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- Articles and resources about egovernment activities in the various state governments of the United States.
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- Top 2013 Industry Trends for State and Local Government
- Three trends that may change how you work this year. GovDelivery, April 2013. "As part of its ongoing research into public sector communications, digital communications provider GovDelivery surveyed more than 400 individuals in U.S. state, county, and city government organizations to identify the most important trends for 2013. The potential trends included today's hot topics, such as big data, cloud computing, and cybersecurity: - Big data/open data - Budgets - Citizen/customer service - Cloud Computing - Collaboration - Cybersecurity - Mobile government/Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) - Technology Respondents were asked to look at these trends through three distinct filters: - Trends taking center stage in 2013 (affecting their agencies and others) - Trends directly affecting their own work - Trends that their organizations were already addressing While there are differences between state, county and city government responses, all levels of government shared the top three trends overall: 1. Collaboration with other agencies and with citizens 2. Citizen/customer service 3. Mobility and bring your own device (BYOD) This paper examines the survey responses and the implications for state and local government moving forward in 2013..." [Requires Registration]
Added: 30 April 2013;
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- Survey Identifies Ways to Improve Local Governments
- Posted by Mary Yang for GovDelivery. Reach the Public, April 29th, 2013. "Collaboration, customer service, and mobile communications top the list of trends important to state and local governments in 2013, according to results of a GovDelivery survey of more than 400 individuals in U.S. state, county and city government organizations. Improvements to the three trends can help state and local governments fulfill their core missions more efficiently: - Better collaboration increases efficiency. - Better customer service through increased engagement with citizens and stakeholders results in organizations fulfilling their missions. - Expanded use of mobile devices helps government organizations reduce their costs while enhancing productivity, collaboration, and customer service..."
Added: 30 April 2013;
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- Following the Money 2013
- How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data. Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Release date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013. "Every year, state governments spend tens of billions of dollars through contracts with private entities for goods and services, subsidies to encourage economic development, grants, and other forms of spending. Accountability and public scrutiny are necessary to ensure that state funds are well spent. In recent years, state governments across the country have created transparency websites that provide checkbook-level information on government spending – meaning that users can view the payments made to individual companies and details about the goods or services purchased. These websites allow residents and watchdog groups to ensure that taxpayers get their money’s worth from deals the state makes with companies..."
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- New Transparency Grades Issued for States
- By Mike Maciag. Government Technology, March 26, 2013. "It was only a few short years ago that many states still didn't provide spending transparency information online. Now, for the first time, all 50 states maintain websites with checkbook-level data, allowing citizens to dig deeper into how governments spend taxpayer dollars. U.S. Public Interest Research Group examined each state in a report published today, finding many made significant improvements in the area of online transparency. The consumer advocacy group scrutinized the extent to which states posted a range of expenditures and made information easily accessible, issuing grades to each state government..."
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- Open e-government in U.S. state governments: Survey evidence from Chief Information Officers
- by Sukumar Ganapati, Christopher G. Reddick, Government Information Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 115–122. "Abstract - This paper examines the extent to which state governments in the United States have adopted open e-government initiatives. The adoption is examined in terms of the three pillars of open government identified by President Obama's administration: transparency, participation, and collaboration. Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of state governments were surveyed to identify the extent of the adoption. The paper highlights that open e-government initiatives are unevenly developed. Nearly two-thirds of the CIOs surveyed felt that they have achieved high levels of open e-government, but fewer CIOs felt similarly with respect to each of the pillars of open government. Whereas a majority of the CIOs deemed good strides in the achievement of transparency, they were less sanguine about achieving advanced methods in citizen participation or collaboration among agencies..." [A full copy of the article is available from the publisher for a fee]
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- Indiana Nabs 'Most Improved' Digital State Title
- By Noelle Knell. Government Technology, October 31, 2012. "The Digital States Survey, conducted every two years by the Center for Digital Government (CDG), evaluates the IT practices of all 50 states, and assigns letter grades based on achievements in a number of technology-related service areas. CDG is the research and advisory division of e.Republic, the parent company of Government Technology. Announced in early October, awardees were formally recognized on Oct. 21 at the NASCIO (National Association of State Chief Information Officers) conference in San Diego. At the top of the list were Michigan and Utah, each earning A grades. Six other states – Pennsylvania, California, Minnesota, Tennessee, Ohio and West Virginia – received a grade of A-. In addition, eight Best Practice categories recognized outstanding state achievements using technology..."
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- Best Practices Rise to the Top in Digital States Survey
- By Noelle Knell. Government Technology, October 19, 2012. "The 2012 Digital States Survey, conducted every two years by the Center for Digital Government (CDG), amasses an impressive inventory of strategies employed by states across the country to advance state priorities using technology. Entries received are analyzed by a CDG panel of analysts, executives and Senior Fellows, who score responses in several categories. Weighted scores generate an overall grade for each state, as well as a list of the highest achievers in individual categories. The notable examples of best practices are: Adaptive Leadership | Iowa Enterprise ICT | Utah Finance and Administration | West Virginia Public Safety | California Health and Human Services | Michigan Transportation | Tennessee Commerce, Labor and Taxation -- Economic, Business, Community and Workforce Development | Louisiana Citizen Engagement | Michigan
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- Flawed open records laws limit access to state government
- By Mike Mullen, Posted by State Integrity Investigation, July 23, 2012. "Most elected officials don't want to tell citizens anything but the good news. But practiced speeches, triumphant press conferences, and highly polished press releases are little more than the announcement of policy decisions. By that time, the facts have been spun, sweetened and seasoned for public consumption. If you want the full story, you probably have to ask. Though every state has some form of an 'open record' law, exceptions and interpretations in many states are designed to protect the government, and leave the burden of discovery on the citizen. The State Integrity Investigation uncovered numerous legal and financial obstacles that prevent revelations of how and why a state government takes action. According to Caitlin Ginley of the Center for Public Integrity, 'in state after state, the laws are riddled with exemptions and loopholes that often impede the public's right to know rather than improve upon it.'
