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How does one become a CIO?

I am not going to lie. My goal is to one day be the CIO of a government agency. Of course, I really don’t know what educational back and job experience one needs. I have a MPA and I am planning on going back to school in an IT related field. Aside from having aRead… Read more »

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Washington gets new state CIO

Washington has a new state CIO, Governor Gregoire has appointed Bharat Shyam. Shyam previously worked at Microsoft and will be taking office today. Shyam developed some of the first smartphones at Microsoft and will be working to help the state more effectively leverage IT dollars to improve state service delivery to citizens. Shyam has experienceRead… Read more »

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GovBytes: Can Cities Survive Without CIOs?

A report in GovTech stated that most cities operate without CIOs. With the increase of technology policy being used in government, this is a bit surprising. Instead, cities rely on IT managers, systems administrators, and city managers to create and implement these types of programs. Why do cities not have CIOs? The reasons vary. SomeRead… Read more »

Note to CIOs: Your organization will never be 100% secure

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Note to CIOs: Your organization will never be 100% secure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhttnIOmDp8&#8242; We’ve already established that perfect security is impossibly in cyberspace, especially with the move to the cloud, the consumerization of IT, and the rise of mobile. Still, even with current transformations, IT can still get more secure as it evolves. Recently, HP announced an enterprise security strategy to address these new challenges, which wasRead… Read more »

Mauricio Cifuentes – The Social Innovation Fund: Implementing Effective Bottom-up Solutions

The essay below has been selected as one of the 15 finalists for the GovLoop and NASPAA Scholarship program. To vote, simply sign in to your GovLoop account (Not a member yet? Sign up for free now!) and then click the big ‘Awesome’ button at the bottom of the post. Everyone is encouraged to voteRead… Read more »

New Enterprise CIO Forum Blog Talk Radio

In this week’s Blog Talk Radio, Bob Gourley and John Dodge talk about the new avenues of attack in the cyber world. In addition, they hit on the #cloudsecurity tweets of the week on Twitter. Highlights of the re-tweets are an interview with CIA CTO Gus Hunt and some thoughts on moving from a privateRead… Read more »

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NASCIO higlights state CIO priorities in annual survey

Deltek Principal Analyst Jason Sajko reports. Yesterday, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) published its state CIO priorities and priority technologies for 2012 report based on its annual state CIO survey. The survey is a valued peek into the minds and wish lists of state IT executives; and when compared against pastRead… Read more »

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What’s on Your Top Ten List? State CIOs Speak Out

The 2012 list of state CIO priorities released today from NASCIO. Not much change from last year, despite 25 new state CIOs. Consolidation, budget, governance, health care and cloud computing are among the most critical policy or technology issues to be faced by state government in 2012, according to state CIOs surveyed by the NationalRead… Read more »

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Big and Audacious Building Energy Goals

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Kim Fowler outlines some great efficiency goals for American buildings. We particularly liked the idea of “Net Zero ready” buildings. Original post