Monday, February 10, 2003

Reviewing the Eight Imperatives for Networked World Leaders Utah's CIO just returned from a seminar at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government for new government CIOs.  He encouraged the ACIO council to read Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World .  I reviewed the document back in July.  Product managers may want to review it prior to the March meeting. I was excited to learn of Ken Elliott's interest in XML and a little about DEQ's project to enable data on hazardous waste incidents, wells, environmental facilities, etc. in a project that involves the CDC.  Kent is the ACIO for the Department of Environmental Quality.  I have invited Ken and others to an XML working group meeting this Thursday. 5:20:00 PM

More on XML in Government & Other News On XML's 5th birthday, government organizations are meeting to explore ways to more effectively use XML.  Specifications for drivers history queries have been around for two years now and can be found on AAMVA's website. Internet.com covers the ongoing battle over internet sales tax and the SST.  Some major retailers are beginning to collect salestax on their online sales voluntarily. Information Week discusses some of the difficult challenges currently facing state CIOs and mentions Utah's efforts to create an enterprise architecture. The European Union proposes setting up a "Europe-wide" network and cyber-security agency. Business Week article on Pringles can antennas and WiFi security. 10:05:29 AM

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