“As chief information officer, Alex Pettit already has helped streamline some state operations leading to cost savings. I’m happy to have him on my team and look forward to working with him to find more ways to eliminate inefficiencies,” Fallin said in an interview with Oklahoma-based CapitolBeatOK.
Source: CapitolBeatOK
Guam Names Ed Cruz State CIO
Newly elected Guam Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo announced Wednesday, Jan. 5, that Ed Cruz will be CIO for the Bureau of Information of Technology, local media reported In his new position, Cruz will lead the bureau, which includes IT planning, support services and dictates IT policy to Guam’s government.Cruz’s resumé includes 12 years of experience in managing IT infrastructure and services. He worked for the Bank of Guam as well as Gov. Felix P. Camacho’s administration in the Bureau of Information Technology.
His accomplishments include successfully overhauling and managing the IT infrastructure and information systems at the Department of Public Health and Social Services, according to a government statement.
“Ed has the know-how and commitment needed to revamp and refresh our government,” Calvo said. “He has the full support and cooperation of the Office of the Governor as we create a government that is more transparent and accountable to the public.”
Guam is a U.S. territory and participates in the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
Source: Pacific News Center
U.S. Deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin Leaves to Launch Startups
U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin announced Dec. 23 that he is stepping down from office to pursue entrepreneurship.McLaughlin is leaving after a year and a half of service under Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra to start two companies. Before his tenure in office, McLaughlin spent five and a half years as Google’s director of global public policy.
“I’m interested in fostering low-cost, collaborative tech for state and local governments,” he wrote in an e-mail to The Washington Post, “and also in supporting new startups in developing countries, one nonprofit the other for-profit.”
In 2010, McLaughlin was reprimanded for inappropriate e-mail exchanges to Google employees.
Source: Mashable
Nashville Names Chief Information Security Officer
Mayor Karl Dean of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro), Tenn., announced Jan. 3 that the government will have its first chief information security officer.The position will be occupied by Greg Schaffer, the former assistant vice president for network and IT security at Middle Tennessee State University. Schaffer will oversee the city’s information security management program, which Dean created by executive order in 2010.
Metro agencies have had problems in the past of releasing sensitive data, putting citizens at risk of identity theft.
Source: The Tennessean
