Workforce and People

The Technology Association of Georgia is partnering with SkillStorm to help train and upskill tech talent — with a targeted program aimed to support Black Georgians’ entry into the tech field.

Georgia Tech and Southern Regional Technical College are among many partners on a $65 million grant to build a technical workforce training incubator and talent pipeline for autonomous and AI technologies.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has expanded access to a virtual learning platform for those in the state’s correctional facilities to improve the re-entry process and reduce recidivism.

More than a quarter of surveyed workers in professional, scientific and technical services said AI will help more than hurt them. But lower-paid workers with limited contact with AI products are somewhat more wary.

Two newly announced programs in the state will prepare military veterans to start information technology careers with the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget.

Today, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order to establish a chief IT accessibility officer role to improve the accessibility of the state’s digital services for people with disabilities.

Justine Johnson will head up the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification. She succeeds the state's first Chief Mobility Officer Trevor Pawl, who left the post in January for personal reasons.

Public utility districts in Douglas and Chelan counties plan to exchange miles of fiber cable for both fiber broadband networks to deliver high-speed Internet service to customers at an expected bargain.

West Virginia Chief Information Officer Josh Spence will be departing to a role in the private sector later this month. He will be replaced by another executive from the West Virginia Office of Technology.

While states like New York, Illinois and Maryland have forged new legislative roads to regulate AI use in hiring and review processes, more than 20 states have no proposed or enacted AI-related hiring bills.

Melissa Kraft, who has led Dallas County’s IT division since September 2020, will take over the city of Frisco’s Technology Services Department. She announced the move in a recent social media post.

After serving with the state of Colorado for several years in various capacities, CIO and Executive Director of the Office of Information Technology Anthony Neal-Graves will be retiring later this year.

Makerspaces at the Community College of Allegheny County, Westmoreland County Community College, Penn State New Kensington and Indiana University of Pennsylvania help businesses get tech-based products off the ground.

A $1.3 million grant from the Economic Development Administration will fund renovations to turn an old building into a state-of-the-art workforce training center for data analytics, cybersecurity and other fields.

The official launch of a standalone IT department — separate from the General Services division — will allow the county to better deploy technology solutions across the organization, officials say.

Amaya Capellán’s first day as state CIO will be July 24, and she comes with extensive private-sector experience, most recently at Comcast. She will take over for interim CIO Patti Chapman, who has held the position since November.

McIntosh, who assumed the chief information officer position earlier this month, replaces Jerry Moore, who had been serving as CIO since 2020. He brings more than two decades of IT experience to the role.

Wanda M. Gibson talks about her priorities as CIO of Prince George's County, Md., her agency's digital equity work and the lasting impact COVID-19 has had on county IT.