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- State of the portal: A Review of the 50 States' Online Offerings
- Prepared by The Center for Digital Government and NIC, February 2012. "This compendium from the Center for Digital Government provides a 50-state view of how far states have come in realizing those aspirations. In the pages that follow, you will find an at-a-glance view of each portal and its chief attributes. The categories are intended to provide indicators of: - Reach: How many providing agencies, how many users consuming the service; - Recent: When was the last content update, the last feature, widget or app added, the last refresh to the underlying technology, and the platform expanded to include mobile and other channels; - Responsiveness: How portals have adapted to emerging needs and interests — including but not limited to transparency and sustainability, and the channels used to provide customer service assistance; - Reliability: How personally identifiable information and transaction data is held securely to support trustworthy end-to-end transactions; - Resiliency: The ability of portals to sustain themselves independent of the general fund — now a characteristic of half of all state portals — during the e-government era (which has been subject to two major economic downturns since 1996); and, - Relevance: The degree to which the portal provides a full suite of useful secure transactions across agencies and (to the extent practicable) across jurisdictional lines. [Requires registration]
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- 50 states and no winners
- By Caitlin Ginley. State Integrity, March 2012. "... The stories go on and on. Open records laws with hundreds of exemptions. Crucial budgeting decisions made behind closed doors by a handful of power brokers. 'Citizen' lawmakers voting on bills that would benefit them directly. Scores of legislators turning into lobbyists seemingly overnight. Disclosure laws without much disclosure. Ethics panels that haven’t met in years. State officials make lofty promises when it comes to ethics in government. They tout the transparency of legislative processes, accessibility of records, and the openness of public meetings. But these efforts often fall short of providing any real transparency or legitimate hope of rooting out corruption. That’s the depressing bottom line that emerges from the State Integrity Investigation, a first-of-its-kind, data-driven assessment of transparency, accountability and anti-corruption mechanisms in all 50 states. Not a single state — not one — earned an A grade from the months-long probe..." Provides an interactive map for each state's grading.
Added: 20 March 2012;
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- Following the Money 2012
- How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data. Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. "This report is U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s third annual ranking of states' progress toward 'Transparency 2.0' – a new standard of comprehensive, one-stop, one-click budget accountability and accessibility. The past year has seen continued progress, with new states providing online access to government spending information and several states pioneering new tools to further expand citizens' access to spending information and engagement with government. In 2011, eight states created new transparency websites and several others made significant improvements to sites already launched..."
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- State Spending Transparency Improving, Report Finds
- By Brian Heaton. Government Technology, March 14, 2012. "States showed significant improvement last year in how well they provided online access to government spending data, according to a state transparency report by U.S. PIRG, a nonprofit, nonpartisan federation of Public Interest Research Groups. Twenty-one states earned “A” or “B” grades for their efforts in 2011, 12 more states than in 2010. In addition, only five states received failing marks — a 50 percent reduction from last year. The third annual study, Following the Money 2012, rates online state spending transparency systems on a scorecard..."
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- State Spending Transparency Greatly Improved from 1 Year Ago, Survey Says
- By Matt Williams. Government Technology, March 16, 2011. "As many states are excelling as are failing in a state-by-state grading of spending transparency, according to an assessment announced Wednesday by U.S. PIRG — the nonprofit, nonpartisan federation of Public Interest Research Groups..."
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- Following the Money 2011
- U.S. PIRG: The Federation of State Public Interest Research Groups, 16 March 2011. "Executive Summary - The ability to see how government uses the public purse is fundamental to democracy. Transparency in government spending checks corruption, bolsters public confidence, and promotes fiscal responsibility. State governments across the country have been moving toward making their checkbooks transparent by creating online transparency portals – government-operated websites that allow visitors to see who receives state money and for what purposes. Forty states provide transparency websites that allow residents to access databases of government expenditures with 'checkbook-level' detail. Most of these websites are also searchable, making it easier for residents to follow the money and monitor government spending. This report is the second annual ranking of states' progress toward new standards of comprehensive, one-stop, one-click budget accountability and accessibility..."
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- Open Government - Finally, a version of OpenCongress for your state legislature
- Participatory Politics Foundation; Sunlight Foundation. "OpenGovernment is a free and open-source public resource website for government transparency and civic engagement at the state and local levels. The site is a non-partisan joint project of two 501(c)3 non-profit organizations, the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation. OpenGovernment is independent from any government entity, candidate for office, or political party. The information contained on OpenGovernment pages, wherever applicable, is cited to a primary source-- while we aggregate many different data sources, we do not edit or manipulate government data in any way before presenting it here. OpenGovernment comes from the team that brought you OpenCongress.org, a leading web tool for government transparency in the federal U.S. Congress..."
Added: 10 February 2011;
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