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| Illinois' IT Modernizations Result in Increased Knowledge, Better Outcomes |
| By govtech.com- Colin Wood |
| Published: 03/31/2016 |
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In January, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced the formation of a new office, the Department of Innovation and Technology, that would modernize technology in the state. And on March 30, Rauner and several department directors explained how system modernization is improving one of the nation’s most outdated collection of state systems. “As we’ve talked with you in the past, Illinois has been woeful — we’ve been way behind, decades behind in the use of technology to provide higher quality services, more efficient services for the people of Illinois,” Rauner said. “…We’re one of the highest spending states on IT, but one of the worst states on digital services delivered. We’ve got to change that. We’ve got to invest our money wisely and provide much more digital services, higher quality services.” In the Center for Digital Government's* 2014 Digital State’s Survey, Illinois received a grade of C+. The state’s improved efforts in transparency and efficiency through open data efforts and shared services were noted, but the its technology being years behind dozens of other states played a large role in the lower grade. Read More. |
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