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Page 1 GMIS International GEMGEM 5 Short Months August 19 - 22, 2012 till 2012 Conference Chicago, Illinois AnAn AssociationAssociation ofof GovernmentGovernment ITIT LeadersLeaders March & April 2012 Page 2 March & April 2012 Elected Executive Board Rick Bareuther James C. Buston Clark Rainer President 3rd Vice President International Director Richland County, S.C. City of Auburn Henry County Voice (742) 7417 144 Tichenor Ave 140 Henry Parkway [email protected] Auburn, AL 36830 McDonough, GA 30253 Voice (334)501-7200 Phone: 770 288-6841 Paul Ruth [email protected] FAX: 7709542922 1st Vice President Brian Kelley [email protected] Cobb County 4th Vice President 100 Cherokee Street, Suite 520 Portage County Marietta, GA 30090 Johnny A. Walton 449 S. Meridian St Voice (770) 528-8700 Executive Director [email protected] Ravenna, OH 44266 Aiken County Voice (330) 297-3588 828 Richland Ave. W Janet Claggett Fax: (330)298-3949 Aiken, SC 29801 Voice (803) 642-1593 2ndVice President [email protected] Richland County Fax (803) 502-1825 2020 Hampton Street [email protected] Suite 3030 Lori-Ann Fox Columbia, SC 29204 Membership Development Sherri Flynn [email protected]. City of East Providence Treasurer 145 Taunton Ave. City of Sparks East Providence, RI 02915 P.O. Box 857 Voice (401) 435-1948 Sparks, NV 89432 [email protected] Voice (775) 353-2352 [email protected] Appointed By Board Advisory Council Members Name Position Agency State Voting Member Conference Chair John Burns CIO City of Woodstock IL Sam Ferguson Gray Cassell Director of IS Town of Kernersville NC Village of Schaumburg Stephan Dawe CTO City of Opelika AL 101 Schaumburg Ct. Jonathan Feldman Director, IT Services City of Asheville NC Schaumburg, IL 60193- Chris Fisher Director of IT City of Conyers GA 1899 David Freeman IT Director Limestone County AL Voice (847) 923-4548 sfergu- Bill Haight CIO Salt Lake City UT [email protected] Justin Heyman IT Specialist Franklin Township NJ Elaine Isler Help Desk Manager City of Mobile AL Non-Voting Member Aaron Kostyu Director of Technology Lowndes County GA GEM Editor Jim Lawson IT Director Douglas County KS Elaine Dickey Isler Glen Liljeberg IT Manager City of Westmont IL PO Box 1827 Diane Nelson IT Director City of Park Ridge IL Mobile, AL 36633 Rob Petty CIO City of Novi MI Voice (251) 208-7174 Dan Putnam IS Director City of Livonia MI Fax (251) 208-7178 Dan Rainey Director IT City of Ann Arbor MI [email protected] Scott Roberts Director Town of South Windsor CT Nick Roethel IT Director City of New Berlin WI Non-Voting Member Alan Rogers IT Manager Nevada State Dept. of Personnel NV Executive Secretary Gustavo Roman Director of IT City of Bryan TX CMP Management Eugene Rudy Network Administrator City of St. Mary's GA PO Box 27923 Wendy Schmidle IT Manager Town of East Greenwich RI Austin, TX 78755 Larry Schroth Director of IT Village of Palatine IL Voice (512) 220-1497 Ashley Smith IT and Comm. Manager City of Hapeville GA Fax (512) 857-7711 Doug Townsend Director Technology Services City of Medford OR www.gmis.org Peter Wallace CIO Chesapeake VA Page 3 GMIS International Table of Contents President’s Message 4 Top 25 8 GMIS Awards 9 More About GMIS Awards 11 Conference Update 13 Chapter Roll Call 14 Sister Organizations 16 Last Word 17 State Chapter Presidents Each State Chapter has its own By- Kansas Pennsylvania laws governing the election of State Bill Bauer Phil Svesnik Officers. This is a list of the most Coffey County County of Westmoreland current State Chapter Presidents: 620-364-3609 724-830-3870 Alabama Becki Goggins Michigan Rhode Island Steve Sedore Lori-Ann Fox State of Alabama Alegan County City of East Providence 334-517-2451 269-673-0470 401-435-1948 Connecticut South Carolina Jack McCoy Nevada Daniel Johnson Steve Collins City of Manchester City of Reno Richland County 806-647-9071 775-334-2301 803-576-2033 Georgia Kelvin Joiner New Jersey Utah Justin Heyman Kevin Perry City of Fayetteville 770-719-4043 Frankllin Township State of Utah Cio’s Office 732-873-2500 801-977-6881 Illinois Glen Liljeberg North Carolina Virginia Village of Westmont Bruce Stice David Noel 630-981-6241 Town of Cary County of Stafford 919-469-4027 540-658-4573 Page 4 March & April 2012 GMIS International President’s Message Rick Bareuther GMIS THEN cies to exchange Information Technology best practices that enhance the delivery of AND NOW… government services. Written by Rick Bareuther How GMIS provided that forum back in 1986 was through the GEM, the annual con- As I think about our upcoming conference ference and the annual survey. Listservs in Chicago, I look back to my first experi- and forums weren’t to come along for a