Workforce & People
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The United States Tech Force is being led by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to recruit and train technologists for service across multiple federal agencies. It is structured as a two-year program. -
In 2025, state IT focused on resilience — including recovery from a significant cybersecurity incident — and technology modernization with the CORE.NV project, setting the stage for continued progress next year.
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The need to be connected is driving IT work across the state, from progress on a broadband expansion milestone to an interoperable radio network to collaborating with agencies to support their service delivery.
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Plankey briefly served the first Trump administration as a National Security Council director, and is a former deputy CIO to the U.S. Navy. His experience aligns with the agency’s mission to protect critical infrastructure.
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Solomon Adote's six-plus-year tenure as Delaware's CISO, marked by the establishment of the state's first risk management team, will conclude on March 14. Aashish Patel will serve as interim chief security officer.
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The city's former CIO Bill Zielinski retired in April and its CTO has stepped in as interim. The successful applicant will lead Dallas’ Information and Technology Services Department and its five divisions.
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Leyla Layman takes over as interim CIO, with responsibilities that include overhauling the city camera system. Carter became CIO in 2020, one year after a ransomware attack directed at the city of Baltimore.
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Jay Harton, the state’s newly announced Division of Information Services director, is a longtime executive and has been its interim leader since February 2024. He was previously its chief operating officer for nearly a decade.
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First appointed in 2023, Sanjay Gupta's last day at the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology is March 20. Deputy CIO Brandon Ragle will serve as interim CIO until a replacement is named.
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The San Fernando Valley city's new chief information officer was most recently IT director for the Southern California municipality. He has public- and private-sector experience in IT, management and technical roles.
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North Carolina’s Office of Digital Opportunity director has been elevated to deputy secretary for NCDIT’s Division of Broadband and Digital Opportunity. There, she will oversee state and federal broadband investment.
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An executive order from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro follows actions from a number of states seeking to inform and attract former government employees to join their ranks. The moves come after many thousands of federal layoffs.
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Bernice Bond is taking the helm of the state Department of Information Technology’s Enterprise Security and Risk Management Office, after serving as CISO at a global research firm. She started her new role this week.
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Longtime executive Ted Cotterill has stepped down as state chief privacy officer and general counsel to the Management Performance Hub. He helped shape the legislation that codified MPH in state law in 2017.
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The western city has elevated its IT director, an 18-year staffer, within management. Officials have also named an interim replacement while a job search is conducted for a permanent technology head.
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About 70 staffers at the federal digital consulting office within Technology Transformation Services were reportedly dismissed over the weekend. Its work has included the site login.gov, a single logon to popular federal sites.
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The state’s CIO Corey Mock comes to the role direct from the Legislature. He brings technology policy and budget knowledge with him to government IT, and the ability to speak the language of lawmakers.
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The director of the state Department of Tax and Fee Administration is stepping in for Government Operations Agency Secretary Amy Tong. The former state CIO will continue to lead on efforts around innovation and efficiency.
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Following an internal survey that exposed a significant lack of artificial intelligence policy awareness, Indianapolis and Marion County are providing AI training through a partnership with InnovateUS.
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Eric Hayden, the city’s CIO and CTO, is helping oversee a refresh of emergency and fire response via artificial intelligence, which helps guide efforts and increase capabilities in the state’s third most populous city.
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From working to improve the citizen experience to advancing artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, Utah’s tech leader is focused on the value of investing in the “human capital” of the state workforce.
