The objective of this project was to identify and document the practices associated with successful state-local information systems by studying the experiences of these eleven initiatives in New York State:

• Aging Network: Client Based Service Management System Project
• Electronic Filing of Local Government Annual Financial Reports
• Electronic Death Certificate Project
• Electronic Transfer of Dog License Data
• Hunting and Fishing Licenses
• Immunization Information Systems Project
• Probation Automation Project
• Real Property System Version 4
• SALESNET (Real Property Transfer Reporting)
• Local Social Services District Imaging Project
• Electronic Voter Registration

Information needed to support the project objective was gathered in four ways: (1) a literature and current practice review; (2) an effort to describe the eleven participating projects in a standard, comparable way; (3) a survey of both state and local participants in each project; and (4) focus group interviews with the project teams. The Governor's Task Force established a Special Work Group on State-Local Information Systems to serve as both a planning and advisory body for the overall project.