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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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High turnover and long learning curves have impacted the ranks of skilled caseworkers. But VR technology has the ability to change the status quo and deliver active learning techniques that can speed up training.
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A chief information security officer’s success rides on how they address a few crucial issues, like when to stop an IT project in the name of cybersecurity and whether the staff they hire is accountable and trustworthy.
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Newly appointed Charleston, S.C., Chief Innovation Officer Tracy McKee spent nearly two decades years working in GIS for the city, rounding out her resume with a stint as the chief data officer in Baltimore.
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SponsoredAccela CEO Gary Kovacs spotlights three strategies for mayors and local leaders to answer resident demands and improve services at the same time.
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A recent impact assessment has found that since Civic Bridge began back in 2015, the program has brought in nearly 24,000 total volunteer hours and an estimated $3.7 million of pro bono services.
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The measure exempts data center equipment and most electricity used at the facility from business personal property tax as well as the state's sales tax, as long as the developer invests up to $150 million in the project within five years.
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The Aspire Accelerator supports great educational companies of tomorrow and empowers diversity in entrepreneurship across the country.
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Kratsios, who has been serving as deputy chief technology officer since 2017, has been nominated to fill a role that has been vacant for the past two years. He would be the fourth person to hold the position since its creation in 2009.
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Government Technology’s annual Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers awards honor individuals and teams who are working to make the public sector more efficient, data-driven and equitable for government and citizens alike.
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GovTech’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers for 2019 represent an impressive group of IT leaders working inside government offices and on the ground, using technology to push the public-sector forward.
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Under the three-year deal, the California Department of Technology will accommodate the city’s data center needs as it shifts applications away from its 30-year-old legacy mainframe.
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When it comes to innovation, Santa Clara County is way ahead of the rest of the US. Between 2000 and 2015, more than 140,000 patents were granted there – triple the number of the next-ranked county.
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Brian Dillard was appointed as San Antonio’s chief innovation officer earlier this month, which puts him in charge of a host of initiatives such as local smart city efforts, innovation zones and the CivTechSA program.
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Mohammed Al Rawi, who led tech initiatives for the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation District, has accepted the newly created CIO spot within the county’s public defender’s office beginning March 25.
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The new rules state that no company can mount a small cell node or other equipment on an electricity pole or any other city property without first signing a franchise agreement and receiving a city permit.
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In 2019, $107.6 billion in technology spending is projected for state and local governments in the U.S. At the Beyond the Beltway event in Washington, D.C., chief information officers talked about what they have planned.
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Despite years of investments worth billions of dollars, government has not seen the kind of radical results it expected from technology. A key reason why: States and localities first need to fix their capacity problem.
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One of the longest-serving chief innovation officers in government known for his passion for making Kansas City "smart," Bennett is returning to the private sector as Mayor Sly James nears the end of his second term.
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