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As a new federal administration prepares to assume control, the GovAI Coalition Summit showed the local promise of artificial intelligence, from solutions available to the leaders ready to make them work. -
While cybersecurity remains a high priority for many CIOs, we spoke to technology leaders to understand what other skills are difficult to find when recruiting new talent.
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In addition to upskilling and transforming their workforce, IT leaders in government are investing in enterprise technology that can scale for the future.
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Technologists who have worked for and with the government say the change in presidential administrations has sparked new interest in public-sector tech efforts, and the moment is perfect for it.
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Gov. Spencer Cox has nominated former Oracle executive Alan Fuller to serve as the chief information officer for the Utah Department of Technology Services. Fuller replaces Mike Hussey, who left the post in January.
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Enterprise resource planning systems are foundational to efficiently run government organizations. Here’s how three jurisdictions navigated their modernization plans through COVID-19.
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Officials from L.A. County, the nation’s most populous county, and the California Department of Technology offered their takeaways from the rollout of the My Turn COVID-19 vaccination eligibility website.
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Colorado's IT department has tapped Anthony Sean Martinez, who most recently served as a director in the U.S. Department of State, as the second-ever executive director of the state's Broadband Office.
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Margaret Brisbane, coming up on 16 years with the county, will lead an IT department that has been modernizing, leaning into data-driven policy and bolstering election security for more than 2.7 million residents.
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Although the Capitol insurrection was reason to suspend President Trump's Facebook and Twitter, Big Tech's power over free speech is raising concerns.
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Also the director of the city’s performance and analytics department, Kirby Brady brings experience as a researcher to a new role that will oversee new tech and initiatives to reinvent how the city operates.
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CDO Carlos Rivero explains how he aligns his priorities with the CIO’s, how COVID-19 accelerated Virginia’s data governance strategy and how his time with the Federal Transit Administration informs state-level work.
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Both already working for the Texas Department of Information Resources, the state’s new CIO and deputy CIO have close to 30 years combined experience in the public sector and backgrounds in law and business.
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Dec. 31 is the deadline for states to use their $1.25 billion federal CARES Act dollars to improve digital services, closing technology gaps and making critical public health information more accessible.
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Brom Stibitz, who has worked in various roles in Michigan's state government since 2011, will now serve as both CIO and management and budget director, following in the footsteps of previous CIO David DeVries.
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NASCIO has released its biennial study of state-level cybersecurity and while the pandemic has brought new threats, the report’s author says there has never been a better moment for CISOs to show their importance.
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Against the backdrop of COVID-19 and ongoing social unrest in the U.S., three leading women in government technology roles discuss the impact of technology and diversity on elevating civic outcomes.
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Outsourcing government IT services to a number of smaller companies, rather than the monolithic contracts of the past, has become common practice, but ensuring all those contractors are secure is an ongoing challenge.
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive move to telework for government workers and opened up new avenues for hackers to infiltrate systems — and it’s a situation that’s lasting longer than anyone expected.
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Indianapolis officials selected Elliott Patrick, an IT staffer with public- and private-sector experience, to replace former CIO Ken Clark. According to a local report, he's the city-county's first Black CIO.
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As students and their families wait for better Internet at home, West Virginia has deployed hundreds of new Wi-Fi access points in facilities across all of its counties that any student can use.
