Workforce & People
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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. -
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.
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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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Washington, D.C.’s Chief Technology Officer Lindsey Parker says running an effective IT shop relies on good people, strong cyberdefenses and an eye toward bolstering the workforce for the future.
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The midyear gathering of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers kicked off today with state technology leaders discussing their crucial relationships with the private sector.
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From breaking long-held processes to capitalizing on the benefits of faster networks, Colorado Chief Information Officer Theresa Szczurek shared the challenges and opportunities facing her state.
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Researchers find promising results for two programs patterned after the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, a renowned initiative launched at UMBC in the 1980s and known to increase diversity in STEM.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday the state must prepare for an inevitable wave of job losses due to the rapid rise of automation.
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Becky Snyder, who served as the county’s director of IT for more than 10 years, died suddenly at work this week. She had been with the local government for more than two decades.
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More than a dozen institutions in the Minnesota state system have started offering degree programs around cybersecurity in the past three years alone.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio has selected the former Microsoft technology and civic innovation director as the city's next chief technology officer, the city announced April 23.
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David Wilkinson will be charged with setting up an interagency data sharing and performance management system so that the state can operate more efficiently, serve residents better and save money.
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Republican Gov. Chris Sununu re-nominated former Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan’s appointment from 2015, asking Goulet to focus on using digital government tech to improve services for citizens and businesses.
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Rebecca Woodbury, a 10-year employee of the California city, is being promoted as part of a reorganization of the IT department. In her new capacity she will focus on using data to better inform city services.
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Goldstein, who co-founded the urban tech investment firm in 2016 — and started the first predictive policing company to put its code online — is going to serve as director of the Defense Digital Service.
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A worker could still be on the job but with a very different kind of work day, getting a lot of tasks done by machines. These tasks might be the ones the workers hadn't previously enjoyed doing anyway.
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Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health is seeking feedback on a proposed innovation project involving a mobile, field-based engagement team – the team would go to individuals in need of behavioral health care instead of them having to go to the agency.
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Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin issued a report calling on officials to enhance agency-level and citywide oversight of IT contracts amid investigations into improper use of two commodity contractors by employees.
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The new body comprises members from the public and private sectors, with participants coming from organizations that range from Equifax to Georgia State University to the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
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Tarek Tomes has been selected as the next commissioner of Minnesota IT Services, taking over from Acting Commissioner William Poirier.
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Two management experts devised a new way to predict whether your job is likely to get stolen by a robot – and what you can do about it.
