Blockchain architects, analytics officers and reinvention officers now work alongside CIOs, CTOs and CDOs. Here are the newer tech-related roles in state and local government that caught our eye.
The chief information officer, the chief technology officer, the chief information security officer and even the chief data officer are all fairly common in government in 2020. And other titles like the chief innovation officer and the chief privacy officer, or minor variations of those roles, have been steadily gaining ground for the past several years. But the antennae of news hounds perk up when a city, county or state adds an interesting new job to their payroll — especially one that touches tech. And while many come and go faster than an elected official with a pet project, others end up gathering momentum and entering the mainstream. Click through for a look at a few that caught our attention.