Cloud & Computing
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Next year will bring a complex mix of evolution, correction and convergence when it comes to AI. It will become more powerful, more personal and more ubiquitous — and also more expensive, more autonomous and more disruptive. -
Minnesota Chief Transformation Officer Zarina Baber explains how modernizing not only IT but all executive agencies and moving to an agile product delivery model is driving maturity statewide.
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Fifty-four of the 56 entities eligible for year one federal grants applied, and 10 have fulfilled the second part of the process by submitting their cybersecurity plans. A notice of funding opportunity is expected year two in the spring.
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Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has announced two leadership appointments: Shawn Nailor will take over as secretary and CIO of the Agency of Digital Services, while Denise Reilly-Hughes will serve as the agency’s deputy secretary.
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Congress has passed new legislation that would limit the sale of U.S.-owned high-tech companies to Chinese entities. The new rules would also limit government agency cooperation between the U.S. and China.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a state budget Tuesday that seeks to address an estimated $22.5 billion shortfall, bringing both investment and spending reductions for IT over several years.
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Nineteen percent of software scanned in the past year showed a “high or critical severity” security flaw, according to Veracode’s State of Software Security 2023 report. Issues also appear to be fixed less often in older software.
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The Federal Aviation Administration blamed the outage on an issue with its Notice to Air Mission system, which is a crucial component of all U.S. civilian and military flights that alerts pilots to hazards or other issues.
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The newly announced MD-ISAC aims to provide actionable cyber intelligence to counties, cities, towns and public schools to help them identify and head off potential cybersecurity threats.
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Onondaga County, N.Y., clerk’s office is one of the local governments experiencing operational issues after a December cyber attack struck its third-party records management vendor Cott Systems Inc.
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The vendor supplying Lawrence County, Ohio’s records management system was hit with a cyber attack Dec. 26. The incident caused service disruptions when company systems were taken offline to identify the source of the attack.
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The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles was reportedly the victim of a cyber attack by the ransomware group LockBit. In a Dec. 31 post on the dark web, the group claimed to have stolen more than 15 terabytes of agency data.
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The New York county’s online record management system has been restored following a cyber attack against third-party vendor Cott Systems. The system was taken offline around Christmas to hunt for the source of the attack.
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Leahy sought to bring more transparency to the technology agency’s offerings and work, and improve its customer service. Now as he leaves office, he expects to make a return to the private sector.
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Jason Snyder is no newcomer to government, having served previously as the chief technology officer under former Gov. Deval Patrick. The appointment comes a day before the retirement of current Secretary Curtis Wood.
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Doug Murdock, named state chief information officer in Hawaii by former Gov. David Ige, will remain in the post as the state continues a slate of technology modernization projects.
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The third-party vendor for the county’s online record management system alerted officials Monday that it detected potentially malicious files and would be shutting down its servers to find the source of the problem.
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After serving six years as CIO and secretary of the IT department, Michael Leahy announced his forthcoming departure. The news comes as a new governor takes over from Gov. Larry Hogan, who appointed Leahy to the role.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has announced the appointment of Adam Proffitt as secretary of administration and Jeff Maxon as the interim chief information technology officer following the departure of Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace.
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As current Chief Technology Officer Duane Schell approaches his last day in office at the end of this month, the state announced that Craig Felchle has taken over the role in a permanent capacity.
