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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Iowa is the latest state to establish a state IT position dedicated to data management. Rensch comes to the role by way of the Iowa Department of Transportation, where he served as director of the Highway Support Office.
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Ruth Day, a certified public accountant with a private-sector background, has been tapped to step in for Chief Information Officer Chuck Grindle, who was appointed by then-Gov. Matt Bevin in December 2017.
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The county’s former IT chief filed a lawsuit Thursday against the county and County Executive Armond Budish over the 19 months he had been on unpaid leave amid an ongoing corruption investigation.
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Tisch has led IT efforts for NYPD for six years, and has overseen the rollout of smartphones, tablets and body cameras for the largest police department in the country. Now she will steer citywide technology.
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Drew Dilly is the newest member of CIO Gordon Knopp's IT leadership team, serving as the state's first chief data officer. Dilly will evaluate legacy systems to find opportunities for resource sharing and consolidation.
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Gaul brings experience from private and nonprofit sectors to a role initiated and shaped by Tyler Kleykamp, one of GT’s 2018 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers who helped make Connecticut an early adopter of open data.
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Deputy State CIO Heath Beach will step down Dec. 6 to pursue technology consulting in the private sector, after guiding the newly formed Division of State Technologies and how the agency will serve the state.
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While new here, innovation officers have been on the job for years in Boston, New York and Pittsburgh, tapping tech to boost economic development and tackle homelessness and other tough government challenges.
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After serving as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's deputy secretary for technology and innovation since May 2019, Jeremy M. Goldberg will be taking over as the state's acting CIO from Joseph Rabito.
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In the role of chief information officer since April, Tarek Tomes explains the importance of human-centered design, how the CIO should approach emerging tech and why moving away from MNLARS was the right choice.
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After a turbulent period of leadership turnover, the state has appointed its first permanent chief IT officer since 2018. Bill Smith, a career military professional, has stepped in to lead the Office of Information Technology.
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Spectrum and its parent company, Charter Communications, have announced a partnership with Lakeland Economic Development Council to provide 1 Gbps broadband throughout a business incubator slated to open in January.
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Succeeding Kevin Harrison as chief data officer for the state of Illinois, Tammy Roust brings experience with team management, data analysis, cybersecurity policy, risk analysis, economics and software engineering.
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Whether their title includes information, data, security or otherwise, Government Technology followed changes to the job titles of IT leaders at the state, county and local levels throughout 2019.
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The position is part of the city’s Privacy First Policy, which was enacted in September, and aims to help govern the use of data by government and private companies. The application deadline is Jan. 3.
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New technologies are poised to automate everything from infrastructure to traditionally human jobs, and some fear a coming robot takeover. But the real problem is it isn't happening fast enough.
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After the successful creation of a new city website built with sophisticated human-centered design methodology, City Hall is now looking to apply the lessons learned to other projects across agencies.
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Gov. Kay Ivey has tapped Marty Redden as the state’s secretary of the Office of Information Technology, effective immediately. He took on the acting CIO role in July, after the departure of Jim Purcell.
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