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Strategic Initiatives

The GITA SIU supports the design and deployment of strategic technology projects in Arizona state government. At the inception of an initiative, or at critical stages of a project, the SIU organizes and manages technical resources to create and deliver solutions.

SIU Core Competencies

•  Form and lead multi-agency, intergovernmental and cross-organizational project teams;

•  Assess current practices, perform industry research, identify unmet needs, evaluate alternative solutions and recommend program improvements;

•  Develop strategic plans and provide oversight to initial program activities;

•  Serve as technical advisors to project teams;

•  Produce policy statements, program summaries, white papers, statements of work, surveys, presentations, templates and web content;

•  Design the roll-out of public information programs;

•  Present at industry conferences; and

•  Represent Arizona to multi-state IT initiatives.

 

Current Projects:

Arizona 2-1-1

In 2004, Governor Janet Napolitano created the Governor's Council on 2-1-1 to plan and build a statewide 2-1-1 system to facilitate public access to community, social service and homeland security information and referrals. Arizona’s 2-1-1 system combines information from a wide variety of health and human service providers through a single information network easily accessible to caseworkers and the public at www.az211.gov. Arizona citizens may also access disaster response and homeland security information through the 2-1-1 system, including assistance locating disaster relief organizations and services, obtaining accurate updates regarding threats and disasters and identifying opportunities to volunteer in their communities.

Key Partners:

Arizona @ Your Service Web Portal

Arizona Division of Emergency Management

For more information - Justin Turner

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e-Health

Rural Health Information Technology Adoption (RHITA) Grant Program

By executive order, Governor Napolitano requested that the State formulate and implement a strategy to enable electronic data exchange across health care consumers, payers, providers, consumers, researchers and government agencies. On April 4, 2006, that strategy was introduced in the form of the Arizona Health-e Connection Roadmap. GITA was instrumental in the creation of the roadmap and the Arizona Health-e Connection, a non-profit organization formed in 2007 to provide governance for the implementation of the recommendations in the roadmap. SIU now works in close collaboration with the Arizona Health-e Connection organization and manages the Rural Health Information Technology Adoption (RHITA) grant program funded to support the implementation of healthcare information technology and healthcare information exchange among rural healthcare providers.

Key Partners – Arizona Health-e Connection

For more information – Eric Thomas

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e-Health

Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC)

SIU also manages the HISPC – Arizona Health Privacy Project which was first federally funded in 2006 to facilitate the sharing of electronic health records. GITA co-chairs a multi state collaborative to address the sharing of electronic health information across state lines, and serves on the National Cross-Collaborative Steering Committee for the HIPSC project.

Key Partners – Arizona Health-e Connection

For more information – Kim Snyder

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Google Partnership

The State of Arizona partnership with Google developed as the State recognized the public increasingly turns to commercial search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN to access government resources. The first phase of the partnership focused on making it easier for citizens to search public information found online in State government databases by implementing the sitemap protocol. Arizona also developed a Custom Search Engine built on Google search technology to make it easier for citizens to find information from multiple government sites. Currently, 402 government websites covering state, local, and tribal government agencies in Arizona are available through the All Arizona Government Search application. “Through this Google partnership, Arizona is continuing to fulfill its responsibility to make State government as open and accessible as possible,” announced Governor Janet Napolitano, in April, 2007. GITA continues to reach out to government entities to implement the sitemap protocol and to incorporate information and data into the Arizona search engine.

Key Partners – Google, Inc.

For more information – Justin Turner

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Efficiency Review

By executive order, the Governor’s Office of Efficiency Review was formed in 2003 to coordinate and implement efficiencies in state government operations. GITA provides support for Efficiency Review initiatives by serving as Information Technology advisors and subject matter experts on Implementation Teams and Working Groups. Currently, SIU staff is engaged in efficiency reviews to implement web conferencing and imaging across agency operations in the Executive Branch.

Key Partners – Office of Governor Janet Napolitano

For more information – Brian Sherman

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Arizona 2-1-1

E-Health-RHITA Grants

E-Health-HISPC

Google Partnership

Efficiency Review

Lisa Meyerson
Strategic Initiatives Unit Chief
602-364-4780
lmeyerson@azgita.gov

Brian Sherman
Strategic Initiatives Manager
602-364-4755
bsherman@azgita.gov

Justin Turner
Strategic Relationships Manager
602-364-4783
jturner@azgita.gov

Kim Snyder
602-364-4795
ksnyder@azgita.gov

Eric Thomas
602-364-4858
ethomas@azgita.gov

Emilie Sundie
602-364-4858
esundie@azgita.gov

David Smith
602-364-4894
dsmith@azgita.gov

Jerri Pastor
602-364-4897
jpastor@azgita.gov

Rita Uriarte
602-364-4895
ruriarte@azgita.gov

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