Secretary of State of Iowa

Mediacom Communications Expands Fiber Network to Two Additional Iowa Communities

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Monday, October 23, 2023
Technology, Audio, Video, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Networks, Internet, Carriers and Services, Affordable Connectivity Program, Mediacom, Secretary of State of Iowa, State, Fort Dodge, Iowa, ACP, Hawkeye, Partnership, Digital divide, IA, Internet service provider

Mediacom Communications announced the completion of two fiber-optic network expansion projects that bring ultra-high-speed broadband services to homes and businesses in Rutland and Williams, IA, both rural north central Iowa communities near Fort Dodge.

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  • Mediacom Communications announced the completion of two fiber-optic network expansion projects that bring ultra-high-speed broadband services to homes and businesses in Rutland and Williams, IA, both rural north central Iowa communities near Fort Dodge.
  • Mediacom also offers Connect2Compete-Plus (C2C+) for low-income households and participates in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) .
  • Through this public-private partnership, Mediacom has extended its fiber network to over 1,600 homes and businesses across a dozen previously underserved rural Iowa communities.
  • Together, Mediacom and the State of Iowa have invested $4.4 million dollars towards closing the digital divide in these communities.

Tyler Technologies State Partners Receive 2023 Government Experience Awards from the Center for Digital Government

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Data Management, Public Policy, Government, State, Local, Technology, Software, Internet, Partnership, COVID-19, Secretary of State of Iowa, Real, Digital, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Iowa Department of Transportation, Information technology, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, National Center for Digital Government, City, Local government, Quality of life, Pharmaceutical industry, Mobile phone

The Government Experience Awards recognize the achievements of states, cities, and counties that excel at creating valuable online government services and applications.

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  • The Government Experience Awards recognize the achievements of states, cities, and counties that excel at creating valuable online government services and applications.
  • The Center for Digital Government is a national research and advisory institute that sets information technology policies and standards for measuring best practices in state and local government.
  • Project Experience Awards recognize a single focus area and can include more than one interaction channel.
  • “We are very proud of our collaborative work with the State of Iowa to provide constituents with innovative, citizen-centric digital government experiences,” said Carmen Easley, general manager for Tyler’s Iowa state enterprise.

State of Iowa announces partnership with CGI for migrating financial management system to the cloud

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Cloud, Public sector, Secretary of State of Iowa, TSX, State, Software as a service, CGI, Financial management, Senior, GIB, ERP, NYSE, Advantage, Management

In her announcement of the award, Governor Kim Reynolds said the selection of CGI for the initiative would "ensure the state has the right tools to support our operations, save money over the long term, and improve service to Iowans."

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  • In her announcement of the award, Governor Kim Reynolds said the selection of CGI for the initiative would "ensure the state has the right tools to support our operations, save money over the long term, and improve service to Iowans."
  • The contract builds on a 25-year collaboration between CGI and the State of Iowa for financial management and enterprise resource planning (ERP), during which CGI has provided a cost-effective, industry-leading ERP solution that has evolved to meet the State's requirements.
  • CGI Advantage is a built-for-government software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that provides a mobile-first, intuitive and responsive user experience.
  • Hosted on the CGI Advantage Cloud, the platform provides an adaptive role-based experience that will meet the state's complex public-sector requirements and provide greater ease of configuration helping drive increased efficiency and effectiveness.

Iowa Board of Pharmacy Partners with Bamboo Health to Integrate Prescription Monitoring Data into Healthcare Prescribers and Dispensers’ Electronic Workflows

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022
General Health, Health, Data Management, Technology, Software, EHR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Efficiency, Organization, Iowa Board of Regents, Health information management, Pharming, Software, CPM, Prescription monitoring program, Health, Patient, Secretary of State of Iowa, LinkedIn, Center, Technology, Workflow, Solution, PMP, Hospital, Twitter, Partnership, CDC, Laika (EHR testing framework), Pharmaceutical industry, Property management, Facebook, Pharmacy

Providers and dispensers across the state will now be able to access PMP data directly within clinical workflows through Bamboo Healths PMP Gateway solution.

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  • Providers and dispensers across the state will now be able to access PMP data directly within clinical workflows through Bamboo Healths PMP Gateway solution.
  • The solution allows PMP data to be seamlessly woven into EHRs, pharmacy management systems, and health information exchanges.
  • In partnership with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, Bamboo Health was able to launch the statewide PMP Gateway solution within two-and-a-half weeks, quickly integrating important data directly into providers electronic health records.
  • Through Bamboo Health and the Iowa Board of Pharmacys partnership, users will now be able to integrate the data into clinicians workflows through the PMP Gateway solution.

VoteShield Nominated for National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) IDEAS Award by Iowa Secretary of State

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Elections, Articles, Government, Electoral fraud, Paul Pate, Politics, Secretary of State of Iowa, National Association of Secretaries of State, Voter registration, Election security, IOWA

b'DES MOINES, Iowa, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has nominated his office\'s collaboration with VoteShield for a National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) IDEAS Award.

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  • b'DES MOINES, Iowa, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has nominated his office\'s collaboration with VoteShield for a National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) IDEAS Award.
  • VoteShield is a tool that analyzes public voter registration data and flags potential anomalies in changes to that data.
  • "\nVoteShieldis an election security tool that reviews public voter registration data and flags potential anomalies for state and local election officials.
  • It is a project of Protect Democracy ( protectdemocracy.org ), a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing American democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government.\n'