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Just Reviewing

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:45:14 PST

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Just reviewing today.Thanks for the info.

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Google Apps

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:32:53 PST

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Why not use Google Apps and Email like many colleges and universities have switched to. I believe parts of the US Government and the city of Washington, DC use Google Apps and Mail.

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communication at work

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:00:25 PST

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I think agencys should let people communicate through IM or e-mail on their computers ,working parents can have peace of mind at work and will get more work done and less absenteesim.

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Use OFT as a technology "re-seller" to achieve cost savings

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:55:50 PST

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Use OFT as a technology "re-seller" to achieve cost savings across the board for agencies.

For example web conferencing solutions — Purchase all web conferencing through a single contract at OFT and allow other state agencies to buy into that license. The state will receive substantial discounts due to volume licensing and agencies then realize significant savings by only purchasing the services they will actually utilize.

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Disability Access

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:27:03 PDT

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All the New York State Website need to be in complance with Section 508 (accessibility for person with disability)
Open Public Meeting Law said that all information should be avalable to all. With so much of the information being posted on State, County, and Local Goverments this is now a mandate to make sure the websites are accessible to all!!!
The state can look to Federal Website for complance with Web stanards for person wtih a disability at Section508.gov
Thanks
Hope that you will make the over 3.6 million person with disability in this state have access to the New York State Website.

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Transparency on External Meetings

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:52:57 PDT

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All senior City decision-makers should be required to publish online the date and duration of all meetings with external parties. They should be allowed not to publish this information where there is a justification for not doing so, but on a regular basis each decision-maker should have to publish the number of meetings whose details he has not made public in the usual way.

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Enterprise IT Policies & Standards

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:42:52 PDT

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I think policies should be linked to the building block of the IT city plan. Just like, city planner enforces certain polices and standards for a particular area (e.g. residential complex, manufacturing complex etc) , similarily , we need to enforce policies at the building blocks/ cluster level. Let me give you an example, if I have to setup some policies for the ECM (Enterprise Content Management) system, then I will have different policies for "creating contents" vs "publishing contents". Different capabilities are needed for "creating contents" vs "publishing contents" and hence different policies. You will also need different set of standards for "creating contents" vs "publishing contents".. you may would like to use FileNet for creating contents but probably would like to use Adobe or MIcorosft Word/Outlook for publishing contents.

Cheers!
Syed Suhail Ahmad

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Reducing the cost of IT

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:33:34 PDT

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Very good topic to discuss in this economy. However, its not an easy task to develop a plan to systematically reduce the cost of IT.

I think cost should be linked to the architecture elements. In mapping costs to architectural elements and then aggregating them in various combinations (i.e. business process, capability etc) that are relevant to the business, IT can achieve a clear understanding of the costs. These architecture elements are the components that support a business capability.. you will then know how much is the operating cost to support a capability. Now, business can see the operating costs of a business capability/competency and can reduce the cost by focuing in those areas which need attention, ie, the area where business needs to close the performnace gap.

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IT Strategic Plan 2009-2012

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:23:46 PDT

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Hello,

Enjoyed reading the Enterprise IT Stratgey Plan 2009-2012. I like the idea of clustering the businesses of states into meaningful categories. On a high level, it make very much sense and this is what we do when we do business tranformation/enterprise architecture.

My question is that , do we have any tactical plan also, for example, how would you break dowsn the business clusters (see page 23 on http://www.cio.ny.gov/assets/documents/ITStrategicPlan072909.pdf )into meaningful sub categories, what methodology/framework would you use, how would you define the competencies into related areas?

Probably, we should learn from a city planner who plan a city.. residential areas are seperate from commercial or industrial areas.. we may have to adopt the same technique and same thinking, thoughts?

Can I really revise this post??

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Niagra Brdiges Twitter Feed to Electronic Road Signs

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:09:59 PDT

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In listening to Melodie Mayberry-Stewart talk about the Twitter account that posts updates about Niagara Bridges, the question came up about the risk involved in encouraging drivers to read twitter feeds as they drive across the Niagara bridges. One thinks they may be looking at these BEFORE leaving, but then some may not.

My idea is to also have the electronic road signs subscribe to these feeds thereby providing a "heads-up" display of this information to discourage users from looking at the small screen of their mobile phone.

--Scott Lawson, QAD, Inc.

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