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What technology features do you value from a nonprofit you are familiar with? Why?
How might you apply some of the services mentioned in this chapter to an organization you are part of? Why?
As an individual or group project, research and identify at least one service provider company in both internal and external applications.
Now that you have identified many good resources for enhancements for nonprofits, rank which ones you believe are most significant and briefly state why.
To what extent is privacy in the new digital age important to you? Please explain.
Is government doing enough to protect privacy and if not what more can and should, in your opinion, be done?
Have you or your organization been victimized by a security breach or hack? If yes, what have you learned from the experience?
What does the concept of Internet of Things mean to you personally and to your organization?
Do you agree that technology has or can change representative government? Please explain. What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages?
Do you currently use any wearable devices? If not, might you in the near future? What would you be looking for in terms of functionality?
What do you see as the role of government in better managing public transportation?
Are you generally optimistic or pessimistic about the growth of information technology and public management?
Can you list the top five challenges that public managers will face in the next five years or more?
What area of technology and public management interests you the most, why?
Given what you know and understand, do you regard Edward Snowden as a hero or a traitor? Why?
What can government agencies do in order to better protect against either disgruntled employees or those who wish to take matters into their own hands?
Analyze and discuss where most IT spending is occurring in the federal government.
Which Congressional committees have oversight on technology spending at the federal level?
Which government agencies seem to do the best job in utilizing information technologies?
Can you identify key improvements in information technology at the federal, state, and/or local levels? Cite examples and explain why.
How can government do a better job in funding and managing I.T. projects?
Find three websites that do a very good job reporting the cost of information technology projects and how they are being used. Choose one website from each of the three major categories: a federal agency, a state or state agency, a city or county.
Can you identify the ten most important types of data collected by the government?
How is technology best utilized in your agency or department? What could be improved, how and why?
Can you identify the main causes as to why some technology projects seem to fail or live up to their stated goals?
How do state and local governments manage technology? What are the advantages and disadvantages when compared to the federal government?
What is the government-sponsored technology application that you appreciate the most? Describe and state why?
What new technologies are being developed that may impact your agency? Discuss how and why.
What are the various pros and cons of specific reporting relationships regarding the CIO? Why are these relationships important?
Considering an organization you work for or are familiar with, which person has the most influence in making technology decisions? How well are they performing this duty, and what might be improved?
What types of opportunities exist in your area for technology leadership?
How might technology leadership be improved in your organization?
What are the best arguments for making a case for the CIO to be an essential participant within the government enterprise?
If you became the CIO of your department or agency, what would be your five most important objectives? In what time frame?
Can you list at least five references and or resources where one could learn more about the role of the CIO?
With all the changes in technology, do you believe the role of the CIO will remain relevant in the years to come? If not, why, and what forces might cause this?
Can you name the CIO of your city, county, or state? Do you know what the technology priorities are? Can you find how much is spent on technology in your city, county, or state?
Can you describe a technology-related failure that can be attributed to a failure of leadership? Please explain.
What ERP system is used in your organization? Is it a good fit? Why or why not?
In your opinion, is citizen engagement a slogan, or is it real? Please explain.
What improvements would you like to see regarding citizen engagement?
What government apps have you used? Why or why not?
Have you ever used
-1-1? If so, what was your experience?
What types of government data have you used, and where did you obtain it?
Will online voting ever happen? Would you like to have the option of voting online? Describe potential obstacles that may be encountered when it comes to online voting.
How can citizens better communicate with government at the various federal, state, and local levels using information technology?
Consider a community with which you are familiar. How well would you rate the overall effectiveness of its main website? What needs to be improved?
Describe what your personal and/or professional life would look like if you were entirely without broadband and the Internet for a day, a week, a year?
How has the Internet changed the way governments operate? Name at least five positives and five negatives.
Describe the role of government in deciding broadband and Internet policy; what seem to be the guiding principles?
Should the federal government seek greater control of the Internet in terms of online commerce and taxes?
Can you name one or more public-private partnerships that can serve as positive examples for future partnerships?
What steps can state and local governments take to ensure better broadband deployment and coverage?
Where do you see the “Internet of Things” going? How might this impact your office or home?
Where do you stand on the issue of net neutrality? Can you list at least five pros and cons?
What do you see as the limits of broadband communications? Can you elaborate?
What might the Internet look like in five to ten years?
What role does government data play in recording the history of the American people?
Why are some public sector organizations now sharing databases?
What is “open data,” and what power does it give citizens?
What is “unstructured data,” and why have humans created so much of it?
Why is big data creating a significant threat to personal privacy?
What are a couple of public or private sector guidelines that can be used to help keep individuals safe when their information is being used?
What is Personally Identifiable Information?
What is one misconception about big data, and what is its corresponding truth?
As an individual or group project, take at least two different data sets and use them to describe a public policy issue. Articulate the data and discuss the pros and cons of public policy and administration issues.
Review and critique at least five state and/or local data websites
Why is knowledge retention important to organizations today?
What are the two types of knowledge?
Why is the flow of knowledge critical to organizational growth and adaptation?
Why is a KM system’s codification critical to its success?
What are some types of knowledge repositories, and what kinds of knowledge content do they store?
Name some non-technical or cultural knowledge management systems.
What are the two common approaches to getting started with knowledge management?
Describe the value a mature knowledge management system can create for an organization.
What are the impacts of Artificial Intelligence and blockchain on knowledge management?
What is a GIS, and what is the core value of any GIS for public administrators?
Why is the ability of GIS to display multiple layers of data so valuable?
What are the three newly applied terms discussed in this chapter that describe the purpose of government?
How does GIS support those governmental goals, in brief?
How can GIS support the business objective of governments?
Why do emergency situations make the value of GISs readily apparent?
Why can an enterprise GIS be more powerful than many disparate GISs operating independently within an organization?
What new potential value are citizen smartphones and tablets bringing to GISs and other government decision-making tools?
What examples can you describe where a state or local government utilizes GIS for greater productivity or citizen engagement?
Where is further research and experimentation still needed?
Can you describe a GIS application that falls short of your expectations? Why?
Can you describe and explain how GIS can greatly assist in public management in any one of the following areas: health, transportation, public safety, parks and recreation, etc.?
Name the number and types of cloud-based services you use either for personal or professional use at the office or in the field.
Look up at least five different definitions of cloud computing applications and describe the common elements and differences.
Explain or discuss how cloud computing can further help governments improve their operations.
What are the dangers or limitations of cloud computing?
How secure is cloud computing? What do we know about its safety record?
What types of government services are well suited for a managed service provided by a company or another government entity?
Can you identify any weakness in the FedRAMP initiative? StateRAMP?
Identify at least three major security breaches that involved government and the cloud? What was the cause of each, and were there any similarities?
What do you see as the changing nature of technology leadership in moving away from managing IT infrastructure? What new skillsets will IT managers require?
Describe the role IT played in the early stages of its evolution as a department in both private and public sector organizations.
What are the three general approaches to performance measurement that can be applied to a wide range of scenarios and evaluations?

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