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MATRIX Committee Initiatives and Accomplishments

2007-2008 Committee Accomplishments

2008-2009 Committee Projected Initiatives

Items in italics under "2008-2009 Projected Initiatives" for each committee are those suggested at the Annual NYS Forum Planning Session held on July 11, 2008. Any initiatives receiving priority votes cast by participants on July 11th are bolded and in blue and the number of votes cast is shown in parenthesis.

The objectives of the MATRIX Committee include promoting the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experiences among State agencies with respect to the operation of information resources, supporting human resource development and assisting members with solving or avoiding operational problems.

2007-2008 Accomplishments

Education

  • Best Practices in IT Skills Development - Opening Remarks by NYS Office of the CIO
    • Panel members addressed: Available NY State training resources, IT Skills development examples, applying best practices for the development of IT Skills, IT Skills Survey Results

2008-2009 Projected Initiatives

Education

  • Consider the following topics:
    • Civil Service Overview
    • Identity Sharing of Training Best Practices. (1)
    • Management (Single Sign On)
    • Management of Mobile Computing Devices
  • Planning has begun on: Revisiting the Workforce Skills Assessment. Date TBD (Oct., Nov. Dec. 2008). Possible all day session. Presentations will consist of 3 separate areas geared toward 3 concurrent sessions:
    • NYS CIO, PEF and professional IT organization and vendors (May include representative from Federal Government, IBM, Cisco, professional organizations and state department heads to address technology concerns, future functionality, performance management and IT Infrastructure);
    • Individual state agencies: Tax and Finance, Civil Service, GOER, OFT addressing performance measurement and management, retention remedies and incentives for IT workers and individual agency vision for future IT trends;
    • Individual Employees: Address specific areas within the survey results - training, gap skills, career path. (1)
  • Considering co-sponsoring a networking opportunity that will encourage NYS IT professionals to interact and share experiences.
  • Conduct a session focused on making IT staff aware of the training opportunities available that address the identified "gap" areas. (2)

Collaboration

  • Designate the MATRIX Committee as the focus for NYS Forum outreach on behalf of all committees related to IT education and training needs. (3)
  • Identify IT training stakeholders and work with them to make their programs more efficient and effective.