Office of Technology Partnerships September 17, 2007 State and Local Collaboration Michigan’s Cross Boundary Program
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 2 Looking toward the future Michigan’s Local & State Government “Cross Boundary Collaboration Program” Collaboration action steps: Structured Sustainable Leverages existing infrastructure, applications, processes and resources Develop strategies and policies across tiers Identify unique opportunities/barriers, stakeholders and incentives Identify shared business processes Develop ways to allocate resources and share costs
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 3 Michigan’s Cross Boundary Collaboration Strategy Build once Serve many Operate as one unit Have a simple entry point Reduce costs Provide better and more services to citizens Make crossing government lines seamless
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 4 Michigan’s Cross Boundary Steering Committee Collaborative agreements Measure, monitor and communicate Governance structures ID opportunities, incentives and barriers Strategic risk assessment Committee’s Task And they’re making progress
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 5 Next Steps for Cross Boundary Steering Committee Build complete Cross Boundary governance process Define scope of Steering Committee and administrative authority Determine role of governing body (decision makers, advisors?) Perform inventory of cross boundary past successes and results Investigate property tax collection and assess cross boundary opportunities Work on 2010 Census Evaluate Homeland Security
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 6 Cross Boundary in Motion Local Government Status Board Local Government GIS Collaboration Local & State Network Integration MI-ISAC Local & State Cross Boundary Initiatives
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 7 Local and State Network Integration Two pilot locations underway Alpena County State connection to ride on local fiber Reducing annual cost from $47,976 to $8,634 (estimate) Kent County County & state building sit next door to each other Poke hole thru county building to state, eliminate county T1 connections and ride on state’s DS3 line Potential annual cost savings - $28,704 Identified 52 other possible locations across the state
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 8 Local Government Status Board (LGSB) Pilot Program Four counties (Oakland, Kent, Macomb, and Ottawa) Application allows access to information and notifications of occurrences affecting local government, such as the LEIN systems status, local power outages, etc. 3-15 incidents and changes posted daily ranging from security threats to router configuration notices There will be an assessment of the pilot program and plans will be put into place to expand and add new applications
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 9 Local Government GIS Collaboration 24 counties have signed partnership agreements State cost: $350,000 18 counties have acquired imagery and are potential partners State cost (est.): $270,000 State acquisition “non-partnered” counties 2’ resolution State cost (est.): $1,500,000 Projected Results Total value of statewide data:$5,700,000 Eliminated duplication savings: $3,570,000
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 10 Michigan Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MI-ISAC) Two-way information sharing between state and local governments, educational institutions and emergency management entities Membership has its rewards…. Direct access to cyber security threat information from the state Access to security awareness materials, including computer-based training modules Access to security policy templates Access to security-related solutions at enterprise price points negotiated by the state Access to periodic meetings, teleconferences and web casts to promote peer networking and information sharing MI-ISAC currently has 50 members
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 11 MI-ISAC Stats There have been over 80 notices posted to the system to date; ranging from very critical to informational 28% members have accessed the system 10 or more times 12% members have accessed the system 20 or more times 16% members have accessed the system 30 or more times **The other 44% members accessed the system less than 10 times A survey of current members was conducted to evaluate system usage and determine if any improvements could be made; a limited number of responses were received to date
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 12 How You Can Help… Identify cross boundary collaboration opportunities in your area and contact the steering committee Assist in populating the inventory database
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 13 Ideas? Do you have any suggestions for future local and state collaboration or any ideas to improve current efforts? Share them with us!
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology From Vision to Action 14 George Boersma, Director Office of Technology Partnerships