Workforce & People
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T.J. Mayotte will step in as the city’s new CIO beginning Monday, bringing private- and public-sector experience from two nearby counties to the role. The incoming tech leader has also worked in security governance. -
The Department of Information Resources board approved his appointment Friday as DIR executive director and CIO, after an in-depth search. Sauerhoff had been serving in an interim capacity since January.
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The PowerDetails platform helps law enforcement agencies manage off-duty shifts and special event assignments. The deal marks the latest move in the public safety space for NEOGOV, which offers HR tech for government.
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Earlier this month, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released a report outlining numerous tech-driven stimulus proposals to help the United States be better prepared for pandemics in the future.
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As large numbers of state workers migrate to remote work, chief information security officers are adjusting the best they can. Staying vigilant against evolving threats and learning from past experience are key to survival.
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Right now, governments are navigating decades-old systems through an unprecedented crisis of demand. To help, IBM has started a three-pronged project to assist them in keeping COBOL-based systems up to speed.
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The U.S. Digital Response is a volunteer effort made of some 3,500 technology experts. Their mission is to help all levels of government meet increased service demands during the COVID-19 crisis.
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As Kalamazoo and other local governments across the state push to hold meetings online instead of traditional in-person meetings, they’ve also learned of the dark side of Zoom meetings as “Zoombombers” have dropped in.
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The unprecedented coronavirus crisis is increasing the needs for county services just as the economic factors severely reduce incoming revenues. Officials believe the road to recovery will be a long one.
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Ann Arbor’s sustainability office will be holding a virtual question-and-answer session to discuss the $2 billion carbon-neutrality plan. The public is invited to submit their questions and participate.
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After passing a law last year to reorganize its IT agency, the state is looking to do it again. Legislation introduced earlier this year would shift responsibilities for IT leaders, refocusing their mission on modernization.
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Like most government jurisdictions, New Jersey runs a lot of old technology. Like the rest of the country, it is dealing with a huge surge in claims for unemployment insurance. So the governor is asking for help.
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Michigan residents are demanding that the state’s unemployment website be repaired as many are trying to file unemployment benefit claims. The state’s system is currently overwhelmed and officials say they are working to fix the issues.
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The Texas Workforce Commission launched an online, automated virtual assistant to help manage the surge in unemployment benefit claims. The chatbot has helped streamline the process, though the demand remains unprecedented.
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Security chiefs spend a lot of time thinking about how to fend off attacks that come from outside their own systems, but threats from inside organizations can be just as devastating if the right measures aren’t in place.
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Public-sector agencies are often tasked to “do more with less,” but challenges faced by today's gov tech leaders are more manageable when tackled with support from peers at all levels of government.
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Ohio Chief Information Officer Ervan Rodgers explains his approach to infrastructure consolidation, how to make a smart transition to cloud-based services and how the Innovate Ohio program will bolster citizen services.
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This year’s class of Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers is an impressive group of IT leaders working in and alongside government to improve how the public sector works.
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For the past decade, my physical office has been split between Austin, Texas, and an airplane flying above the U.S. My public-sector background taught me a lot about remote and distributed work. Here are my top strategies.
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We asked technology leaders at state and local governments across the country what they're using to enable public servants to work without coming into an office. Here's what nine of them said.
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GovTech’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers for 2020 comprise an impressive cohort of tech leaders from the public and private sectors whose work makes government better. Here’s a glimpse at their accomplishments.
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