All partners have important roles in the Center's program. The roles and responsibilities of project partners are briefly outlined below.

State and local government and nonprofit agencies

• Propose projects either independently or in response to calls for proposals.
• Provide baseline costs and other data to support project selection and evaluation processes.
• Support projects with contributions of staff and other resources.
• Take an active role in project operations and management, including participation in the development of project work plans, reports, and demonstrations.
• Recommend programs or policies that enhance the participation of public sector organizations in the Center.

Corporate contributors

• Suggest potential project topics and respond to specific project proposals.
• Donate or loan technology to the Center's infrastructure or to support specific projects.
• Provide for training and technical assistance appropriate to the products loaned or donated.
• Donate technical, management, or consulting services to the Center or to specific projects.
• Participate in the development of project work plans and reports and serve as members of a project team.
• Recommend programs or policies that enhance corporate participation in the Center.

University faculty

• Suggest potential project topics and respond to specific project proposals.
• Design, conduct, or advise on project research and evaluation activities.
• Recommend and supervise graduate students who work on research and evaluation activities.
• Participate in the development of project work plans, articles, and reports.
• Work actively as members of a project team.
• Recommend programs or policies that enhance academic participation in the Center.

NYS Forum for Information Resource Management

• Maintain a Standing Committee on CTG Operations, which advises the Center on questions related to project proposals, participants, or processes as they relate to state and local government needs and operations.
• Co-sponsor informational and education programs to disseminate project results.

The Center

• Manage the project solicitation and selection processes.
• Provide project coordination and administrative services to support each project.
• Recruit faculty and students to Center projects. Help agencies build working relationships with faculty that will result in effective project teams.
• Invite corporate responses to project proposals, arrange for briefings and other information for interested firms, and select firms to participate in projects.
• Organize project teams to include agency staff, faculty and students, Center staff, and corporate partners.
• Provide a technical environment for project prototypes, including computing platforms, networks, and software tools.
• Provide working space and laboratory infrastructure for projects.
• Evaluate and document project results and produce and disseminate project reports, briefings, and demonstrations.