Minnesota - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in Minnesota.
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eGovernment - Minnesota - Archive
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Archived articles and resources about egovernment activities in Minnesota.
- Minnesota Pursues Consolidation of IT Services and Staff
- By Sarah Rich. Government Technology, July 26, 2011. "The budget agreement that ended Minnesota’s nearly three-week government shutdown resulted in legislation that will consolidate the state's IT services and staff.
The new legislation will require all IT staff from Minnesota's 70-plus agencies to move to the state's Office of Enterprise Technology (OET) — the state's central IT organization, said Cathy de Moll, the OET's director of planning, communications and marketing. Once the consolidation is complete, the OET will have 1,800 employees — an increase from its current 350-person headcount..."
- OpenGovernment.org expands to Minnesota
- By Joe Kimball. MinnPost, June 17 2011. "The OpenGovernment.org website has launched in Minnesota, bringing raw data, news sources and other public information together in a effort to further government transparency.
The site says it "combines official government information with news coverage, blog posts, social media alerts and more to give readers the real story behind what's happening in government across the state."..."
- State of Minnesota Moves to Microsoft's Cloud for Collaboration
- by Alex Howard. GovFresh, September 27, 2010. "This morning, the state of Minnesota announced that it would use Microsoft's private cloud computing technology as a platform for its collaboration software. Microsoft's blog post reasonably Minnesota's move to the cloud as an 'historic first'. Given that the state's press release, embedded below, describes it the same way, that's not unfair. Details have yet to emerge on the security or privacy requirements that the Redmond-based software giants signed to gain the customer but, as the release notes, 'the move makes Minnesota the first U.S. state to move to a large collaboration and communication suite in a private cloud environment.'..."
- Long-Term Care Choices for Seniors, Families, and Caregivers
- Provided by the Minnesota Board of Aging, Long-term Care Choices is a step-by-step web based tool that will: help you figure out what you need to live well and age well, guide you to resources in your community, and create a plan for you...
- Long-Term Care Choices for Seniors, Families, and Caregivers MinnesotaHelp Network Rochester, Minnesota
- The National Alliance for Caregiving &
MetLife Foundation 2007 Family Caregiving Awards - Winner of the Category of Technology (Large Community). "Long-term Care Choices was developed to assist older Minnesotans and their caregivers to age well, live well, plan well and care well. Developed through a collaborative effort among numerous aging and disability-related agencies and organizations, Long-term Care Choices is a widely used web-based decision tool for seniors, families, caregivers, and professionals. This tool can be used to identify needs, locate community services, and create a plan of care..."
- Minnesota Implements Additional E-Health Initiatives
- Government Technology, June 6, 2007. "Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced today that the state of Minnesota will implement e-prescribing for state employees and their dependents through a new prescription benefits manager..."
- Minnesota State Legislature Wins Online Democracy Award
- Government Technology, September 13, 2006. "The Minnesota State Legislature's Web site received the Online Democracy Award for "outstanding achievement in using design, content and technology to bring democracy closer to the citizens of Minnesota." The selection committee noted the site's user-friendly navigation, its high searchability, its inclusion of new tools and technologies such as RSS feeds, and its impressive youth page..."
- Minnesota gives legislative publishing system a thumbs-up
- By John Moore. Federal Computer Week, August 3, 2006. "Minnesota’s Office of the Revisor of Statutes has found that a standards-based publishing system has saved time and provided new functionality for users in its first year of deployment..."
- Minnesota Moves Forward on Enterprise IT
- Government Technology, June 14, 2006. "Earlier this month, Gopal Khanna, Minnesota's CIO, announced a newsletter on Enterprise IT. Up to the MN/IT from the Minnesota Office of Enterprise Technology..."
- Bill Introduced in Minnesota to Require Use of "Open Data Formats"
- By Andy Updegrove. Government Technology, April 6, 2006. "I received an email yesterday pointing me to a bill, introduced on March 27, that would require all Executive branch agencies in the state of Minnesota to "use open standards in situations where the other requirements of a project do not make it technically impossible to do this."..."
This category last updated: 28 July 2011