GFOA of the US & Canada

Reference Library | Technology

GFOA Publications & Products

• GFOA Publications & Products in Technology

GFOA Training

• GFOA Training in Technology 

Research Resources

• "Needs Assessments and Business Case Analysis for Technology Investment Decisions"
• "e-Government Evolution: The Richardson, Texas, Experience"
• "Intergovernmental Cooperation on ERP Systems"
• "Dashboards and Scorecards: Executive Information Systems for the Public Sector"
• "Extensible Markup Language: A New Technology Tool for the Public Sector"
• "Power to the People: Implementing Constituent Relationship Management in the Public Sector"
• "Strategic Planning for Technology Investments"
• "ERP Implementation: Managing the Final Preparation and Go-Live Stages"
  

Best Practices Examples

• Enterprise Geographic Information System / Oakland County, Michigan (2001 Award for Excellence Entry)
• Application
  

• Paperless Real Estate Transaction / Broward County, Florida (2001 Award for Excellence Winner)
• Application
• Documentation

Sample Illustrations & Policies

• City Of Cincinnati Department Of Public Services Telephone Usage Policy
• Midland Mobile/Cellular Telephone Policy
• Snyderville Policy for Use of District Computers, Network Systems and Internet
• Montana Public Employee Retirement Administration, Computer Use Policy
• City Of Gatlinburg - Policy for the Use and Monitoring of E-mail and Internet Access
  

Leading Organizations & Web sites

• AllExperts.com
• Useful web site that can provide help on MS Office applications.
  

• Best Practice Business Process Design, SM Thacker and Associates
• Site on business process redesign and IT project implementation.
  

• Techrepublic, Information on Enterprise Software and IT
• Site sponsored by Gartner Group that has a lot of information on enterprise software and IT generally.
  

• Webopedia
• Dictionary for technology terms.
  

• TechEncyclopedia
• Dictionary for technology terms from TechWeb.
  

• XML.com
• Everything you ever wanted to know about XML (Extensible Markup Language).
  

• searchServiceProvider.com
• Yet another xSP site.
  

• Forrester
• General Technology Research.
  

• IDC
• General technology research.
  

• Public Technology, Inc.
• Technology membership organization for local government.
  

• IT Association of America
• Good general resource with a section devoted to government issues.
  

• Intertex
• ERP information, education/training, interest group listservs, and vendors directory.
  

• intelligentERP
• ERP resources and resources for other enterprise applications.
  

• InfoWorld
• General technology news and information.
  

• CFO.com
• General financial information, but also includes finance related technology information.
  

• CIO.com
• Resources for Information Technology Executives from CIO Magazine and IDG
  

• Government Computer News
• Daily news about information technology in the public sector.
  

• ZDNet
• General technology news.
  

• CERT Coordination Center
• Federally funded internet security research program.
  

• Government Technology Magazine
• Government Technology magazine home page.
  

• ITWorld.com
• General information technolgoy news.
  

• TechWeb
• General information site for IT professionals.