Workforce & People
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Tony Sauerhoff, who also previously served as state chief information security officer, was appointed interim executive director of the Texas Department of Information Resources and interim CIO. -
From the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf Coast, local governments are taking a strategic approach to sustain operational continuity in the face of IT department layoffs caused by budget constraints.
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"Chief" has long been included in government job titles, particularly in IT. But as organizations have evolved, the lines between what each chief does have blurred. AI has only made the issue more pressing.
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The U.S. Digital Service has been on a recruiting mission in the tech capital hoping to lure product managers, engineers, designers and other tech experts to the government service.
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Called Futures Command, the headquarters will be the latest attempt by the Army to modernize and attract savvy tech talent to its ranks.
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According to a recently released study from the Brookings Institute, Americans are increasingly concerned about the implications of the rapidly evolving technologies.
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With three dozen gubernatorial elections this year, a sea change is on the horizon for state CIOs.
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Around the country, cities are leveraging data to align labor supply with demand, develop better training programs and work with institutions to fill education gaps.
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The companies are reportedly looking to secure more than 300,000 square feet of new office space.
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A new center in Kansas is giving blind and visually impaired individuals an opportunity to train for jobs in the technology industry.
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Plus, Austin hackathon leads to creation of anti-human trafficking app; civic tech project identifies 51 places where sewage flows into the Chicago River; executive director/founder departs from the open gov advocacy group the Data Coalition; and two major gov tech organizations look to hire visual designers.
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The Hillsdale Intermediate School District (ISD) Career Center pairs high school students with state of the art technology and the chance to earn various cybersecurity certifications.
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New Jersey's second-ever dedicated chief technology officer, Chris Rein, said he'll be taking a close look at the state's ongoing IT consolidation and making recommendations to the governor.
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Smaller governments are advertising cheap electricity and other incentives to draw the eager new businesses to their towns.
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State and local government must encourage youth to participate in the fight against cybercrime to help connect organizations and shape tomorrow's gov tech talent.
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The talented men and women who will constitute the IT workforce of the future are out there, public officials said, but they may come to government from unusual occupations.
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Massachusetts' first secretary for its still-new Executive Office of Technology Services and Security is departing, and will be replaced by a member of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
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As cybercriminals step up their attacks on state governments, officials are hiring friendly hackers to help them uncover hidden security flaws in their computer systems.
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Bridget Kravchenko is set to become the first woman to hold the Detroit-area county’s top information security position when she assumes the role on May 29.
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Online and onsite courses for government employees will begin in June.
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Fewer than a dozen state CIOs currently come from the private sector and only a handful of sitting state CIOs have survived a change in governor. But the number of the rarest type of state CIO is rather surprising.
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