Preparing for this week's Democratic National Convention (DNC) kept Denver's CIO busy.  Read more ...

Local governments have long been pioneers in the use of GIS tools building, improving, and expanding communities.  Read more...

Join us and support Al Rosabal as the keynote speaker at The IT Summit.  The event is will be held at the Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons Ballroom on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.  The conference hours are 7:30 am - 3:30 pm, registration opens at 7:00 am and lunch is provided.  Registration is free.  To register for complimentary admission, please visit The IT Summit and enter Discount Code co08-gov.  Al Rosabal will speak at 8:00 am in the Tech Theatre III.

 

The purpose of The IT Summit is to provide an educational experience and support the proliferation of information technology.

 

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Al Rosabal has been named the new Deputy Chief Information Officer for the City and County of Denver.

Al was the CIO for Douglas County.  Since October 2005, Al has been responsible for setting technology strategy and for delivery of the County's technology projects and initiatives.  Al was instrumental in increasing the agility of their IT organization.  His accomplishments include implementing more robust project management controls, developling a rapid response pipeline using agile software development methodologies; establishing a tiered structure for storage, computing, databases, and services; and pushing the County toward embracing a Service Oriented Architecture-based integration approach. 

Al also drove core IT strategic initiatives that include identity management, data quality management, services definition, information security, business intelligence, and automated quality control.

 

Al graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a degree in civil engineering.  He also has his MBA from Boston University.

 

Denver City Council's issues roundtable program "Council Matters" recorded a perfect score and took top place, an engaging training video "Democracy for All" designed for Election Judges and coverage of City County meetings lead a stellar night for the City's Denver 8 TV at a national awards event.  Denver 8 TV, Denver's Municipal Access station, captured the awards in a national competition sponsored by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) held this year in Portland, Oregon.

Denver 8 TV took five top tier awards in total, including the first place award for "Council Matters".  Denver City Council coverage continued its ranking among the best in the country as it placed second this year.  Council meeting coverage has consistently been a leader in the nation for the quality of its weekly meeting coverage for more than a decade.

Denver also earned high marks for Instructional/Training and the Special Audience categories as a disability training program, "Democracy for All", designed for Denver Election Judges, took both second and third place honors respectively.

Citizens are concerned about crime. They are also concerned about where, and when, crime occurs. The Denver City Government and the Manager of Safety's Office have collaborated on an online database system that will keep citizens informed.

The Denver Police Department and Denver Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have jointly launched a new on demand crime map application where Denver residents can search up-to-date crime data, generate maps and tables of crimes. Based on the location entered, the system displays a map of individual crimes, as well as a table that shows when and where each incident occurred.  The database enables users to search by specific address, park, school, library, or by neighborhood.

Searches cover data for six months, starting January 2005 and extending to the most recent data available. The most recent data available is often from the day before the search is conducted.  Information is updated daily as new crimes are reported and investigations yield new information.  Certain information is withheld, in order to avoid identifying juveniles or victims of sex crimes.