Members of the Conference on California's Future Advisory Board met last week to focus on planning for the educational program/workshops for the Information Technology segment of the May 2009 event.
Discussion focused on topics currently "top-of-mind" for public IT officials from the region. including:
This included:
• Collaborative tools for mobile workers. The goal advisory members agreed is to productively un-tether public employees from desks and includes a push towards more mobile "anywhere" computing enabled by such things as video conferencing, greater deployment of lap-top computers and mobile devices.
• Dealing with difficult budget times. Advisory Board members agreed that strategies such as shared services are vital for getting the most out of tightening financial resources, combined with learning how to prioritize to effectively reduce costs.
• The greening of California IT. The board discussed how consolidation and virtualization will help pool and share IT resources in a way that reduces costs and makes the IT infrastructure far more flexible.
• Project Governance. The board stressed the importance of developing standard methodologies and beefing up PMOs to ensure projects are completed on target.
• Records management. The identifying and managing of records was "top of mind" for almost every member of the advisory board. Crucial aspects of this topic include eDiscovery, case management and data governance that will be covered in the seminar program.
• Web 2.0 best practices. The group was very interested in seeing case studies of government entities using social networking applications to deliver services or reach out to their citizens.
If you would like to learn more about the IT educational elements of the event or have ideas to contribute please contact Susan Shinneman at sshinneman@govtech.com. We'd love to hear from both government and industry with your feedback and suggestions.
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