North Carolina

Daniel Rister, a 26-year veteran of Cumberland County government, has been named its permanent chief innovation and technology services director after serving on an interim basis for about four months.

Agencies report that critical IT positions remain hard to fill, but finding the right people takes more than job postings. States are expanding intern and apprentice programs to train and retain talent.

Burris announced her departure this week after nearly a decade at the state IT department, where she helped strengthen data governance and AI readiness. She was named chief data officer in January 2024.

Gov. Josh Stein signed into law Tuesday legislation that enables motorists to renew their driver's license a second consecutive time via a remote method.

Electronic health record rollouts in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia mark a shift toward tech-driven patient care in state correctional facilities. One aim is freeing up more staff time for direct patient care.

Orange County and its wireless broadband partner have fallen short of a 2022 promise to deliver higher Internet speeds to all of the rural homes that currently lack reliable service.

Unswayed by neighborhood opposition, Statesville City Council unanimously approved a developer’s planned data center on 330 acres of land previously used for farming in western Iredell County.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is among the first to adapt Microsoft’s SharePoint platform into a student planner, replacing paper versions with a more dynamic tool.

Justin Sherwood, who has been chosen to lead county technology, aims to modernize systems, strengthen cybersecurity and enhance public services. He has more than a decade of experience in North Carolina municipal IT.

With an executive order, Gov. Josh Stein has stood up an AI Leadership Council and Accelerator to shape policy, ethics and training, bringing together leaders from government, education and technology.

Despite neighbors’ protests, the Statesville Planning Board unanimously backed a Texas developer’s planned data center on hundreds of acres of lush green farmland in western Iredell County.

Dallas-based Compass Datacenters filed rezoning plans with the city of Statesville, N.C., aiming to construct a five-building center that spans 340 acres in a rural area.

The app is the work of TriRiver Water, and it would allow customers in part of North Carolina to get water alerts, pay their bills and get advanced metering infrastructure data about their connection.

Martha Wewer, the state’s new chief privacy officer, and Jennifer Fix, its new deputy CISO, bring more than 30 years of combined experience to their new roles. They will work closely with state CISO Bernice Russell-Bond.

A data center could be built in rural Mooresville if the town’s Board of Commissioners approves annexation and rezoning requests later this year for construction on land owned by Dale Earnhardt’s widow.

North Carolina's Department of State Treasurer experimented with giving state workers access to ChatGPT to track down lost money and double check local budgets. The tool saved employees time, but there were roadblocks.

Officials in Indiana and Missouri said technologists remain watchful, but their states so far seem to have avoided compromise. The latter’s Office of Administration credited a layered security approach for helping deflect bad actors.

State CISOs in North Carolina and Arizona said their teams began work immediately to ensure on-prem SharePoint systems were secure, following the recent disclosure of an active zero-day exploit.