Archived Industry Notes: Government
Published in 2008

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National GIS coming your way

A national Geographic Information System appears to be on the horizon as government and non-government organizations realize that it can be used at many different levels and in many different ways to improve services and detect problems.

Until now, there have been pieces of GIS in government, but a national system would let people combine data in different ways for science, government and consumers. Sure, there's Google maps already on the Internet, and various government agencies using geographic tools for the public to see maps of everything from high-risk flooding to high-wind map locations. But a national GIS would definitely make it easier for government to track plenty of geographic data that now is scattered all over the Internet.

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first published week of: 07/27/2009

New Federal-State IT Funding Model?

With the election of Barack Obama as the new U.S. president, the public-sector CIO community senses an opportunity to change the status quo of federal funding for state and local programs, especially those involving IT.

In fiscal 2009, the federal government will deliver $300 billion for programs that states must administer - in many cases those that localities actually deliver. Add in Medicaid and that's about $600 billion that will flow from the feds down to state and local government. Embedded in that sum are funds for IT systems that nonfederal agencies and jurisdictions must acquire or develop, implement, maintain and secure.

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first published week of: 02/16/2009

New Mexico Lt. Gov. Touts Google Apps in Cost-Saving Plan

New Mexico Lt. Gov. Diane Denish's plan to save the state millions of dollars contains an interesting nugget about IT: Her suggestion that “switching the state from current systems to Google Apps could generate as much as $1.9 million in recurring savings.“

While it’s far from a comprehensive IT proposal, it could be an indicator of what Denish would back if elected governor.

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first published week of: 11/02/2009

New Mexico supreme Court ruling a blow to regulating oil, gas

The state of New Mexico was dealt a blow to its oversight of the oil and gas industry with the state Supreme Court’s recent ruling that a regulatory division may not directly impose penalties on operators. The high court said the Oil Conservation Division must instead go through the attorney general, who would have to sue to try to collect penalties for alleged violations of regulations or the law. The lawsuits would have to be filed in the counties where the alleged violations occurred. The director of the division said that will make it more difficult, time-consuming, and costly to regulate oil and gas activity. Marbob Energy Corp., an Artesia oil and gas producer, argued that the Oil Conservation Commission exceeded its authority when it issued a rule in 2006 giving the division the go-ahead to assess civil penalties. The Supreme Court agreed. Marbob, however, agreed late last year to pay the state $500,000 — the largest penalty ever issued by the division — for misreporting information for 22 years. The violations started when the company was under different management. The commission says the Oil and Gas Act of 1935, under which it operates, is too antiquated to allow the agency to effectively protect New Mexico’s environment and water resources. It says it needs higher penalties, especially in cases where contaminants are released.

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first published week of: 03/30/2009

New York Loads City GIS Application with New Features

A newly relaunched GIS tool called NYCityMap2.0 is bursting with souped-up mapping features for the citizens of New York, N.Y. Accessible on the city's Web site, NYCityMap2.0 offers information about the city's capital construction projects and the addresses, hours of operation, services offered and language access capabilities of walk-in service centers for various city agencies across the five boroughs. Added application functionality includes search history, distance measuring, and users' ability to save and export their maps.

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first published week of: 04/20/2009

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