CIO Leadership for State Governments – Emerging Trends & Practices

PTI Staff Contact: Alan Shark, 202-626-2445.

Call for Authors

Public Technology Institute (PTI) in cooperation with the National Association for State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) will publish the book CIO Leadership for States: Emerging Trends and Practices that will showcase the contemporary aspects of state CIO leadership.

We are now seeking experts in the 13 fields we have identified. We define experts liberally, as those with a track record studying or engaged in all aspects of state CIO leadership. Candidate authors would include practitioners (current and retired), educators and corporate-level practitioners, as well as policymakers and researchers involved in this area.

The concept of CIO Leadership for States: Emerging Trends and Practices is based on the highly successful CIO Leadership for Cities and Counties – Emerging Trends & Practices. This book is currently available from Amazon.com and several universities are using it as a textbook. 

Dr. Alan R. Shark, Executive Director of Public Technology Institute (PTI) and Assistant Professor for Public Affairs & Administration at Rutgers University, will serve as executive editor.

Authors wishing to be considered for chapter submissions must comply with the procedures and guidelines found below.

The book should be written by and for thought leaders. It will be designed to be practical and readable. It will serve as both a guide and textbook as opposed to a collection of scientific papers filled with technical jargon and references. It must not present any corporate propaganda, direct or indirect.

Author Selection Process

Those wishing to be considered as a contributing author must follow the submission steps as follows:

• Submit an outline or abstract (up to one page) of what you propose to write. Please include a working title if possible.
• Please indicate if this is original work or has appeared in another publication as this will present copyright issues. The author of an already published piece will need to demonstrate that he has the rights or permission to publish in another publication. Due date: March 19, 2010.
• All submissions must be accompanied by a brief bio (paragraph length) only.
• The Editor in consultation with NASCIO will have sole discretion as to which chapters get included. Late submissions may not be included.
• Draft manuscripts must be received no later than July 1, 2010.

Mechanical & Author Guidelines

In order to achieve a sense of continuity among authors, each author agrees:

• Each chapter should be between 3,000 and 5000 words. More pages may be considered with advanced agreement with the editor.
• Write using an average of 400 to 500 printed words per book page (This space-wise would include header, sub-headers and illustrations were necessary).
• Use of subheads, bullets and lists is encouraged to foster ease of reading.
• All manuscripts must be presented in English using MS Word.
• Charts, pictures or graphs must be .jpeg, Excel Spreadsheet, or other forms of high-resolution quality.
• Each submission must contain from 5 to 10 discussion questions that will appear at the end of each chapter.
• Agree to accept the book editor’s final edits.
• All manuscripts shall become the sole property of the publishers but may be reprinted and used elsewhere with permission and full reference cited.
• Each author will receive one complimentary copy but may have the option to purchase additional copies at a deep discount.

Proposed Sections & Chapter Ideas

Section 1. The new State CIO

• Trends
• Emerging Models
• The Rise of the CIO
• New Skill Requirements

Section 2. IT Governance

• Policy & Organization
• Role of CIO in the executive office
• I.T. Centralization and Consolidation – Seeking Balance
• State, City, County, Regional Relations

Section 3. Management to Leadership

• Process & Change Management
• Managing Expectations and Partnerships

Section 4. Network Operations

• Data centers (regional)
• Cyber security
• Virtual systems
• Cloud computing
• SaaS
• Social networking
• Mobile operations support
• Broadband

Section 5. Leading Innovation

• Models and mini-case studies

Section 6. Human Resource Management

• Selecting & retaining great staff
• Living with bureaucracy and its positive and negative implications
• Innovative work hours/days planning
• Performance assessment & evaluation

Section 7. Program/Project/Task Management and Portfolio Management

• Project and Performance Management tools
• Balanced Scorecard
• Portfolio Management Rationale, Tools, and Practices

Section 8. Disaster Planning and Continuity of Operations Planning

• Rationale
• Tools
• Practices

Section 9. System Architecture & Enterprise Planning

• ERP Implications for Leadership
• Network Security
• Facilities Planning

Section 10. Greening of IT & Sustainability

Section 11. Purchasing/Acquisition/Budgeting

Section 12. Electronic Records Management

• Storage, Retrieval, and Archiving
• E-Discovery
• Archiving

Section 13. Ethics & Social Equity

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01/12/2010

Published by Public Technology Institute (PTI)
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 830
Washington, DC 20004

Dr. Alan R. Shark, Executive Editor
Published in Cooperation with the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).

For more information contact:

Dr. Alan R. Shark
Executive Director
Public Technology Institute
Washington, DC
Tel: 202-626-2445
www.pti.org

01-12-2010