Top 10 IT Priorities for State CIOs
Security
This includes risk assessment, governance, data protection, user training and awareness, and third-party practices.
Consolidation and Optimization
State CIOs are looking to consolidate services, operations, resources, infrastructure and data centers, among other resources.
Cloud Services
“As a service” emerges as a norm within state government, bringing up issues related to governance, security, privacy, data ownership and vendor management.
Project and Portfolio Management
Enterprise portfolio management (EPM) and IT investment management (ITIM) efforts must be tracked back to overall mission.
Strategic IT Planning
More state governments now recognize IT as a strategic capability, with tech innovation to be integrated within all vision-driven initiatives.
Cost Control
Budget limitations remain a perennial challenge for state CIOs, who are constantly directed to do more with less to save taxpayer dollars.
Mobile Tech
Like private industry organizations, state governments seek to accommodate BYOD user demand for new apps while keeping the enterprise secure.
Shared Services
State CIOs are working to transform organizational structures through a shared-services portfolio management and service catalog approach.
The Interoperable Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
Also known as the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), this network promises to provide emergency responders with the first-ever high-speed, national network dedicated to public safety.
Health-Care Data
The federal Affordable Care Act, along with the migration of health data to online portals, keeps health care-related tech innovation high on the radar.