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A Publication Featuring The Information Services
Technology of Maine State Government
| Volume VII, Issue 9 | September 2004 |
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The keynotes and sessions for the Digital Government Summit will
address the most current and important policy, management and technology issues facing
state and local government within the state of Maine.
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An advisory
board consisting of Maine’s state and local business and technology executives,
including state Chief Information Officer Richard Thompson has collaborated with
Government Technology to create the Summit’s program. The keynote speaker will be Ron Crouch, Director of
the State Data Center for the University of Louisville.
His presentation will focus on: Maine's
Citizens of Tomorrow[1].
The Summit’s Plenary Session, Leveraging Efforts, Services, Investment and
Infrastructure, will discuss today’s challenging times, which call for more
creativity in getting things accomplished. This
is especially true in planning, launching and completing technology projects. It is no longer viable to reinvent the wheel,
create stovepipes, or work apart from other agencies and jurisdictions. Leveraging is the key, but just how do you go about
it? This plenary session will provide ideas,
solutions, inventiveness, and inspiration.
In addition, a Collaboration Roundtable, led by a panel of leaders from all levels
of government will discuss practical ways to share information and
initiatives vertically among the three layers of government.
Partnering can lead to economies of scale that have only been imagined up to now. The product of the discussion will be a list of
actions to take to get collaboration accomplished.
Want to learn more? Visit
http://www.govtech.net/events. If you are interested in attending the Maine Digital Government Summit, which will be held at the
Augusta Civic Center, contact Liese Brunner,
Sr. Registration Coordinator, by calling 800.917.7732 ext 355 or e-mailing lbrunner@govtech.net.
[1] The demographic landscape is changing. Maine's population is getting older, but coming in right behind is a "digital generation". Government's primary challenge in the next 3 to 5 years will be meeting the divergent needs of its population. Who are the "citizens of tomorrow"? What services will they demand? Who will comprise the labor pool for government and private industry? In this revealing session, leading authority Ron Crouch will discuss the results of his research and his vision for the future.
