David Fletcher: eGovernmentElectronic GovernmentGlobal Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)- August 18, 2004 It's great to have a governor that is supportive of technology initiatives. Governor Walker met last week with members of the Utah Information Technology Association which is an association of officials from Utah technology companies. She had this to say, "I hope that we are pushing the technology envelope in the state's services to the point where technology advances our ability to provide top-notch customer services instead of limited bureaucracy. We need to make sure that our...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/08/18.html#a1441 Hurricane Charlie in the Florida Portal- August 16, 2004 I always check to see how states respond to a major disaster on their state portals. Florida has clearly made hurricane Charley information a priority, clearing away the center of their portal and filling it with information on contacts, resources, etc. They've added a banner for an online reporting system to report price gouging in the aftermath of the hurricane. None of the Florida government headlines deal with the hurricane, however, which indicates to me a shortcoming...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/08/16.html#a1440 Marketing eGov- August 10, 2004 This article in Always On a few weeks ago points out the problem with many e-government initiatives: marketing (or lack of). Grants.gov has only received 327 of an expected 15,000 applications. Utah has invested in a variety of marketing initiatives for its services, with I think some success. Services like jobs.utah.gov have over 70% adoption, while others such as Renewal Express have witnessed more gradual, but steady growth. Marketing methods have included bus...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/08/10.html#a1431 Jerry Mechling to speak on Cross-Boundary Integration- August 9, 2004 Jerry Mechling, the primary author of Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World, and instructor of the Leadership for a Digital World course at Harvard, will be in Utah on August 19th to speak about cross-boundary integration. Jane Fountain, also with the Kennedy School, has an interesting article on eGovernment on page 29 of the 2004 Taubman Center Report. She offers this warning: "...it is becoming clear that the new technologies will be used as much for surveillance,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/08/09.html#a1429 |