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See How the World's Largest Telcom Company Manages its Network (PHOTOS/VIDEO)
January 31, 2012 - AT&T's Global Network Operations Center tracks daily movement of nearly 30 petabytes of data.

Photo of the Week - NASCIO 2011 Annual Conference Is Under Way
October 03, 2011 - NASCIO's 2011 Annual Conference in Denver focuses on moving government forward.

Georgia CIO Calvin Rhodes Discusses Outsourcing and Cloud Computing
August 25, 2011 - State budget priorities and improving government processes are among challenges Rhodes is facing.

Digital Counties Survey Shows Governments Getting More Practical (Opinion)
August 31, 2010 - Recession makes counties take innovative steps.

Texas Says It Will Seek New Data Center Contractors
August 20, 2010 - State will likely break massive consolidation services deal into multiple parts.

Smart-Grid Initiative May Signal Step Toward Energy Independence (Opinion)
July 31, 2010 - Sacramento, Calif., utility plans smart meters to let consumers track energy use; improved use of renewable energy.

Texas Officials Await IBM Response to Data Center Contract Warning
July 27, 2010 - Texas Department of Information Resources weighs options for moving forward if IBM outsourcing deal fails.

CIO Chad Kirkpatrick Discusses Arizona E-Mail Consolidation
July 22, 2010 - Desktop virtualization and online licensing among other Arizona CIO's priorities.

Texas Warns IBM of Outsourcing Contract Failures
July 16, 2010 - CIO Karen Robinson gives IBM 30 days to fix problems with $863 million data center deal

Missouri CIO Doug Young Discusses Budget and IT Operations
June 30, 2010 - Doug Young also covers contract issues and the impact of health-care reform on IT.

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Featured White Papers & Reports

Government-to-Government IT Services: What Works and What's Left to Work Out

This Digital Communities white paper highlights discussions with IT officials in four counties that have adopted shared services models. Our aim was to learn about the obstacles these governments have faced when it comes to shared services and what it takes to overcome those roadblocks. We also spoke with several members of the IT industry who have thought long and hard about these issues. The paper offers some best practices for shared government-to-government services, but also points out challenges that government and industry still must overcome before this model gains widespread adoption.


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