Technology
Dugan Petty, Oregon State CIO took a few minutes at the 2010 Government Open Source Conference to talk with Deb Bryant, Public Sector Communities Manager and GOSCON conference Chair with Oregon State University's Open Source Lab. Petty was on-hand to participate in the opening session, an executive panel on the state of open data, which had concluded just prior to Petty's interview. Petty shared his excitement over a recent grade of B+ on the Digital States Survey, conducted by the Center for Digital Government. The survey examines IT practices in all 50 states, and Oregon's performance ranks it in the top 25% of the country. The grade indicates Oregon is strongly trending upward. "Oregon had previously not event been on the radar" Petty says, and he attributes it to the State identifying and playing to it's strengths. To see more information on the Digital States Report, visit http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/. Petty also went on to comment on efforts to participate in the opening of government data amongst the State government, as well as their local and federal partners. He gave some examples including an initiative on http://data.oregon.gov/ to make improve access to state data. Dugan Petty's service as CIO of the State of Oregon began in 2006, where he has led the creation and execution of Oregon’s enterprise-level Information Resource Strategy aimed at reducing costly duplication of efforts and resources. He serves as Vice-President of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), co-chairs the NASCIO Enterprise Architecture and Governance Committee. and chaired the Greening of IT Committee. He is a member of the Oregon Broadband Advisory Council, Oregon State Interoperability Executive Council, and the newly created Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission.