Workforce & People
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From the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf Coast, local governments are taking a strategic approach to sustain operational continuity in the face of IT department layoffs caused by budget constraints. -
"Chief" has long been included in government job titles, particularly in IT. But as organizations have evolved, the lines between what each chief does have blurred. AI has only made the issue more pressing.
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Delaware CIO Greg Lane, in place since July 2023, has stepped down. Jordan Schulties, chief of administration for the Department of Technology and Information, has been named interim CIO.
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The L.A. County Board of Supervisors has passed a Women in Technology Hiring Initiative that will connect at-risk and disconnected youth ages 14-24 with IT mentors and training to bolster its entry-level IT personnel.
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Gail Roper, who has served as director of National Initiatives for Smart Cities at the Knight Foundation in Miami, will return to the public sector.
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Deborah Snyder retired from civil service at the end of November. She joined the Office of Information Technology Services in 2012 and as CISO she helped redesign how the state protected its data.
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As a new decade dawns and new tech emerges how will you keep up with the changes? Here are three ways to continue growing as a cybersecurity leader and keeping your agency safe in an uncharted future.
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The new tax, which targets large employers, is expected to generate an estimated $6 million a year for a city cash-strapped to deal with hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation and housing needs.
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After helping Minnesota create a security operations center that protects a wide variety of state institutions, Aaron Call has departed from his role as CISO. Rohit Tandon has taken over Call's responsibilities in an interim capacity.
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Indiana CDO Darshan Shah left civil service for a position at a not-for-profit supporting the life sciences. Management Performance Hub Chief of Staff Josh Martin will serve as the interim state CDO.
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The Indiana Office of Technology's Chief Administrative Officer Robert Paglia has assumed the duties of the state CIO until the agency hires a replacement for Dewand Neely, who left civil service at the end of November.
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Detroit’s Digital Inclusion Officer Joshua Edmonds explains what his role is within city government, why it matters and the creative solutions he’s working on to bridge the digital divide for residents.
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Plus, Los Angeles County unveils an interactive map aimed at addressing homelessness; Next Century Cities shares a toolkit to help communities support the 2020 Census; Detroit looks to expand its data team; and more!
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Nadia Hansen brings experience in IT consulting, business intelligence and data analysis to the chief information officer position in Nevada’s most populous county, a role vacated in May by Michael Lane.
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The state, like many around it, is moving ahead with an initiative to revamp a 30-year-old legacy system with an off-the-shelf solution. The phased project is set for completion in fall 2021.
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Alex Braszko, on the job since May 2019, points to the formation of an Emerging Technology Board to guide innovation work as a major achievement during his brief tenure as chief innovation officer.
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Our first issue of the new year looks at where government technology has been, where it’s going and offers perspective on the growing ecosystem of private industry that has formed around public-sector IT.
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Allen, the chief information security officer for Alabama since 2017, is departing for a position as CISO for the University of Alabama Birmingham's Health System, and it is currently unclear who will replace him.
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Washington CIO Jim Weaver has chosen Ruckle, the privacy officer and information governance administrator for the Department of Social and Health Services. She starts in the new role Jan. 1.
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After announcing he planned to retire earlier this year, the CIO will log his final day in the service of the state Monday, Dec. 16. Cheles said there are rumors the state is nearing a decision on who will be replacing him.
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The association's annual survey of state IT leadership shows a jump in digital services as a priority compared with the 2019 results, as well as rising interest in AI and robotic process automation.
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