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Arkansas Digital Government Initiatives

Arkansas Digital Government Initiatives. Claire Bailey Director, Department of Information Systems Arkansas Chief Technology Officer. Behind the Architecture. Technology Goals & Trends. Align technology goals to Governor Beebe’s vision for Arkansas

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Arkansas Digital Government Initiatives

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  1. Arkansas Digital Government Initiatives Claire Bailey Director, Department of Information Systems Arkansas Chief Technology Officer

  2. Behind the Architecture

  3. Technology Goals & Trends • Align technology goals to Governor Beebe’s vision for Arkansas • Goals identified by the State Technology Council (STC) • Trends identified by the Enterprise Architecture Team

  4. Goal 1: Improve Education for Arkansans

  5. Goal 2: Improve Economic Development

  6. Goal 3: Increase Efficiency in State Government

  7. Goal 4: Improve Citizen Access

  8. Goal 5: Protect the Environment

  9. Technology Trends

  10. Broadband Arkansas Approach: • Connect Arkansas • Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network (ARE-ON) • Arkansas Telehealth Oversight and Management (ATOM) • Next Generation State Network • Consumer Class Internet

  11. Business Analytics Arkansas Approach: • Turn data into information for analysis and forecasting to enhance timely decision making effectiveness • Dashboards to help visualize the information of important business processes or indicators to improve understanding

  12. Cloud Computing/ Software-as-a-Service Arkansas Approach: • Private/Public Cloud Partnerships • Virtualization • Backup and Recovery Services • Exchange Email

  13. Communication and Collaboration Tools Arkansas Approach: • SharePoint • Distance Learning • Video Conferencing • Video Arraignment • Unified Communications (UC) project • instant messaging, presence information, telephone, video conferencing, and other types of communication

  14. Cyber Security Arkansas Approach: • Endpoint protection and antivirus solution state contracts saving state $139,000 annually • Provide intrusion prevention system on state network that is customizable at local level • Provide firewalls for organizations on state network • Security event and incident management system monitors suspicious traffic on the state network and notifies customers

  15. Data Center Modernization Arkansas Approach: • Ensuring cost effectiveness • Ensuring security • Ensuring efficiency • Provide increased availability and reliability for essential state services

  16. Digital Government

  17. Digital Government Arkansas Approach: • 2010 Best of Web – 2nd Place • Arkansas.gov portal provides approximately 430 online services supporting state, county, and city governments • Arkansas was the 1st state in the nation to provide secure payment processing services including – inmate trust account deposits, probation and parole supervision and restitution payments, and Pulaski County property tax payments

  18. Enterprise Mobility Arkansas Approach: • Highly portable devices enable the workforce to provide a wide variety of tasks at any location making them more efficient and productive • New web sites are being developed with cross-platform capability specifically for smartphones • Enterprise e-mail servers are providing native support for mobile devices

  19. Green IT Arkansas Approach: • Each agency has addressed the Governor’s Executive Order as is evidenced by successful initiatives. • Multiple agencies shifted to purchasing equipment that meets the ENERGY STAR certification and/or EPEAT rating requirements • The current IT Plan reports that approximately 47% of technology equipment utilized in state agencies meets these standards • The State Data Center reduced its energy use by 16% for Fiscal Year 2010 compared to the benchmark year of Fiscal Year 2008

  20. Health IT Arkansas Approach: • Health Information Office established to coordinate the planning and development of health IT solutions • State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE) • Arkansas statewide health insurance exchange system • Collaborative effort of public and private stakeholders to plan a system that will improve the health care experience for patients, providers and insurers • ATOM Telemedicine Initiative

  21. Social media Arkansas Approach: • Several agencies are using Facebook, Twitter, and other social media technologies • 20% of agencies, boards and commissions are using social media for official business • Social Media Event for Public Information Officers – December 2nd & 3rd

  22. Virtualization Arkansas Approach: • Consolidation of server workloads to enhance availability and efficiency and reduce initial and on-going data center costs • Using virtualization as the engine for driving cloud computing opportunities • Encapsulation of applications and operating systems to a single unit to allow for greater flexibility and operational efficiency • Provide on demand capabilities to be able to deliver computing resources when and where they are needed.  Allow for a “pay for what you use” model. • Utilize desktop virtualization to allow for lowered support costs and higher pc to support tech ratios – help eliminate “sneaker net”

  23. Web 2.0 Arkansas Approach: • Provides the state another avenue to better help government achieve its goals by being transparent, participatory, and collaborative • Benefits – Increased efficiency, improved services, greater accessibility of public services, and more accountability • Mobile services – county property tax payments, the Game and Fish Commission’s Game Check, and the Secretary of State’s Voter View, and Recovery.Arkansas.gov

  24. The NEW State Technology Council Website STC.arkansas.gov

  25. Questions?

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