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The longtime Minnesota IT Services executive, who was previously its deputy commissioner, succeeds Tarek Tomes as permanent state CIO and MNIT commissioner after the latter’s departure. -
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.
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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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After the departure of CIO Jerry Driessen, the Hennepin County, Minn., Board of Commissioners chooses new CIO Glen Gilbertson, who has more than 23 years of experience working within the county.
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The city has selected Nicollette Staton, who has served as the interim chief performance officer and director of the Office of Performance and Data Analytics for Cincinnati since the role was vacated in February.
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Parkland College is getting support from the tech giant in training IT support staff. The six-credit-hour course is being offered to help fill a need for people trained to provide entry level tech support, officials say.
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Now-former Chief Data Officer Maksim Pecherskiy has left city service after nearly five years in the role. He says he plans to focus on side projects, which include building custom private-sector software.
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The former Fort Collins chief information officer said that he pursued the Loveland position because he was attracted to the challenge the nearby city offered. His first day will be July 22.
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The controversial decision to eliminate the state's chief information security officer has inspired criticism, though state officials have promised a continued commitment to cybersecurity efforts.
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West Coast companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Uber are recruiting students well before they graduate, leaving the public sector high and dry. But it is smaller tech companies that are escalating the bidding war.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature turned the Agency for State Technology into the Division of State Technologies, placing it under the Department of Management Services. Now, leadership is being named.
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In the past five years in the state, tech-related jobs in analytics grew 40 percent, engineering grew 18 percent and tech installation and maintenance grew 16 percent. And this double-digit growth only seems to be trending up.
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The security challenges governments face continue to evolve. And while the stakes are higher than ever before, the responsibilities of public- and private-sector chief information security officers remains the same.
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Michael Leahy, Maryland Secretary of Information Technology, explains his approach to cybersecurity, the challenges of competing with the private sector for tech talent and how he’s handling privacy concerns.
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In an expected turn of events, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation to roll the Agency for State Technology into the Department of Management Services. The new iteration will be called the Division of State Technologies.
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Six states, as well as three of the largest cities and counties in the U.S., are either lacking a chief information officer or have the position filled only in an interim capacity at the moment.
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Building on lessons learned from the program’s past, this year’s iteration will see the national civic tech group more closely integrating its fellowship program with its network of hyper-local brigades.
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With titles like “head of product” and “head of design and user Experience,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed job titles are rooted in the private sector instead of state government’s civil service manual.
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Florence, Ariz., and India-based Subex are partnering on an Internet of Things initiative to advance end-to-end cybersecurity, while at the same time teaching residents about how they can secure their own technology.
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The city's mayor and board of aldermen met behind closed doors in executive session during a specially called meeting Wednesday morning to conduct interviews with candidates for the IT position.
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GT editors looked at data on more than 200 state chief information officers to find out average tenure, gender balance and what their resumes have in common. Tune in for our insights on surprises hiding in the data.
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