According to Acting Commonwealth CIO Charlie Desourdy, who spoke with Government Technology at the 2015 Massachusetts Digital Government Summit in Boston, at the heart of most state decisions is the desire to use public resources in the most effective way possible. Here he details the state’s new emphasis on analytics and how it could help officials confront the state’s opioid crisis.
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According to Acting Commonwealth CIO Charlie Desourdy, who spoke with Government Technology at the 2015 Massachusetts Digital Government Summit in Boston, at the heart of most state decisions is the desire to use public resources in the most effective way possible. Here he details the state’s new emphasis on analytics and how it could help officials confront the state’s opioid crisis.
According to Acting Commonwealth CIO Charlie Desourdy, who spoke with Government Technology at the 2015 Massachusetts Digital Government Summit in Boston, at the heart of most state decisions is the desire to use public resources in the most effective way possible. Here he details the state’s new emphasis on analytics and how it could help officials confront the state’s opioid crisis.
