The Information Technology Advisory Council (ITAC) will meet from 1-3 p.m. on Monday, March 14, at the Patrick Henry Building in Richmond. ITAC members include IT and business leaders in state government and citizen representatives. The meeting is open to the public, and a time for public comment is planned near the end of the meeting.

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147 people participated in the Commonwealth's Information Security Officers Advisory Group (ISOAG) meeting March 2. The keynote presentation was provided by a cyber special agent with the Richmond FBI on “Social Media and How Government Agents are Targeted.”  Ed Miller, VITA, provided a legislative update on centralized IT security audit services. The session was hosted by Commonwealth Chief Information Security Officer Michael Watson and VITA.

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VITA's Integrated Services Program (ISP) is hosting a 9-1-1 Land Cover webinar on March 2 at 2 p.m. This webinar session will focus on the Quality Assurance/Quality Control process being utilized for the statewide Land Cover data development project. The planned agenda will include a brief project overview, project classifications, sample size and accuracy assessment principles.

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The March edition of Network News is now available online and kicks off with project updates from the desk of the CIO. Also included in this edition is information on the new contracts that replace COVANET service offerings, tips on avoiding online tax scams and a reminder to sign up soon for the third annual information security conference to be held on April 7-8.

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