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NASCIO negotiates new YouTube terms of service
State governments can sign a modified YouTube terms of service agreement stripped of problematic legal clauses, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers announced Jan. 17. The
Spotlight: State CIOs enjoy rising profile
State CIOs report that their political clout has grown as states look to address budget woes through information technology efficiencies. Seventy-one percent of state CIOs said their clout has risen
NASCIO preps state CIOs for health benefit exchange IT challenges
New rules under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (.pdf) will soon take effect and require state chief information officers to implement health benefit "exchanges," or online
NASCIO urges NIEM adoption
States should adopt the National Information Exchange Model data sharing construct, urged the National Association of State Chief Information Officers in an April 28 statement . NIEM is a set of
Facebook revises terms of service for state and local governments
Facebook has agreed to remove legal barriers from its terms of service that have prevented state and local governments from using the social media website more extensively, says the National
Cloud computing a state CIO priority
Virtualization and cloud computing are the first and second highest priority technologies that state chief information officers say they'll have to deal with in the coming year. That's according to
State governments face internal cybersecurity threats
A majority of internal data breaches within state governments are the result of accidents, such as the loss of an unencrypted laptop, according to a survey of state chief information security
A tale of the state CIO and the three performance measurement methodologies
How can information technology shops measure performance against goals? A survey of 40 state chief information officers finds that only 17 percent of state CIOs have objective performance measures
State CIOs urged to consider personal smartphones for work
The National Association of State CIOs is encouraging state IT shops to allow employees to use personal smartphones for work. A recent research report from the association surveyed 36 states about
White House looks to open source government
A White House adviser last week made a plea for open, collaborative use of IT in government--a model that would make use of decentralized, crowd-sourced approaches. Beth Noveck, an adviser in the
