adel Ebeid (left) is working with Mayor Michael Nutter (right) to fast-track innovation. (City of Philadelphia) By the end of the year, Philadelphia’s Chief...
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How Detroit can use map data to better understand itself
Digital mapping technology and map data can provide an inside look at how communities either prosper or decline. (Pixabay) For most, a city map means a piece of paper showing streets and landmarks, but...
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Video game designer shares education predictions for 2025
Video game designer Jesse Schell speaks at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference in London about three years ago. New York – What will the future of games as learning tools look like? According to...
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Virginia school district sees hope in virtual mental health program after...
A still image from Kognito’s digital simulation program for middle school students. Public officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, have turned to a high-tech solution to identify and help students...
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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...
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