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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. -
State leaders prioritized AI advancement in 2025; CIO Alberto Gonzalez said it will help support being efficient and improved service delivery for residents. Onboarding staff has been greatly quickened.
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Eric Swanson, who leads the Michigan Center for Shared Solutions, will concurrently serve as the state’s acting chief information officer, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday. Clark has been state CIO since 2021.
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Luke Stowe, CIO for Evanston, Ill., gained a new title at the beginning of this month: acting deputy city manager. Government Technology spoke to Stowe about what this extra role means for him and his city.
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In this week’s episode of “In Case You Missed It,” we take a look at how state and local governments are faring in comparison to private organizations in a new highly competitive labor market.
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Elon Musk’s decision to move Tesla headquarters to Austin, Texas, may be the first sign that Silicon Valley will lose its monopoly on the big tech industry. Rising costs in California could be the main factor.
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The new Texas Manufacturing x Transformation Hub will train IT professionals to protect networks used by manufacturers, where autonomous technologies and other digital tools will present new cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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Today, Buddy Dyer, mayor of Orlando, Fla., indicated that he promoted former city CIO Rosa Akhtarkhavari to the position of deputy chief financial officer back in October. The city now searches for a new CIO.
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Colleges and universities are training more students in subjects such as robotics, artificial intelligence and 3D printing to prepare them for changing workforce demands in manufacturing due to automation.
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The unexpected appointment comes just weeks after Amy Tong left the dual role of state CIO and director of the California Department of Technology, which she had held for five years. The position requires Senate confirmation.
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In this week's episode of "ICYMI," we take a look at an outline for how to regulate the metaverse, another injection of federal rural broadband funding and public safety data shared across states.
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Intel plans to build two gigantic semiconductor production facilities near Columbus, Ohio. The project is expected to create 3,000 jobs and could be even bigger than planned, according to Lt. Gov. Jon Husted.
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This week, Miami’s chief information officer and director of innovation and technology announced he would be departing the IT leadership role. The city has since listed the position on its website.
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The National Science Foundation added eight universities to its CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program and will award $29 million of scholarships to students who agree to work in government cybersecurity post-graduation.
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The $190 million merger aims to combine their online education programs and expand professional development training for IT security professionals, given the projected need for them in both the public and private sectors.
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In this week's episode we take a look at artificial intelligence news from Vermont, which governors are showing the most tech interest and talk with Teri Takai about government's changing workforce.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin has selected former Kansas CITO Phil Wittmer to serve as the new CIO of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. The announcement came Friday with a series of other administration appointments.
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Norman was first named acting city CIO in 2020, following the departure of Santiago Garces. Her nomination by Mayor Ed Gainey to serve permanently will need to be approved by the City Council.
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Batalla, who led information technology operations for the city of San Leandro, Calif., since February 2014, has accepted the CIO position in Santa Cruz County’s Information Services Department.
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All city technology agencies will now operate under the Office of Technology and Innovation, overseen by Chief Technology Officer Matthew Fraser. Fraser took over the CTO position earlier this month.
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Clay Garner began working with San Jose in 2019 as a tech policy analyst. He replaces Jordan Sun as the city’s chief innovation officer and comes to the position with a commitment to digital inclusion.
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