**Intergovernmental Teleconference Between Federal Officials**

**and State and Local Associations**

**March 17, 2005 Minutes**

# Attendees

Evie Barry National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council

John Clark General Services Administration

Meghan Cook Center for Technology in Government

Jack Gallt National Association of State Chief Information Officers

Bert Jarreau National Association of Counties

Darlene Meskell General Services Administration

Thom McCloud Public Technologies Inc

Lisa Nelson General Services Administration

Steve Timchak General Services Administration

Leslie Wollack Geo-Spatial One-stop

# 

The E-Authentication Federation: The Value for State and Local
Governments

# 

A status report on the E-Authentication E-gov initiative was provided
which will become operational this summer.

Key features of the E-Authentication program include the ability for
government agencies to rely on electronic identity credentials such as
PINS/user IDs/passwords issued and managed by other governments (e.g.,
state, local) and other organizations such as banks and within and
outside the federal government. The federal government does not want to
be in the credential management business. Rather, it is trying to
leverage the trust that is already in place between federal and state
organizations. The E-Authentication program has put policies in place,
developed guidance to map the technology to policy areas and established
an OASIS open standard based on proven interoperability. Third parties
on E-Authentication's Trust List should provide credentials.

Representatives from the National Association of Counties and the Public
Technologies Inc., agreed to meet with the program manager of
E-Authentication to encourage more local government involvement in the
program.

# State Developments and latest Issue Briefs

State governments continue to experience frequent turnover at the chief
information officer's position. In this regard, 18 months is the current
average tenure of a state CIO.

Five state CIO positions have turned over in the last two months with
another five having changed since the November elections.

A recent issue of Government Technology magazine named seven state CIOs
among their list of the Top 25 Doers' and Dreamers' in Information
Technology.

The NASCIO 2005 Midyear Conference will be held May 4-6 in Washington,
DC at the Grand Hyatt. Beginning this year, NASCIO has coupled the
Midyear event with the association\'s annual DC Fly-In. Having these two
events held during the same week will allow increased CIO participation
and reinforce NASCIO as the preeminent source for state information
technology policy and best practices for government leaders. The
Conference theme for this mid-year event is \"Building a Better
State/Federal Relationship\". Additional information is available at
<https://www.nascio.org/events/2005MidyearConference/>.

NASCIO announced an intergovernmental initiative for the All-Hazard
Alert Public Warning System Pilot Project with the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security and FEMA officials to \"establish a multi-regional,
production-ready, all-hazard public warning systems leveraging the
existing Amber Alert Web Portal.

NASCIO also released a brief on March 1, 2005, prepared by IT
Procurement Reform Committee (co-branded with the National Association
of State Procurement Officials) on Intellectual Property
Recommendations.

NASCIO also recently released an issue brief entitled, *\"Welcome to the
Jungle: The State Privacy Implications of Spam, Phishing and Spyware,\"*
that is available on their website at
[https://www.nascio.org](https://www.nascio.org/) as are all the other
NASCIO publications mentioned above.

## NACo Technology Policy Summit

# 

NACo held its Technology Policy Summit last week at the National Defense
University, Fort McNair. Of particular interest the 90 plus attendees
that included a mix of appointed county IT officials with their elected
county officials. Two keynoter addresses, one by Don Pearson of
Government Technology, who gave a \"futuristic\" speech regarding
technology, and Richard Hunter of the Gartner Group who talked about
cyber-security and identity thief.

# A Reconnaissance Study of the Use of Parcel-Level Data in New York State

The Center for Technology in Government (CTG) worked with the New York
State Office of Real Property Services to conduct a reconnaissance study
of the

use of parcel-level data in New York State. This study approached the
topic

of parcel data with a goal of understanding its fundamental
characteristics

or dimensions in order to provide information to help shape strategies
for

treating parcel data as a statewide information resource. This study

documented the current and potential uses of parcel data, and its value
to

organizations in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. It will
also

identified issues associated with the collection, use, and sharing of
this

data. A full report, of the findings, will be available on CTG\'s
Website by

Mid- April 2005.

**Library of Congress Collaboration for Preservation of State
Government**

# Digital Information

The Center for Technology in Government (CTG) received a grant from the

National Science Foundation to work with the Library of Congress though

their National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation
Program

(NDIIPP) to increase the capability of states to preserve digital
content.

Within this project, CTG will be working with the Library to develop and

deploy a toolkit to support state government digital information

preservation initiatives. The toolkit will enable state teams to

systemically assess current digital preservation capabilities, identify

targets for enhancing preservation capability, and develop action plans
for

preserving specific digital content. All 50 states and territories will
be

invited to participate. To Read Press Release: http://www.albany.edu/ -

Click on \"Theresa Pardo Leads new Effort to Help Preserve State\'s
Digital

Records.\"

For more information about the project go to the Library of Congress Web
site located at:

<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/about/states_announce.html>.

Identification of the top 20 Services that state and local governments
provide to citizens

The group deferred discussion and identification of the top services
state and local governments provided citizens for action offline. The
participants promised to provide their respective input within a week.

For more information about the Monthly Intergovernmental Teleconference,
contact Lisa Nelson at <lisa.nelson@gsa.gov>.