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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
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Lessons Learned: Are we ready for the Big One?
If you live in California, you know what the "big one" means? Not a
hurricane, but a large earthquake. Every day California has small
earthquakes. Those are poignant reminders—until we start ignoring them.
Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown blogs about what California might learn from recent Hurricane Katrina.
Lessons Learned: In the Public Sector
In an article about Sharon Dawes over at GovTech, she mentioned her note-worthy lessons learned:
"This project was my first taste of public service, and my first taste
of IT. It taught me very early that these two things exist in a very
powerful but uneasy relationship. And the lessons of that project came
forward with me into every job I've had since. Three lessons:
- No initiative that makes use of IT can succeed on the basis of the technology.
- The way government uses information can profoundly affect people's lives for both good and bad.
- A
public service program is an extraordinarily complicated mixture of
principles, practices, policies, organization and information, and no
one understands it completely."
I'll post those where I work.
9:21:10 PM
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California's Department of Technology Services has a new director, P. K. Agarwal
Governor Schwarzenegger appointed a director for the Department of Technology Services. The press release gives some details, including Governor Schwarzenegger's statement:
"P.K.'s understanding of California's information technology systems
and experience in state government, combined with his expertise in
state and local government technology infrastructure, provide him with
a fantastic foundation to lead this new department and its unique
challenges," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "He shares my dedication to
ensuring state government is efficient, effective and responsive to the
people of California. I am confident that under his direction, the
Department of Technology Services will successfully consolidate and
modernize California's information technology system for the future of
our state."
This appointment requires Senate confirmation.
Elsewhere, according to a Montana State website biography:
P. K. Agarwal is a nationally recognized leader in e-Government and has
been a pioneer in government technology for over 25 years. Prior to
joining NIC in year 2000, P. K. served as CIO in the State of
California, during which time he established and led a national platform
to help states with their electronic government vision and strategies.
What's the California Department of Technology Services?
Iin July 2005, Governor
Schwarzenegger established the Department of Technology Services (DTS) to consolidate the Stephen P. Teale and
Health and Human Services Data Centers with the Department of General
Services Office of Network Services under the jurisdiction of the State
and Consumer Services Agency.
What's today's State Government news?
Today the DTS director didn't make headlines, partly because the Governor also "Ousted the Flood Board." Today, the big California Government story is that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced all seven board members
of the state's top flood-control agency. Some questioned the timing of
the change in light of the board's recent decision to review urban
development in flood-prone areas.
Our technology infrastructure rarely makes the headlines.
8:54:45 PM
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