How Government Can Be More Like Google

Montana CIO Ron Baldwin is doing his part to usher his state technology office into the modern era. In fact, it's work that's been underway for quite a while. At the NASCIO Midyear conference earlier this year, Baldwin talked about what government needs to do to appeal to job applicants of the millennial generation. It has to do with open and collaborative work...

Montana CIO Ron Baldwin Outlines His Mainframe Exit Strategy

Managing technology assets for an entire state is a complex endeavor. As part of the strategic planning process, CIOs must constantly weigh resources against business needs throughout the enterprise. Over the past few years, many CIOs have cited concerns over the expense of maintaining legacy technologies like the mainframe.

Millions in Savings Expected from Montana Consolidation Effort

At the NASCIO Midyear conference in Virginia last month, we talked to many state CIOs who echoed the importance of the priorities that make up the organization's top 10 list for 2017. It's a set of priorities that align closely with those gathered by the Center for Digital Government's* 2016 Digital States survey. Both lists rank cybersecurity as job No. 1,...

CRM Role Changes and Contact Information

SITSD has recently moved its Customer Relationship Managers to a new role within SITSD under the technical Bureau Chiefs. Effective April 4, 2016 the Customer Relations Managers (CRMs), now referred to as Business Analysts, will begin reporting directly to the technology service providers (SITSD Bureau Chiefs). The SITSD Bureau Chiefs will individually and...