Workforce & People

Madhu Gottumukkala, who recently came on board as South Dakota’s chief technology officer, has now been named state CIO and commissioner of the state Bureau of Information and Telecommunications. His first day is Monday.

Outgoing South Dakota CIO Jeff Clines prioritized process improvement and user experience during his four years as technology leader. Now, he will leverage what he learned in his new role as Wyoming CIO.

A state watchdog office’s investigation found a pattern of Maryland education officials using an encrypted messaging app with a self-deleting messaging feature for work purposes.

If all goes as planned, newcomers will have an interactive way to get to know the town starting in October, after the town government collaborated with others on an illustrated map of downtown.

As governments increasingly put end users at the forefront of how they're developing digital services, we checked in with state CIOs to see where that effort intersects with the rise of artificial intelligence.

The 22-year veteran of state service spent more than a decade as CIO at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and was previously deputy state CISO for nearly two years.

Instead of human employees and walk-in customers, a robotic humanoid is set to dispense snacks and other groceries to delivery drivers in an area once listed among the nation's hottest ZIP codes.

The California companies — three in tech, one in biotech — have revealed they will cut 334 jobs combined, in official letters to the state Employment Development Department.

The division, which debuted in January, works to provide more accessible, user-friendly and cost-effective digital services. Its new leadership team will bring a variety of essential skills in-house.

The Midwestern IT veteran, who has also served as director of IT for the Illinois Secretary of State, will become the next director of the Department of Enterprise Technology Services in Wyoming.

States and locals are increasingly creating and filling roles focused on advancing the responsible use of artificial intelligence. Long Beach, Calif., is the latest to recruit for a “pivotal” AI position.

Covered California delivers health insurance to state residents via the exchange it created in 2012. In 2020, the agency’s consumer-facing platform, CalHEERS, struggled to keep up with a historic spike in enrollments during COVID-19. This forced agency CIO Kevin Cornish to act quickly and decisively. In this Q&A, Cornish explains how the cloud has made his agency’s IT system more responsive and resilient.

Mayor Justin M. Bibb has chosen Stephanie Wernet, a veteran technologist most recently at Breakthrough Public Schools, as Cleveland's next chief innovation and technology officer. The city enlarged the job's responsibilities this spring.

With 11 gubernatorial elections impending, should state and local governments expect to see major changes in the leadership of technology and innovation? Government Technology digs into the data.

The city-county is recruiting for a chief information security officer; a recruitment for a chief data officer is expected to follow. The restructuring is intended to reflect the significance of each area.

Madhu Gottumukkala will step into the role next week. South Dakota’s inaugural and longtime Chief Technology Officer Pat Snow retired in June after nearly three decades with the state.

John Matelski, the longtime CIO and director of innovation and technology at DeKalb County, Ga., is stepping down from the public sector. He will join the Center for Digital Government at e.Republic next week.

Tuneberg, a private- and public-sector technologist, will lead the division of the Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology. Her work at the state includes exponentially scaling COVID-19 testing during the pandemic.