Workforce & People
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UW-Stout has received about $2 million of federal grants for special projects to promote civil discourse, enhance understanding of AI and expand short-term, non-degree training programs. -
Arizona CIO J.R. Sloan, co-founder of GovRAMP, has served as its board president since 2021. Now, Texas Chief AI and Innovation Officer Tony Sauerhoff will take on the leadership role.
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Rizwan Ahmed, who served as Louisiana’s CIO from 2006 to 2008, is the city-parish’s new information services director, bringing years of state-level IT experience to the role.
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Jonathan Askins has been named director of the Division of Information Services within the Department of Transformation and Shared Services. He replaces Yessica Jones, who left for an opportunity in the private sector.
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Having spent 33 years in the Army and helped the U.S. Virgin Islands get back up and running after a hurricane, Angelo Riddick will be New York’s first full CIO since Robert Samson retired more than a year ago.
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IT officials are focusing on adding new services and tools to the city website and are developing a smartphone application to allow residents to report problems they spot throughout town.
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How TikTok Is Upending Workplace Social Media Policies – and Giving Us Rebel Nurses and Dancing CopsWorkers are increasingly making short videos of themselves on the job and posting them to TikTok, creating a new challenge for employers trying to police their behavior.
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Despite the challenges this year brought, one thing remained unchecked: State and local government information technology chiefs continued to move on from gov tech or shift to new opportunities in new jurisdictions.
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Pai, most known for his part in the rollback of Obama-era net neutrality regulations, announced that he would be departing the agency before his term on the commission ends in July 2021.
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Combining its expertise in managing physical assets with a platform to optimize employee training and skills, ALPHA Facilities Solutions is setting up a workforce-focused division called ALPHA Prime Solutions.
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Many public leaders long believed that the people’s business could not be done from outside the walls of government buildings, but COVID-19 showed government can function from anywhere — quickly.
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CDO Carlos Rivero explains how he aligns his priorities with the CIO’s, how COVID-19 accelerated Virginia’s data governance strategy and how his time with the Federal Transit Administration informs state-level work.
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Work from home was at first a temporary pandemic solution, but as public and private organizations alike make remote work permanent, they’ll need to make adjustments to more than just where staff are located.
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The increasing reliance on artificial intelligence and automation in the area workforce has prompted local business and technology leaders to find new ways to reskill workers for the future.
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Fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits are on the rise as record numbers of Illinois residents file for benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, causing many to worry their personal information has been exposed.
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As the city’s IT chief, Brantley spent the last two years working to bring the city back to normal after a debilitating ransomware attack knocked systems offline. Chief Technology Officer Tye Hayes will serve as interim CIO.
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Although the 2020 election only brought two new governors into power, both Spencer Cox (Utah) and Greg Gianforte (Montana) could influence the role of IT and their state CIOs in interesting ways.
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Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was removed from his position after disputing President Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
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Santiago Garces is now the executive director of community investment in South Bend, Ind., after a two-year stint as CIO of Pittsburgh, Pa. Heidi Norman will serve as his replacement for the time being.
