My Back Story

I ripped this description of what I am supposed to be doing out a conference program.  It might look familiar....

"Innovation and modernization through information technology is a daunting challenge in the best of times, and it is even more difficult today as governments face tightening finances and diminishing revenues.

"Under such circumstances, the smart thing to do is look for opportunities to borrow ideas from other jurisdictions who have demonstrated savings of time and money in solving major service delivery challenges. Where to look?

"There are 94,731 city, county and state governments across our nation all working on the many of the same problems so there’s got to be a pony in there somewhere!  This fascinating session provides – at a pace not unlike a 3-day tour of Europe – a look at the best of hundreds of nominees and dozens of winners from the Center for Digital Government’s comprehensive national surveys of best and emerging practices in the public sector IT community.