Workforce & People
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Heidi Norman, who has served as permanent CIO of Pittsburgh, Penn., since 2022, and in other roles with the city since 2017, has departed at the request of the city’s incoming mayoral administration. -
Rex Menold is Michigan's new chief security officer for the state, which has recently seen several IT leadership changes and is seeking its next chief technology officer.
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EY, the global accounting and consulting firm, wants to provide “peer learning” and other educational services to public agency tech leaders. They face a potentially turbulent new year, given upcoming elections.
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Through internships and hands-on experience, Georgia CIO Shawnzia Thomas is building a pipeline of new staff for her agency and showing them the value of working in government.
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As cybersecurity threats change over time, so do the jobs of those tasked with fighting them. In many states, the CISO is now working outside the IT agency to protect the wider enterprise.
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After nearly six years of working with the state of North Dakota, Chief Information Officer Shawn Riley has announced his forthcoming departure from the position to shift to a new role in the private sector.
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A newly released White House fact sheet highlights national cybersecurity efforts and plans, including around cybersecurity labels for consumer IoT, international ransomware-fighting collaborations and more.
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CISOs are gaining attention outside the IT office and cyber funding isn’t a top challenge — for the first time in survey history. But CISOs still wrestle with talent gaps and need to strengthen local relationships to build whole-of-state approaches.
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Maki will join the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development's (DEED) senior leadership team, overseeing the state's broadband expansion and development efforts.
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The annual survey of state and territorial CIOs found that emphasis has shifted away from expanding remote and hybrid work and toward legacy modernization and digital services after COVID-19.
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The state plans to open cyber ranges and security operations centers at state colleges and universities. Students would get hands-on training and a career start, while the operations would provide localities with cyber analysis.
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After more than a decade and a half of service with the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, CISO Erik Avakian announced his forthcoming departure to pursue an opportunity in the private sector.
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Longtime technologist Ed Althof will serve as the new assistant chief information officer and chief technology officer. Kc Roestenberg was recently appointed as the county’s new CIO following the July 7 departure of Joel Golub.
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With minority groups largely underrepresented in STEM fields, the University of Texas at Arlington aims to encourage more interest in subjects such as math and physics among those students.
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Tim Walz’s background as a high school geography teacher has led to a visually driven approach to Minnesota leadership, from how the state communicated its COVID-19 response to how it's approaching climate change.
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Former Howard County CISO John Bruns will serve as the new director of state cybersecurity, and emergency management specialist Netta Squires will take up the post of the director of local cybersecurity.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little has announced the appointment of Alberto Gonzalez as the new administrator of the Office of Information Technology Services following the recent departure of Jeff Weak.
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As Georgia's longtime chief technology officer moved to the next phase of his career, Steve Nichols offered advice to other public sector IT professionals looking to make the most of their time in government.
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A new Bonfire report paints a complex picture of growing awareness of diversity even as minority-owned suppliers struggle to gain footing in the gov tech industry. What does this mean for better tools and services?
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The St. Paul City Council recently filled two director-level openings that are in the city’s library and technology departments on Wednesday by voting to approve them as interim appointments.
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Two years in, the relatively young IT agency is working to build a team, build trust and build up, says CIO Jamie Grant. The process has required a significant shift away from "business as usual."
