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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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Chris Inglis, the first national cyber director, has officially left the position. Principal Deputy National Cyber Director Kemba Walden will step in as acting director.
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Proponents say open source elections tech means new security features and transparency. What does it take to harness the helpful volunteer contributions, block out malicious saboteurs and keep these projects maintained for the long term?
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Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced a bill to keep anyone younger than 16 years old off of social media. The move comes amid a renewed focus in regulating large technology companies and how social media affects children.
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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act aims to prevent malicious hacking but has long been accused of being overly broad and vague. Some states’ anti-hacking laws are tighter, but confusions can remain.
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Several balloons — two of which were shot down over North America — have certainly strained international relations, but you might not have guessed that there are a host of non-spy-related uses for the old-school tech.
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The state’s IT agency has included several funding proposals in its “One Minnesota Budget” to help make its systems and services more accessible, modernized and secure. CIO Tarek Tomes shared the impacts and potential timelines.
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After leading IT operations in California’s capital city for more than nine years, Maria MacGunigal has announced that she will depart the position April 14. The search for her replacement has already begun.
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State lawmakers approved the requirement — which attracted little attention or debate — in their massive overhaul of the state’s voting laws during a 2021 special Legislative session.
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Legislation introduced by Del. David Moon would limit the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement to the investigation of certain violent crimes, human trafficking offenses or ongoing threats to public safety or national security.
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The 2023-2025 strategy aims to break down data and identity management silos across agencies, transition from a legacy on-prem mainframe to cloud services and create more consistent user experiences.
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Congress is set to hear from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew next month about the company’s data sharing relationship with the Chinese government. The situation underscores the overall lack of federal data privacy legislation.
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In his proposed budget last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined millions of dollars for the state’s Department of Management Services. The money would fund modernization and cybersecurity efforts among other initiatives.
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A new report from the National Skills Coalition used data from 43 million online job postings to assess digital skills demand. The findings reveal that the vast majority of jobs now require some type of digital skills.
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Seven months after the deadline set by Proposition 24, the CPPA is still working to complete its rulemaking.The delay reveals the painstaking and complicated process of actually implementing an idea signed into law or approved by voters.
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Lawmakers from both parties are supporting a bill that would help law enforcement agencies in the state afford body cameras and the necessary storage technology. Smaller agencies have struggled with these costs.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom this week announced that Nolwenn Godard, a technology executive with a lengthy private-sector resume, would take over as the new director of the Office of Data and Innovation.
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Megan Clarke, former CIO for the city of Burbank, Calif., took over King County’s IT Department in January. She replaced David Mendel, who was with the county for 17 years before serving as interim CIO.
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Government technology companies, along with state and local governments, have a large pool of candidates thanks to workers recently shed by Amazon, Google and others. What are the best ways to approach this opportunity?
