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STATE OF NEW YORK ANDREW M. CUOMO State Copitol P.O, Box 2062 ‘GOVERNOR ‘Albany, NY 12220-0062 ee EN Ny (MELODIE MAYBERRY-STEWART, Ph wwrw.clony.9o¥ ‘March 18, 2011 Dear CIO/OFT Colleagues, as Chief Information Officer and cal year to return to the private L write to you today to announce that I will leave my posi Director of the Office for Technology at the end of the State sector. My last day of State service will be March 31, 2011. Ithas been an honor to work with you to serve the residents of the State of New York. During my time with you, we have made extraordinary strides deploying innovative IT solutions across the State enterprise that helped propel New York to the forefront of our emerging digital society. As a team, we met many of our challenges head on to deliver better government services through the use of technology. Your managers diligently worked to create a more agile, more cost- efficient, more citizen centric, more transparent and more accountable State agency. | want to express a heartfelt thank you for rising to the challenge time and time again. | could not be prouder of the accomplishments CIO/OFT achieved. Our achievements are the result of your efforts, and | am deeply grateful to each of you for your many contributions. We moved New York State to the forefront of the New Innovation and Digital Economy by raising New York State's national and global IT rankings in the National Digital States Survey from #18 {C-) in 2007 to #5 (8+) in 2010, evidence that our hard work to creatively use technology to better serve New Yorkers is paying off! Working in collaboration with our State agency partners, we increased the State's citizen self-service e-government applications online by 48 percent, giving people access to a wider array of government services in a convenient way. Together, we raised the level of MWBE participation for technology procurements from less than 1% in 2007 to over 21% in 2010, exceeding our aggressive agency goal of 20% by 2010. These are [ust « few of the many initiatives and achievements in which | om grateful to have played a role with you. Thank you for @ grect journey, and | wish the best for you and your families. I appreciate your hard work, dedication, and pursuit of customer service excellence. Cordially, Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, Ph.D. New York State Chief Information Officer and Director of the Office for Technology

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