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Learn more about... InfoSENTRY's
white paper on the future of Internet and online voting InfoSENTRY's
white paper on "Improving the Effectiveness of Training in
Enterprise-Wide System Implementations" InfoSENTRY's
white paper on "Enron and IT Quality Assurance" InfoSENTRY's white
paper on "InfoSENTRY's Lessons Learned on User Acceptance
Testing" Federal
Election Commission Publication on statewide voter registration databases Election
TechREPORTS™ Newsletter -- InfoSENTRY's
quarterly election technology newsletter Several of
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News Releases and NewslettersInfoSENTRY is involved in a number of projects for public and private sector clients. Periodically, those projects issue reports, technical papers, and monographs. Select one of the items at the left to review these documents or find out how they can be ordered. InfoSENTRY publishes Election TechREPORTS, a quarterly newsletter of information technology notes for state and local election officials. Choose the appropriate "Election TechREPORTS" item at the left to read the online version of the newsletter. IINFOSENTRY WHITE PAPERS and NEWS RELEASES "Dark Corner to DOT.COM: The Road Ahead for Online
Voting." (July 15,
2000) White paper written by M. Glenn Newkirk, an InfoSENTRY Services
principal. Check out this entertaining and informative overview of the impact of the explosive growth of Internet on the likelihood of online voting in the coming years. Just click on the document title above. InfoSENTRY
in the news News
Release: InfoSENTRY’s
President Receives Certification as Certified Business Resilience Auditor for
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. (August,
2007) News Release: InfoSENTRY's President Addresses the California Association of School Business Officials Annual Meeting on "Critical Failure Factors in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementations." (April, 2003) News Release: Business Continuity Plans Bolster Threat Deterrence and Risk Reduction in the Supply Chain. (November, 2002) News Release: InfoSENTRY's President Addresses Virginia's Election Registrations at 2002 Local Government Operations Conference at the University of Virginia. (August, 2002) InfoSENTRY Services' President Glenn Newkirk and State Senator Kevin Smith (D-Helena) published an opinion piece in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on March 3, 2002, entitled "Problems with computer system indicate management failures." (Senator Smith is co-chairman of the Arkansas General Assembly's Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.) The article pointed out that while implementation of the SAP/R3 enterprise resource planning system through state government in a now $50+ million project called "AASIS" has demonstrated some success, calls from the Governor to stop criticism of the project are unfounded. The authors provide a series of important lessons learned from the seriously flawed implementation. They conclude with the following challenge: "So, when you hear calls to stop criticizing AASIS and focus on the good parts, be suspicious. AASIS was one of the largest information technology projects ever undertaken in state government. But it will not be the last. We need to learn lessons from AASIS' failures that can help assure future information technology success." For a full copy of the article contact the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette through www.ardemgaz.com or contact us at info@infosentry.com . InfoSENTRY Services' President Glenn Newkirk was quoted in various national magazines concerning statewide voter registration systems and the changes coming in voting technology. Among the articles citing Glenn Newkirk and InfoSENTRY's work were the National Journal and The League of Women Voter's "E-Library National Voter" website. InfoSENTRY Services conducted a project status assessment in 2001 of a $30+ million implementation of a statewide ERP system for the Arkansas General Assembly. The firm made numerous presentations to the Senate Committee on Technology and Legislative Affairs and the General Assembly's Joint Budget Committee. Various stories in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Donrey Media, and on KARK-TV covered the presentations and the subsequent unfolding of the troubles of the project known as AASIS. InfoSENTRY
Services conducted a statewide needs assessment and requirements analysis for
an Senate Committee Approves Centralized Voter Registration . May, 1999. Keisling Releases Study Detailing Statewide Voter Registration. March, 1999. InfoSentry Services Receives Contract for Oregon Voter Registration Study. December, 1998. InfoSENTRY's White Paper on Some of the most challenging projects are
implementations of InfoSENTRY Services’ President, Glenn Newkirk, spoke with a group of experts who recently have been down the path of a major ERP implementation. Representing ERP implementations in both the private and the public sector, participants were from organizations spread widely across the country and from organizations that were large and structurally complex. InfoSENTRY's White Paper on "Enron and IT Quality Assurance" Three InfoSENTRY principals co-authored this white paper that addresses the importance of using independent, third-party quality assurance reviewers in enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management implementations. The white paper presents short real-life examples of situations in which ERP implementations either skipped or watered down internal quality assurance reviews--with disastrous results. Any organization considering implementation of an enterprise resource planning system--or any major IT system--need to be aware of the benefits of using only independent, third-party quality assurance reviewers. InfoSENTRY's White Paper on "InfoSENTRY's Lessons Learned on User Acceptance Testing" "Get this project on the fast track." "Cut to the chase." "Skip detailed user acceptance testing. We (the vendors) have it covered." "Testing is an unnecessary roadblock to getting on with the real work." If one (or more) of these statements reflects your organization's philosophy toward independently administered user acceptance testing, get ready for the system implementation crash that is coming. After the crash you will realize it's better to be on the RIGHT track than the FAST track. These practical lessons from InfoSENTRY on user acceptance testing will help ensure you are on the RIGHT Track for project success. Federal Election
Commission Publication : "Developing
a Statewide Voter Registration Database" An InfoSENTRY principal co-authored an FEC study of statewide voter registration systems. To obtain a copy of the final report, "Developing a Statewide Voter Registration Database: Procedures, Alternatives, and General Models," contact the FEC through their website at http://www.fec.gov/ . Election TechReports Newsletter Click
on an issue number to go directly to the issue listed in this active Table of
Contents!
Issue 1: Online voter
registration, Online voting, Harvard's Policy Group Report on election
technology.
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