General

Return on Investment In Information Technology Guide Released by the Center for Technology in Government (CTG), the guide provides a general overview for the types of ROI analyses most often conducted for government IT projects, and includes case studies for each.

Websites

Posting Requirements (Updated 08/2011)

CIRA Documents
CIRA Strategic Plan

On-Line Technology Magazines and Newsletters

Federal Computer Week   Federal Government IT Resource

Government Technology  Solutions for State and Local Government in the Information Age

ITworld.com  Online publisher of news, educational content and broadband interactive media for the IT community

Govexec.com  Online publication of Government Executive Magazine

Homeland Defense Journal

IEEE Communications Magazine

The Local Record  Occasional Newsletter of the State & Local Records Management Division of the Texas State Library. 

BroadbandWeek.com  focuses on the technological changes in the converging telecom and cable broadband markets

E-Mail News Services for Technology Issues

BNA Internet Law   BNA's Internet Law News, compiled by Professor Michael Geist, is a free daily e-mail summary of developments in Internet law with links to full text

GovExec.com Today and Homeland Security Week  e-mail newsletters from GovExec.com

Homeland Defense Journal  delivered via e-mail to you

Research

State & Federal Agency Technology Plans and Reports

The Texas Transformation - Driving Technology that Matters  - 2008 - 2012 State Strategic Plan for Information Resources Management.

"Limited Government, Unlimited Opportunity." January 2003 e-Government Report from the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) 

Texas House Research Organization's Recent Research Reports Page

FY 2007 Report to Congress on Implementation of The E-Government Act of 2002 (March 1, 2008) Update on the Office of Management and Budget's 2002 E-Government Strategy report, with details on each of the 24 cross-agency e-government initiatives

County Electronic Reporting and Connectivity   Rider 9 in the General Appropriations Act, 77th Legislature (p. I-67), requires DIR, the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA), and others to inventory the reports agencies require from cities and counties, and examine state-funded telecommunications networks that connect with county courthouses to determine the cost-benefit of consolidating the systems

DIR Publications  The Department of Information Resources listing of publications includes a number of topics such as Strategic Planning and Strategy and Geographic Information System

Information Technology Investment Management (ITIM): A Framework for Assessing and Improving Process Maturity Released by The General Accounting Office (GAO), the ITIM framework is a maturity model composed of five progressive stages of maturity that an agency can achieve in its IT investment management capabilities

Guidelines for Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework Version 1.0 (pdf) Released by The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine a baseline of enterprise architecture government wide

National Governors Association E911 Report A report on states that have developed innovative strategies for implementing E911

NIST Smart Card Technology Report The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just published a report (NISTIR 7056 ) on the gap between government smart-card requirements and current capabilities

Other Reports
State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2007   This report presents the seventh annual update on the features that are available online through American state and federal government websites