Today Gov. Mary Fallin, along with State Chief Information
Officer Bo Reese and members of the Oklahoma tech community, launched Innovate
Oklahoma, a new technology initiative between the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services and the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology.
The initiative will allow custom technology applications to
be developed to directly meet the needs of the state departments and agencies,
leading to innovation and efficiency in government.
"Innovate Oklahoma is an exciting initiative to grow Oklahoma's tech industry and help launch new startup companies," said Governor Fallin.
"Oklahoma is on it's way to becoming the silicon prarie of the Heartland, she said. "This initiative is a partnership between state entities and the private sector to bring new, innovative ideas that promote efficiency and save money in state government operations."
The Innovate Oklahoma website gives citizens the
opportunity to submit a challenge or problem they would like to have solved
with an application solution. From there, the submission becomes a
foundation block to launch a community-led, collaborative environment that uses
technology to improve Oklahoma's government services.
After launching the site, state CIO Bo Reese announced the
first contract. "We
are excited to announce that the Innovate Oklahoma project has already made
progress. Tapzot, LLC has been formed by several local technologists and
entrepreneurs to meet the challenge of building the software behind our
innovation portal at innovate.ok.gov.
“OMES
and OCAST have worked closely with the Tapzot team and are proud to announce
today that they have become the first of what we all hope are many amazing
startup communes born out of the Innovate Oklahoma initiative."
Innovate Oklahoma, innovate.ok.gov,
is the first of its kind in the nation and OMES is proud to be breaking new
ground and finding solutions to the challenges state agencies face.
Media Contact
Shelley Zumwalt Director of Public Affairs (405) 535-5198 | shelley.zumwalt@omes.ok.gov
About the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services
provides financial, property, purchasing, human resources and
information technology services to all state agencies, and assists the
Governor’s Office on budgetary policy matters. Our mission: Supporting our partners through unified business services. For more information, visit OMES.OK.gov.
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