NASCIO's top 10 priorities for state CIOs.

• Position: GOVERNMENT RECORDS - National Association of State Chief Information Officers - Chief information officers - Brief article

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The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has released the top-10 expectations it has of state chief information officers:

1 Budget and cost control: managing budget reduction, implementing strategies for savings, reducing or avoiding costs, and establishing activity-based costing Consolidation: centralizing consolidating services, operand

2 Consolidation: centralizing and consolidating services, operations, resources, infrastructure, and data centers

3 Shared services: developing business models, sharing resources, services, infrastructure, which are independent of organizational structure

4 Broadband and connectivity: strengthening statewide connectivity of broadband and wireless

5 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: execution, support, reporting, data management

6 Security: risk assessment...