[1st-mile-nm] Center for Digital Government's Digital States Survey 2018: Raising the Bar

[Richard Lowenberg]

The Center for Digital Government's Digital States Survey 2018: Raising 
the Bar, has been published in  Government Technology.

http://www.govtech.com/Digital-States-2018.html

Here's their New Mexico report:
2018 Grade: B
2016 Grade: B-
CIO: Maria Sanchez (acting)

Despite a statewide budget shortfall, New Mexico has done a lot in the 
past two years to become a state with a strong IT presence. One of the 
southwestern state’s main areas of focus has been the development and 
rollout of its ERP system, known as the Statewide Human Resources 
Accounting and Reporting (SHARE) system. The initiative, which involved 
more than 120 agencies, took 22 months to complete, cost $20 million, 
and achieved numerous measurable outcomes including the elimination of 
payroll overpayments and a reduction in more than 500,000 hard-copy 
documents that were previously delivered to the finance department every 
year. SHARE provides offices in remote locations across New Mexico with 
"geographic equity" to those in more populated areas, and the state 
feels the system is truly an investment that will continue to provide 
ongoing returns.

Another priority has been expanding broadband connections, including the 
creation of the Office of Broadband and Geospatial Initiatives (OBGI), 
which encompasses, among other things, the governor’s Broadband for 
Education program. This has helped public schools across the state 
upgrade their connections, and as of the 2017-18 school year, 99 percent 
of schools had high-speed Internet. To strengthen their position of 
"doing more with less," OBGI prioritizes broadband projects that will 
affect more than one area to optimize costs. New Mexico, one of the 
first five states to opt in to FirstNet, has also continued its place as 
a leader in public safety communications and has a plan to achieve P25 
standards that will lay the groundwork for current and future coverage 
to rural, urban and tribal areas. Going forward, the state anticipates 
executive leadership changes following the November 2018 election, but 
DoIT has created a technical environment ready to support New Mexico’s 
future.



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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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