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Minnesota State Government Online - http://www.state.mn.us/

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Minnesota Office of Information Technology - Enterprise Program Management Office

• Qualitative Benefits - When Minnesota wanted its IT projects to run more smoothly and with greater accountability, it created its own Project Management Academy. By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti - Government Technology, July 2002. "With state budgets shrinking and demands for greater accountability rising, some states are freezing or eliminating IT projects and programs. Minnesota, however, has chosen a different path. Rather then cut back, the state is encouraging employees to complete IT projects more efficiently and effectively through its new Project Management Academy...."

Minnesota Portal Development - http://www.portal.state.mn.us/

• Minnesota preps services portal, By Dibya Sarkar. Government e-Business, January 17, 2002. "By mid-March, the Minnesota state government is planning to unveil a customizable portal centered on services rather than departments and using an enterprise architecture approach...."
• Minnesota Rolls Out Enterprise Portal. Govtech.net, January 16, 2002 -- ST. PAUL, Minn. -- "State officials just announced a major overhaul of Minnesota's Web portal...."
• Citizen Input on Electronic Government Services - 22 January 2002. "In late November, 2001, the MN Department of Administration/Management Analysis Division surveyed Minnesota citizens and conducted four focus groups to report on citizen experiences with and preferences for electronic government services..."
• Designs for Minnesota's new "Single face to state government" revised, 15 January 2002. "The State of Minnesota's Office of Technology has been working with consultants to deliver a new design for "North Star", the state's portal to state government. The revised designs incorporates the concepts and ideas received from design workgroups and discussions with other stakeholders..."
• Minnesota tech: State home page relaunches, By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo. Pioneer Press, 18 November 2002. "The state of Minnesota officially unveils its revamped Internet home page today at www.state.mn.us. The site has a dramatically different structure thanks to a $2.2-million facelift that began in January..."
• Portal may provide fiscal assist, By Dibya Sarkar. Government e-Business, February 20, 2003. "Like many other state governments facing budget crises, Minnesota has some tough fiscal choices to make, including how to maintain the same level of service while reducing spending..."

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Articles

Keeping records clean ; Minnesota leads the way in developing trustworthy digital records BY Paul Korzeniowski Civic.com 5 February 2001 "Three years ago, Robert Horton, a state archivist at the Minnesota Historical Society in Minneapolis, recognized an emerging problem. With the widespread adoption of decentralized computing and the rapid rise of the Internet, state employees were generating more electronic records (e-mail messages, Web pages, online manuals) than ever before."

Prairie pragmatism helps Minnesotans, By Trudy Walsh. Government Computer News, v.22, no.21, 4 August 2003. "Minnesota is a land of plenty: crystal clear lakes, fresh air, lutefisk (a dish of cod soaked in lye) and highly educated citizens..."

Minnesota XMLs statutes, By Dibya Sarkar. Government e-Business, September 16, 2003. "There wasn't anything wrong with the publishing software the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes Office used to prepare drafts of legislative bills. In fact, the nearly 30-year-old customized application served them well..."

Minnesota Announces Key IT Appointments. News Release - Government Technology, September 23, 2003. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- "Minnesota Commissioner Brian Lamb announced the appointment of Keith Payden as the new deputy commissioner for Technology/State CIO for the Department of Administration..."

Minnesota online program speeds hiring turnaround, By Trudy Walsh. Government Computer News, v.22, no.29, 29 September 2003. "Workers at the Minnesota Employee Relations Department were wading in paper. All state job applicants had to fill out a six-page form, and it took about 50,000 applications—a minimum of 300,000 pages—to hire 6,000 new employees a year..."

Minnesota carves e-recruiting path, By Dibya Sarkar. Government e-Business, October 13, 2003. "It used to be a painstaking process for Minnesota's employee relations department to field several thousand resumes a year, sort through applicants' education, experience and skills for more than 100 state agencies, and hire qualified workers. Filling a vacancy took nearly four months on average..."

Minnesota refurbishes its claims system - Business rule software improves performance without altering code, By Diane Frank. Federal Computer Week, February 9, 2004. "Minnesota officials will be able to process unemployment claims more efficiently after the state's officials redesign the unemployment insurance system. Business analysts soon will be able to more easily change the business and policy rules that govern the system..."

Minnesota to add 200 MIPS capacity, by Mark Struckman - Government Technology, March 1, 2004. "The Intertechnologies group within the Minnesota Department of Administration will add 200 million instructions per second of capacity to their computing platforms in fiscal year 2005 (fiscal year 2005 will begin in July 2004). The group expects to spend $500,000 for the additional capacity..."

Minnesota Initiative to Make State Government More Accountable. News Story - Government Technology, September 22, 2004. "As part of a continuing effort to make state government "more accountable and efficient ," Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently announced the administration's Drive to Excellence initiative..."

Minnesota Gov. Launches Citizens' Budget Outreach Web Site. News Story - Government Technology, November 30, 2004. "During his weekly radio show, held recently at the Mall of America, Gov. Tim Pawlenty unveiled his Citizens' Budget Outreach Web site. The Web site is designed to gain public input into the state's budget process..."

Minnesota to Overhaul State IT. Government Technology, April 11, 2005. "Moving forward on a mission to streamline government and make it more responsive, Governor Tim Pawlenty recently launched a major overhaul of state government..."

Audit sounds alarm over Minnesota government's online transactions, by Laura McCallum. Minnesota Public Radio, April 19, 2005. "An investigation has found serious security problems with a state Web site that allows Minnesotans to renew their license tabs online. A legislative auditor's report released on Tuesday concludes that hackers could get into the system and steal consumers' private data. State officials have shut down the Web site until the problems are fixed, and say they're not aware of any security breaches. Some legislators say that reassurance isn't good enough..."

Minnesota Gov. Orders Security Review of State Web Sites. Government Technology, April 25, 2005. "Following a Legislative Auditor's report outlining security concerns with the Department of Public Safety's license tab renewal Web site, Governor Tim Pawlenty directed Commissioner of Administration Dana Badgerow on Thursday to conduct a thorough security review of all executive branch Web sites..."

Minnesota Governor Wants Budget Insights From Citizens. Arizona Capital Times, 7 June 2005. "A new Web site will give Minnesotans a chance to weigh in on the state’s budget process. The Citizen’s Budget Outreach Web sit was designed to gather the public’s thoughts on the state budget process..."

Former Peace Corps CIO named CIO for Minnesota, By Dibya Sarkar. Federal Computer Week, July 29, 2005. "Gopal Khanna, former chief information officer and chief financial officer at the U.S. Peace Corps, was named Minnesota’s first CIO earlier this week by Gov. Tim Pawlenty..."

Khanna named Minnesota CIO, By William Welsh, Government Computer News, 29 July 2005. "Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) has named Gopal Khanna, a former federal CIO, to serve as the state’s first CIO, the governor’s office announced this week. Khanna begins work Aug. 15..."

Last updated: 17 November 2005

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