few ences with GMIS. In 1986, I had started a more years. For those that haven’t heard of new job as the Data Processing Manager for the annual survey, it was a fairly lengthy the City of Sparks. I had the good fortune paper-based summary of the hardware and of a great professional relationship with the software used by each member agency. The prior Manager in another association. A hardware was few weeks be- often a main- fore starting frame or possi- this new job, bly a mini he advised me computer. The to get active in software was GMIS. His usually coded specific words in COBOL. A were that month or so “GMIS can be after starting really valuable my new posi- to you.” As I tion, I updated am now in my the survey for Sparks. At the time, most twenty-sixth year in GMIS, I can say with- agencies designed and authored their own out a doubt that his advice was spot on. software. The survey identified the software The stated mission of GMIS International is to provide a forum for public sector agen- Continued on page 5... Page 5 GMIS International President’s Message… Strausburgh, Sut- Continued from page 4... ton and Canney to applications in use at name a few. agencies and whether the responding agen- The sharing of ex- cies were willing to periences and “share” the software knowledge with with other GMIS my colleagues in members. Many of GMIS – locally, the systems I worked statewide, nation- on as a programmer ally and interna- had originally come tionally, has been from other cities. The invaluable to my survey was a valuable career. This is tool for many GMIS what GMIS is all members. With the Old GMIS Logos about. I urge all of move to packaged you to take advan- software, it’s time tage of what GMIS passed as agencies no can do for you. longer had in-house The means we use software systems to to share best prac- share. tices may change over the years, but My second introduc- we still do our best tion to GMIS was the to share what 1988 annual confer- works. ence in Reno. A col- league, the MIS Direc- You owe it to tor from Washoe yourself and your County, was very ac- career to build tive in GMIS and your knowledge asked if Sparks would base and your net- be willing to help host. It was the first work with your fellow IT colleagues. Be GMIS conference ever held in a casino envi- creative with your budget and be in Chicago ronment and had one of the biggest atten- August 19-22, 2012 at the GMIS Annual dances to that point in time. Working the Conference. It will definitely be worth your conference was a terrific experience and I while! got to meet some of the great names of GMIS-past – Humphries, Strickland, Fry, Page 6 March & April 2012 Government Technology and Center for Digital Government Announcing Winners of Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers of 2012 Government Technology has awarded this honor to nearly 300 individuals over the last 10 years. See how these winners are chosen, the past winners and video profiles on govtech.com Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2012: SACRAMENTO, Calif. – March 1, 2012 – Government Technology maga- Chicago’s Digital Trio zine and the Center for Digital Govern- Brett Goldstein, ment announced today the “Top 25 Do- Chief Data Officer, Chicago, Ill. ers, Dreamers and Drivers” of 2012. Kevin Hauswirth, Social Media Director, Chicago, Ill. Saving $14 Million dollars for students, scholarships and faculty with open John Tolva, source software, spearheading a city- CTO, Chicago, Ill. wide broadband project that delivers ultra-fast Internet connections, creating Dick Clark, a real-time crime center and facial rec- CIO, Montana ognition technology for the nation’s Debbie Conway, largest police force and leading a Recorder, Clark County, Nev. multi-state cloud computing initiative Larry Godwin, are just some of the reasons why Gov- Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee ernment Technology chose this year’s Dept. of Safety and Homeland Security Top 25 winners. Dale Jablonsky, Asst. Executive Officer Information These visionaries are being recognized Technology Services Branch, CalPERS in the March issue of Government Tech- Brian Kelley, nology and on govtech.com for setting CIO, Portage County, OH the standard on how technology is used Bill Lindner, to improve government performance Director, Center for Academic & Pro- and strengthen citizen services. Continued on page 7... Page 7 GMIS International Top 25...Continued from page 6... fessional Development, Florida State Stanley Stewart, Univ. Deputy Chief of Staff for Eligibility Inte- Ron Littlefield, gration, Texas Health and Human Ser- Mayor, Chattanooga, Tenn. vices Commission Greg Wass, Milwaukee’s Dynamic Duo CIO, Cook County, Ill.