Overview

January 25

It’s that time again to work with counties across the country to share the innovative work you all do! The Center for Digital Government’s Digital Counties Survey allows county information technology organizations to highlight the great work being done, benchmark with their peers and identify future trends. This year’s survey will inquire about current challenges, ongoing and emerging priorities, and the evolving and changing technology landscape as everyone strives to enhance constituent and employee experiences. We are also excited to share the changes we made to the survey for 2023!

Join us for the 2023 Digital Counties Survey opening webinar on January 25 at 11 am PST/ 2 pm EST. During this webcast, Center for Digital Government Vice President Brian Cohen and Surveys and Awards Director Janet Grenslitt will walk you through this year’s survey – the overall structure, what’s new and approaches you can use to fill it out. Barry Condrey, Chesterfield County, Virginia CIO, and David Mendel, King County, Washington, Interim CIO will join us during the webinar to discuss how they use the survey and tips for success. The webinar will also cover:

The objectives and intent of the survey
How to navigate the survey tool
Next steps and timing for survey submissions
Any questions the audience has and how to use the FAQs
Announcing regular touchpoints with CDG staff throughout the survey

We encourage you to invite anyone working for county government who will be involved in the survey to attend. We look forward to having you join us!

Speakers

Barry Condrey

Chief Information Officer, Chesterfield County, VA

Barry is the Chief Information Officer, Chesterfield County, VA. He has worked in the IT field for 40 years holding a variety of technology leadership positions in the public and private sectors and is presently the CIO for Chesterfield County, Virginia where he pursues initiatives based on digital transformation, open government and citizen centricity. Under his leadership Chesterfield County Va. has been four times recognized as the #1 digital county in the USA. He has been an adjunct faculty for Virginia Commonwealth University, is an active NACo contributor, two-time president of the Virginia Local Government IT Executives (VALGITE) organization, a certified government CIO, a certified information security manager and a national top 25 Doer, Dreamer & Driver. He likes to teach, write code and blog about technology leadership.

David Mendel

Interim CIO, King County, WA

David Mendel currently serves as the Interim Chief Information Officer for King County and department director of King County Information Technology, or KCIT. David joined the County in August of 2005 and has held several positions, including Radio Communication Services manager, Regional Services Manager, and Emergency Radio Communications (ERC) Division Director. Prior to working in the County, David was a Regional Director in Willamette Dental, and prior to that he served 22 years in the U.S. Navy attaining the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. As ERC Division Director, David was responsible for working with jurisdictions throughout King County on the planning and implementation of the nearly $300M property tax funded Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network. David was also the first Regional Services Manager in King County, where he oversaw the King County Wide Area Network, Institutional Network (fiber optic network), Telecommunications, Cable Office in addition to his responsibilities with Radio Communication Services.

Janet Grenslitt

Survey Manager, Center for Digital Government

Janet Grenslitt is the Center for Digital Government’s director of Surveys and Awards. She manages the Center’s flagship surveys and awards programs for state and local government. Working with subject matter experts, she created the Digital Cities and Digital Counties surveys more than 15 years ago. Prior to joining e.Republic, Janet managed programs for state and local government in Florida, North Carolina and California. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University, with a certificate in Social Administration from Hull University in England, and her Master’s degree from University of California at Berkeley.

Brian Cohen — Moderator

Vice President, Center for Digital Education

Prior to joining the Center for Digital Education, Brian was Vice Chancellor and University CIO for the City University of New York (CUNY). Brian joined CUNY as its Chief Information Officer (CIO) in December 2001. As the Vice-Chancellor and University CIO, he directed the Office of Computing and Information Services (CIS), developed and managed the enterprise IT vision, strategy and day-to-day technology operations of the University. Brian’s Office of Computing and Information Services (CIS) managed the operation of CUNY’s technology systems, core business applications, voice and data networks, IT Security, data center, and the development, implementation, and support of the University’s enterprise resource planning project known as CUNYfirst. Prior to joining CUNY, Brian served in several key leadership roles with the City of New York, including Deputy Commissioner in the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), Executive Directory City’s E-Government Office, and Executive Director of the City’s Year 2000 (Y2K) Office. Among his many accomplishments, Brian developed the City of New York’s E-Government strategy, implemented the City’s award-winning nyc.gov website, and managed the City’s effort to address the Y2K technology challenge. Brian received a B.S. in Computer Science from St. John’s University and a J.D. from Touro Law School.

Webinar

Presenting the 2023 Digital Counties Survey!