The Private Sector has long used technology to do more with less. Now, Hardik Bhatt, Chief Information Officer, State of Illinois, who previously worked with Cisco Systems, tells the City Club of Chicago about new initiatives the State is looking to employ to increase jobs, economic growth, and the ability to deliver better government services using 21st Century technologies. Using the goals of making government “Efficient, effective and competitive” the Rauner Administration is pursuing strategies to cut overlapping services, and cut the disorganization that exists when different state agencies use different and non-compatible technologies.