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A Publication Featuring The Information Services Technology of Maine State Government
| Volume IV, Issue 12 | December 2001 |
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By Harry Lanphear, Chief Information Officer The State of Maine Information Technology vision is to use technology to be a recognized leader in delivering cost effective services desired by citizens, businesses and government organizations, while maximizing constituent participation in the government process. |
The State of Maine will achieve the Information Technology vision by executing the following long-term strategies:
Strategy 1: Strive to deliver access to appropriate government (local, state, federal) services through a common portal structure.
Strategy 2: Continuously improve the delivery of services to our customers through strategic enterprise technology investments.
Strategy 3: Strengthen business managers understanding of leveraging IT to meet business needs, while fostering IT managers business knowledge.
Strategy 4: Expand data integration to enable collaboration between all constituents and to create synergies which can be leveraged.
Strategy 5: Strengthen our technology architecture to position Maine to take advantage of emerging trends.
Strategy 6: Recruit, retain and invest in a highly skilled workforce that responds quickly to the ever-changing technology world.
The above vision, strategies and prioritization of both enterprise-wide and agency specific projects are scheduled for presentation to the Information Services Policy Board on November 29. The final plan will also include a second aspect of Phase 1 - defining the technical architecture the state wants to move toward.
Phase 2 of the project will develop an information technology cost tracking best practices approach and create a migration plan to achieve those best practices. A workshop was held in early November with the MFASIS Steering Committee to discuss the proposed recommendations for this Phase.
Next steps include 1) finalizing the technical architecture, 2) compiling and prioritizing major state-wide and agency projects, 3) finalizing Phase 2 recommendations and 4) Developing a Migration Plan for both Phases 1 and 2.
Should you have questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at 624-7561.
