What is SC.GMIS?

As information technology advances and becomes further entwined in everyone’s daily lives, all levels of government must find efficient and effective means of leveraging technology to better accomplish their agency’s goals.

Government entities must work together in the future more than they have in the past, as this sharing of data and solutions can greatly benefit all. For example, the IT staffs of school districts and county governments, while supporting different constituencies, must solve similar challenges in networking, security, web development, and many other technical areas. Working Together by sharing knowledge and sometimes resources will benefit all.

To encourage and facilitate this needed sharing, a new organization was established early last year in this state. The South Carolina chapter of Government Management Information Sciences is modeled after similar organizations in neighboring states. SC.GMIS is the first South Carolina organization that brings together the information technology representatives of cities, counties, school districts, state agencies, universities & TECs, regional libraries, and other public entities.

South Carolina GMIS Mission Statement

The mission of SC.GMIS is to provide an organizational structure and network with associated activities, which may be used by all SC County, and Local government agencies and educational institutions in order to help them in their information and automation endeavors and with associated projects and problems.

Purpose

The purpose of GMIS is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and techniques; to foster enhancement in hardware, software and communication developments as they relate to government activities.

Over twenty-five years ago, a group of computer professionals, realizing all of us need help from time to time, organized GMIS to foster sharing among all levels of government involved in our endless world of technology. Not to be confused with other user groups, GMIS focuses solely on sharing situations related to government information processing.