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Open Government: Transparency Online
Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce Committee
NCSL Spring Forum- Washington, DC
Thursday, April 24, 2008
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Speaker Biographies
Cathilea Robinett, Executive Director, Center for Digital Government, California
Cathilea Robinett is Executive Director of the Center for Digital Government and Center for Digital Education, national research and advisory institutes focused on information technology policy and best practices in state and local government and education. She is also Executive Vice President of e.Republic, the Center’s parent company, where she regularly consults on editorial direction of its magazines (Government Technology, Public CIO, Emergency Management and Texas Technology) and the major themes of its annual conferences held across the country. Robinett is a frequent speaker for worldwide government and education organizations, including Harvard University, the United Nations, the State Legislative Leaders’ Foundation, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments, the World Congress on Information Technology and many more. She is quoted frequently in the press with articles appearing in USA Today, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Forbes magazine and many more. She is also the 2007 recipient of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) National Technology Champion Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to advance public sector information technology initiatives. For more than fifteen years, she has served as a thought leader and adviser to public and private sector professionals, and has worked extensively with both sectors in helping them develop sound and successful strategies in the state and local and education markets.
Sharon Crouch Steidel, Director, Information Systems, House of Delegates, Virginia
Sharon Crouch Steidel has served the Virginia House of Delegates since 1975. She has held her current post of Director of Information Systems since 1983. Sharon is responsible for all aspects of IT development for the House of Delegates and advises staff and members on technology issues. Her involvement with NCSL goes back a decade. She has been an active participant and has held leadership positions in NCSL's National Association of Legislative Information Technology. She has served on NCSL’s Executive Committee and recently was a staff vice chair for NCSL's Standing Committees. Periodically, Sharon works for the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, on democratic initiative projects related to information technology. In this role, she has worked with legislative entities in Yemen, Brazil, Argentina, Central America, Ghana and Thailand. Sharon currently serves as Staff Chair of NCSL.
Senator Wayne Niederhauser, Utah
Senator Wayne Niederhauser has served in the Utah Legislature since 2006. He is Chair of the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee and serves on the Commerce and Workforce Services Appropriations Subcommittee and the Senate Business and Labor Committee. He is a certified public accountant, a small business owner and real estate developer. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Accounting from Utah State University.
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