State Governments at Risk: A Call to Secure Citizen Data and Inspire Public Trust

Audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk, and financial advisory services firm Deloitte and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) have issued a report based on a 2010 survey (which included questions pertaining to areas such as information security governance, investments, use of security technologies, quality of operations, privacy, and identity and access management) titled

State Governments at Risk: A Call to Secure Citizen Data and Inspire Public Trust

urging that cyber security be made a top priority.

Hat tip to Docuticker.com.

The Value and Benefits of Digitized Resources

JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) — a joint organization set up by the Higher Education Funding bodies of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to fund information technology investment in United Kingdom (UK) universities — has put out an interesting 12-page brochure designed to laud the benefits of digitization to research, scholarship, and the broader cultural heritage at large:

Inspiring Research, Inspiring Scholarship: The Value and Benefits of Digitised Resources for Learning, Teaching, Research and Enjoyment

Hat tip to Roy Tennant’s Current Cites (October 2010).