The NYS Forum

Enhancing NYS Government IT Practices through Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer with Corporate Partners

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January ‘25 M365 Community of Practice session with Danni Olson, @Microsoft. This months session covered #MicrosoftPowerBI. Items discussed were: Public PowerBI Report Showcase; Simplified Data Access; Build a PowerBI Report (PowerBI Desktop); Publish PowerBI Report, etc.

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January Business Analysis session, “Building Mobile Applications” with Christopher Ford, @NYSITS.
While building mobile applications, there are common questions and differences with mobile development that arise.
The session focused on three aspects of what’s encountered.

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Session 10 of the 2024 Fundamentals of #ProjectManagement for the Active PM series. Pratishtha Sharma presents on the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition.

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Nov '24 IT Procurement session, “How AI is upgrading IT Procurement” with Raj Bajaj and Endre Stogard @Accenture. Discussed how generative #AI is transforming #Procurement Category Pathfinder, and gave an overview of a procurement technology journey and the lessons learned.

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November 2024 M365 Community of Practice session with Christopher Ford - @NYSITS. Chris discussed Categorization in Outlook and Teams, Microsoft Teams Tips, reviewed the new Outlook appearance, and discussed Outlook Groups.

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@ConnectPSN New York Government Innovation Show, Fran Reiter, Executive Director of The NYS Forum, Inc., joined Jennifer Lorenz @NYSITS, Seb Formoso @CUNY, and Brian Digman @SUNY for a session titled "Empowering Connectivity: Collaborations and Innovations in the Public Sector."

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Session 6 of the 2024 Fundamentals of #ProjectManagement for the Active PM series. Richard Green, PMP NYS Office of General Services, presents on the topic of Resource Management.

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A fantastic turn out for The NYS Forum, Inc.’s 38th Annual Meeting! Huge thank you to New York's new State CIO and Director of NYS Office of Information Technology Services, Dru Rai; as well as Deputy Secretary for Finance and Technology, Albert Pulido as this year’s keynotes.

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Session 4 of the 2024 Fundamentals of #ProjectManagement for the Active PM series. Malkiyah Goldberg, NYS Office of Information Technology Services, presents on the topic of Cost Management.

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The NYS Forum Launches Artificial Intelligence Workgroup to Drive Innovation and Ethical AI Practices https://t.co/erRT3Eqwqw

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September 2024 Business Analysis WG session, “Web Accessibility Standards” with Kenneth Crosby - NYS SFS. Ken discussed what the new compliance requirements are, what it means for NYS employees, what happens when compliance is not met, and what we should be doing now.

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Sept ‘24 M365 CoP session, “Back to School” w/ Allison Ives - @NYSomh, Scott Donnelly - @NYSDEC, and Janna Shillinglaw - @NYSCivilService. All reviewed the tools of the #Microsoft365 suite and discussed tips/tricks using Sharepoint, Teams, etc. while providing some helpful demos

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An excellent turnout for the 2024 NYS Forum Day at the Races at Saratoga Race Course. We're already looking forward to next year! Thanks to all of those who dropped by on this perfect day to network and watch the races. A few even left winners!

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July ‘24 Albany ITCR with Robert Galvin - Chief Technology Officer, @PANYNJ Rob provided an overview of the organization, its structure and strategies, impact on the state, in-flight and upcoming key initiatives, and vision for the future.

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June ‘24 Albany ITCR Networking Breakfast. A “fireside chat” with Chief Information Officer at @NYSThruway, Josh Klemm. Josh discussed the goals of the organization, the relationships and experiences with the partner community, and vision for the future.

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IT Procurement session with Commissioner Jeanette Moy, @NYS_OGS. Provided an overview of OGS' strategic plan, covering the inclusive ways that it was built, the partnerships and the data driven processes that they're leveraging in order to implement it

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Day 2 is underway! Stop by The NYS Forum booth at the 26th annual NYS Cybersecurity Conference!
Follow #NYSCyber for highlights from this event and visit the website to view the agenda:
https://t.co/wAIjDYvq7N

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May ’24 NYC ITCR with Robert Harding - @GT_Law. Robert discussed the NYC budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and any impact the recently adopted NYS budget may have on NYC agencies and priorities

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May ’24 Albany ITCR with Marc Hiller, General Counsel, Director of Procurement Services - Ostroff & Associates. Marc discussed the recently adopted NYS Budget focusing on new IT and procurement initiatives of particular interest to ITCR members

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May ‘24 Business Analysis WG session, “Introduction to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for Business Analysts” with Paul Franz CBAP, @NYSTEC. The presentation reviewed key information that business analysts need to be aware of when developing RFPs for state, city, and local agencies