Workforce & People
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A partnership between the North Carolina Department of IT and the Carolina Cyber Network is giving students real-world cyber defense experience while helping the state build up its workforce. -
Shawn Smith will step down this month as IT director for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to join the Tennessee consolidated city-county as its permanent CIO. He replaces an interim CIO who has been in place since mid-2024.
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Lea Eriksen, who has been serving as director of the Department of Technology and Innovation for the Southern California city, will become the next senior assistant city manager in Culver City.
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Veritone has inked a public safety redaction deal with Technology North, which hires people on the autism spectrum to help remove sensitive data from evidence, the latest move in gov tech to help neurodivergent people.
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A seasoned private-sector technology executive, Tyagi started work Wednesday in the Chicago suburb, which broke ground last year on a “smart neighborhood.” Its other initiatives in progress include creating an artificial intelligence policy.
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The new Kentucky CIO Jim Barnhart, a veteran tech leader, steps into the role with critical disaster recovery experience as the state faces recent tornado devastation.
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Veteran city exec Joe Pregler was affirmed last month as permanent CIO. His official arrival comes amid work on AI governance, and a data center move aimed at improving resilience and integrating operations.
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Lorenz has worked with the New York Office of Information Technology Services since the agency’s birth. She has helped the agency grow and also helped fashion its cybersecurity defenses and responses.
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W. Schad Meldrum has retired as IT director in the capital city after 25 years of public service. An interim has been elevated from within the organization, and leaders are considering his permanent replacement.
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After more than a decade in roles at the city, Chris Craig was recently ratified by the Las Vegas City Council as the municipality's new director of the Innovation and Technologies Department.
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Rodgers, a longtime officer in the U.S. Navy, has considerable technology experience in the private sector, including as a federal and public security architect at IBM. He is the former deputy mayor for Boca Raton, Fla.
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State CIO Madhu Gottumukkala reflects on lessons learned and IT advances focused on better public service, as he prepares to depart for a new cybersecurity role with the federal government.
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The acting director of New Mexico's central broadband office returned to his previous position with the agency after the governor’s office decided to go in a "different direction" in its search for a permanent director.
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Level Up Philly showcased Philadelphia high school students' tech skills at NASCIO, featuring VR and robotics demonstrations and highlighting the potential of youth from underserved communities for government technology roles.
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California Chief Information Officer Liana Bailey-Crimmins thinks that in 2045, there will be more cohesion between technical- and business-side roles.
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James Saunders, an experienced cybersecurity executive with time in the private and federal sectors, has been named the state’s acting chief information security officer, after its former CISO departed.
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State tech leaders at the NASCIO Midyear Conference in Philadelphia highlighted a critical skills gap: prompt engineering. This realization is inspiring training aimed at upskilling the workforce to optimize the use of AI.
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Now in their 24th year, our Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers awards encapsulate what it means to be working at the forefront of gov tech. This year's cohort is an inspiring group whose often invisible work makes government better every day.
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The massive effort might be invisible to the average Iowan, says CIO Matt Behrens, but it's setting his organization up for "the delivery of IT for the future."
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Profiles of this year's winners.
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South Dakota CIO and Bureau of Information and Technology Commissioner Madhu Gottumukkala will be leaving the state to take on a cybersecurity role within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
