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t-newcombe

Tod Newcombe

Senior Editor

With more than 20 years of experience covering state and local government, Tod previously was the editor of Public CIO, e.Republic’s award-winning publication for information technology executives in the public sector. He is now a senior editor for Government Technology and a columnist at Governing magazine.

CIOs face increasing pressure to deliver badly needed change on a number of fronts. Here are 10 steps on how to accelerate transformation that can meet and exceed these expectations.
As chief information officers at all levels of government take a wider, more enterprise look at their role than in the past, it is becoming increasingly important that they are more than just tech-savvy.
Connected technology can solve many urban issues, yet local governments have struggled to demonstrate the value of smart city initiatives. However, the path to measurable returns is more straightforward than you might think.
With limited time, expanding technological demands and a litany of constraints, state CIOs have to focus on the essentials to ensure success in their job and in meeting the needs of their citizens.
High turnover and long learning curves have impacted the ranks of skilled caseworkers. But VR technology has the ability to change the status quo and deliver active learning techniques that can speed up training.
Increasingly, state and local government needs to deliver services with both speed and quality. The best way to do that is with a new IT collaborative practice known as “DevOps.”
CEO, Florida Technology Council
Bureau Chief of Technical Services, Chicago Police Department
Chief Privacy Officer, Seattle
Despite years of investments worth billions of dollars, government has not seen the kind of radical results it expected from technology. A key reason why: States and localities first need to fix their capacity problem.