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TechAmerica Applauds Passage of Temporary R&D Tax Credit Extension
This extension provides temporary relief for many of the companies that depend on it to support more than 100,000 well-paying jobs...
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Attend TechAmerica's 2010 Beyond the Beltway
State and local governments are expected to spend $92B on IT products and services in 2010. Learn more on March 22...
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Nominations Open for 2010 American Technology Awards
Submit your company today to be recognized in the only national "Best Of" awards for technology products and services on June 16th in Washington, DC...
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State & Local Government

The State & Local Government Division (SLG) addresses the dynamic state and local government technology market.  The Division serves as a collective voice for companies engaged in business development and legislative affairs with public sector organizations other than national governments.  As such, the SLG Division offers a wide array of programs that allow members to engage with state and local government officials -- and their national associations -- through committtee meetings, Board meetings, private dinners, and widely attended events.   We provide opportunities in all of our programs and policy work to partner private and public sector representatives in initiatives that foster the understanding and adoption of technology products, services, and solutions.

Highlights of our activities are posted below. For a more complete view of our programs, please  contact Carol Henton, Vice President, State and Local Government, at carol.henton@techamerica.org or Michael Kerr, Sr. Director, State and Local Government at michael.kerr@techamerica.org.

Starting January 2010, please follow us on Twitter for updates on State and Local technology news, as well as TechAmerica SLG programs and policy work.

What's Newsworthy

Register Now for Beyond the Beltway 2010: State and Local Government IT Marketwatch - March 22 in Tysons Corner, VA!

TechAmerica is pleased to co-host its 5^th annual  Beyond the Beltway 2010 with our partners at the Center for Digital Government and Government Technology.  Beyond the Beltway is the must-attend market briefing on state and local government IT.   This all-day conference is sure to deliver presentations that are rich in content, provide opportunities for dialogue with state and local technology leaders, and offer peerless peer networking that past participants have come to expect.   We have speakers lined up who serve as state and local officials from California, Texas, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York City, Philadelphia, Bexar County (San Antonio), as well as federal officials with the GSA and the FCC.  View the jam-packed agenda.

To register, please click through to the online registration form.  See you at Beyond the Beltway 2010!

Aneesh Chopra, U.S. CTO, visits TechAmerica in Austin, TX 

The Obama Administration’s Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, joined TechAmerica for a day in Austin on October 25.  His first stop was a discussion with TechAmerica’s State & Local Government Board of Directors where he dialoged with the board about the Administration’s new Innovation Strategy as well as how the private sector can help in areas such as Health Information Exchange -- by working toward new standards for data exchange in health care; Energy -- by driving increases in energy efficiency through IT innovation; and Education -- by supporting Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) programs.

Aneesh Chopra, CTO to President Obama speaking at TechAmerica's State & Local Government Board of Directors meeting in Austin on October 25, 2009.  Others pictured are Barbara Anderson, HP Enterprise Services; Tom Davies, ACS, Inc. and Des Speed, Lagan

SLG Procurement Reform

Contract terms and conditions are discouraging competition among vendors for state and local government technology projects, according to a new paper by TechAmerica titled Transforming Procurement for the 21st Century: Reforming IT Contract Terms and Conditions to Improve Procurement Environments and Outcomes. The paper was released by TechAmerica's State Procurement Committee.  For more information on the Committee and its activities, please see the State Procurement Committee web page or contact Michael Kerr - michael.kerr@techamerica.org

Managing the IT Agenda in Leaner Fiscal Times

TechAmerica has released a report offering ideas for technology programs designed to ease the stress put on state coffers by a souring economy.  The publication provides state executive, legislative and agency leaders with recommendations for technology-driven savings and creative funding models -- including case studies demonstrating savings, enhanced revenues and operational efficiencies. It also features a review of trends in state budgets and technology spending.

Get Involved

State & Local Government (SLG) Board of Directors
Our SLG board serves as a forum for senior state and local government business executives to discuss strategic issues in the SLG marketplace and provide guidance to TechAmerica staff on its SLG programs and offerings and its public policy positions. The Chairman of the Board is Barbara Anderson of EDS an HP Company, the Vice Chairman is Tom Davies of ACS, and the Treasurer is Bob Stauffer of Deloitte Consulting.

State and Local Government Dinner Series
SLG hosts a successful series of State and Local Government Dinners. Almost every month, we invite a State or Local government CIO to speak to a small gathering of PS Group members. These informal gatherings provide for a free-flowing information exchange, allowing the guest speaker to ask questions of the industry representatives and the industry representatives to ask questions of the speaker. Currently, dinners are held in Pentagon City, VA and Sacramento, CA.

California Procurement Committee
Established in 2000, this committee focuses on a variety of issues of interest to the vendor community doing business with the State of California. We continue to dialogue with California’s Department of General Services (DGS) on IT terms and conditions and procurement-related policies & procedures. Staff contact: Carol Henton - carol.henton@techamerica.org

Human Services IT Advisory Group (HSITAG) - (Chair: Bob Stauffer, Deloitte Consulting; Vice-Chair: John Petraborg, HP Enterprise Services). HSITAG seeks to improve the delivery of human services programs through IT and modern management practices.  The group meets monthly; often with guest speakers representing federal and state human services agencies and other associations in the human services field.

State Procurement Committee (Chairs: Andrew Wise, Microsoft, Kathy Baird, DRC) - Working within the framework of TechAmerica’s State Government Affairs program, this Committee tracks procurement-related legislation and advocates for reforms of procurement policies and procedures (in states outside of California). Staff contact: Michael Kerr - michael.kerr@techamerica.org

TechAmerica’s State Government Affairs Program
TechAmerica's state government affairs is member-driven, our policy committees actively monitor and impact legislation in a number of critical issue areas important to the IT industry.  For more information on TechAmerica's State Government Affairs committees, please visit the SGA web page.

Recent & Upcoming SLG Division Events

Beyond the Beltway - March 9, 2009 in Tysons Corner, Va.

• December 14, 2009:  Executive Roundtable with Aneesh Chropra, US CTO, Chicago, IL
• November 18, 2009: SLG Dinner with the Honorable Len Pomata, Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia
• November 13, 2009: Illinois Executive Roundtable, with Guest of Honor Greg Wass, CIO, State of Illinois
• October 28, 2009:  Human Services IT Advisory Group with Guest Speaker Robert Hobbelman, CIO, DSS, Commonwealth of Virginia
• October 14, 2009:  SLG CIO Dinner with Gopal Khanna, CIO, State of Minnesota
• October 14, 2009:  Sacramento Dinner Series with Crystal Cooper and Paul Benedetto, California Health and Human Services Agency
• September 10, 2009: 5th Annual State of California Technology Executive Briefing (Sacramento, CA) with Keynotes by:

- Teri Takai, Chief Information Officer, State of California
- P.K. Agarwal, Chief Technology Officer, State of California
- Jim Butler, Chief Procurement Officer, Department of General Services, State of California
- Mark Weatherford, Chief Information Security Officer, State of California

SLG Procurement Activity Updates

November 2009 - TechAmerica Submits Comments on Oregon Contract Provisions and Practices

On November 23, TechAmerica's Oregon Procurement  Reform Task Group submitted a letter and comments (summary version) to the State of Oregon in response to proposed revisions in the State's standard IT Contract Terms and Conditions. This formal submission was the culmination of a dialog with the State that began earlier in the year (cont.)  

To continue reading this post and other updates, please go to the TechAmerica State Procurement Committee web page.

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Present your company to potential investors at TechAmerica's Growth Cap Financial Conference from May 12-14 in San Francisco...
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Public Sector
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