October 16, 2005 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – October 13, 2005 saw the announcement that International system integration consultancy CIBER, Inc. will host and manage the City of Cleveland's portal and related web sites. The company will assist the City with security and management of e-Gov services offered through its portal and web sites, and will also assist in enhancing the City’s web strategy to improve its web presence.
"CIBER demonstrated outstanding experience working with other major cities, like the City of San Francisco, in creating strong e-Gov offerings that resulted in high citizen satisfaction. Based on their hands-on experience, 30-year history of successfully working with local governments and their commitment to creating a strong local presence, we selected CIBER as our strategic web management partner," said Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, Chief Technology Officer for the City of Cleveland. "We are confident CIBER has the expertise to help us develop a site and service offering that will benefit our citizens now and for years to come and place our City in the top tier of 'best practices for City e-government web services'."
CIBER will transition the web site to a managed services facility immediately benefiting the City in terms of lower ownership costs, streamlined IT management and a high level of availability and service. CIBER will then perform a security assessment of the web site and enhance content management capabilities and security measurements. CIBER has partnered with two local Cleveland-based companies, SCK Design and Mid-America Consulting Group (MCG) to conduct the project.
