Information Technology Division, Commonwealth of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=itdhomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Aitd http://www.mass.gov/Aitd/RSS/Home/newsandupdates.xml © 2008 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=itdmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Aitd&b=terminalcontent&f=nu_sam_announcement&csid=Aitd 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Service Management Office would like to announce an exciting change to its Service Account Management Team. The Team is expanding its current function as Customer Outreach Managers (COMs) to Service Account Managers (SAMs) effective October 1, 2008.

http://www.mass.gov/Ehrd/docs/policies/tpl/fy09_tpl_increase_delay.doc 2008-09-26T00:00:00Z 2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

A memorandum issued by Paul Dietl, Chief Human Resources Officer and Anne Margulies, Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth, that addresses the delay in salary increases for employees falling into the Technical Pay Law category.

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The Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs launched its new website on September 17, 2008.

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The Enterprise Technical Reference Model (ETRM) provides an architectural framework used to identify the standards, specifications and technologies that support the Commonwealth's computing environment.

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The purpose of these standards is to establish minimum power management requirements that will result in significant reductions in the energy consumption of the thousands of Personal Computers (PCs) and workstations used throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department agencies.

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The new Enterprise Remote Access Policy addresses authorized and supported remote access methods and practices for all Executive and non-Executive Department agencies that are members and/or users of the MAGNet Wide Area Network.

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ITD published its new organization structure to website.

http://www.mass.gov?pageID=itdterminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=IT+Planning+%26+Finance&L2=Chargeback+Services&sid=Aitd&b=terminalcontent&f=services_fy2010_rates_serv_draft&csid=Aitd 2008-09-15T00:00:00Z 2008-09-15T00:00:00Z

For your convenience, the a draftof the fy2010 rates have been published.

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The Exec. Office of Health & Human Services wins an achievment award for their Virtual Gateway Common Intake site.

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The 2008 NASCIO Conference is to be held September 21-24 in Wisconsin.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=itdmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Aitd&b=terminalcontent&f=nu_dph_portalization&csid=Aitd 2008-08-22T00:00:00Z 2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

The Department of Public Health is now part of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services' portal effective August 25, 2008.

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A list of services ITD provides to its customers and the rates charges for each is presented in an excel spreadsheet.

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Mass.Gov released new functionality in the portal community which gives users the ability to subscribe to new content.

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The deadline for investment briefs has passed. For more information regarding this process, contact your customer outreach manager.

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An advisory issued by ITD's CIO and the State Comptroller regarding the impact of VISTA on year end acquisitions of software, desktop PCs and laptops.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=itdmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Aitd&b=terminalcontent&f=nu_fy09_invest_brief&csid=Aitd 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The deadline for submitting investment briefs for FY09 is this Friday, May 9, 2008 at 5:00pm.

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There is a new format for press releases that affects portalized agencies who opt to use these templates.

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The Operational Services Division (OSD) will be holding their annual STAR Exposition on May 6th, 2008. Vendors on statewide contracts will be available to meet and discuss the commodities and services that they can provide. In addition there will be 20 workshops available to employees.

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ITD is in the process of upgrading infrastructure in its computer room facility on the 8th floor of the Ashburton Building. This will require a complete power shutdown and will affect some agencies.

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