Saving Money through Technology Sharing
The idea of shared services is hardly new. In today’s financial times, standard operating procedure for service delivery has changed. Governments are looking to shared services and collaboration for savings. What technology tools are required to implement and maintain a shared services approach and how have technology sharing deals worked out? This session will discuss the latest trends and strategies regarding collaboration will take a candid look at costs, benefits, and lessons learned.
Cut Costs through IT Planning
Good IT planning can save money by targeting IT investments to the right areas. This session will provide specific strategies for building a business-driven IT strategic plan that produces a solid return on your government’s IT investments. Hear from governments that have prepared effective IT plans.
Using the Internet to be More Efficient
Governments are increasingly using the Internet as an information portal and a revenue collection engine. Cloud computing is becoming a cost-effective way of providing technology services. This session will identify valuable Internet-driven technologies for government and provide examples of how governments have used the Internet practically, economically, and securely.
Outsourcing IT: Addressing Risks and Cutting Costs
Outsourcing IT can help an agency focus its attention on improving core business functions and also save money. This session will give attendees information on how to analyze outsourcing options to assure that key issues — costs, security, and service levels — are satisfactorily addressed. Speakers will provide lessons learned from their own experience.
Using IT to Do More with Less: Leveraging Existing Technology
Innovation in government is a challenge in the best of times. It is even more difficult in the face of dwindling financial resources. Governments are looking for creative ways to get more out of their existing technology. How can you optimize the technology you already own? Can you leverage your current infrastructure to promote greater innovation and efficiency? This session will explore these questions, provide lessons learned, and suggest tools and techniques to foster innovation in these tough times based on GFOA’s organizational assessment consulting and research.
Achieving Transparency through Technology
Transparency means providing information to the public that is accessible and understandable. The guiding principle is that information and digital records, including various forms of electronic communications, are public information unless there is a compelling reason to keep them private. Come to this discussion prepared with your questions about ways to make your government’s information and processes transparent, and also to share your success stories with peers. Technical experts will be on hand to discuss best practices.
