Workforce & People
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Officials have formally named Bryce Bailey the state’s chief information security officer, elevating him from the interim role after nearly a month in place. Cybersecurity, he said, “is a long game.” -
Elizabeth Crowe, the city’s director of urban analytics and innovation, has been selected to serve as interim chief innovation and technology officer, a role formerly held by Stephanie Wernet.
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Tekquell Watson has more than 25 years of military and federal experience, including senior technical and leadership roles. She will oversee technology operations across the consolidated city-county government.
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Carolyn Kirk is leaving her position as the state's deputy secretary for housing and economic development to lead MassTech, a public agency focused on growing the innovation economy in the state.
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Engineering education needs to keep up with technological advances.
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Just as thriving communities need well-equipped and expertly trained police and fire departments, state and local governments require the best in cybersecurity.
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Though he will return to the private sector after nearly a year of service, Jack King spoke highly of the direction of tech work in Illinois state government, encouraging support for customer-centric digital services.
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William Wade III was named as the Information Management Department's chief information security officer.
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The Shawnee County Commission approved the creation of a business technology coordinator. The office has struggled at times with technology issues since the retirement of its former IT specialist.
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Knapp has been with the company since its early days, and the company's CEO gave him credit for helping NIC expand in recent years with new products and platforms. The company has not yet named a successor.
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Chris Hill worked in Illinois' Department of Innovation and Technology as a cybersecurity leader for nearly two years, but his state service was much longer than that. Now he's headed to the private sector.
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The city’s former Innovation Officer Santiago Garces left to head up Pittsburgh’s Department of Innovation and Performance last month. South Bend has named Denise Linn Riedl as his replacement.
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An increase in the offensive use of low-flying commercially-available drones against U.S. military forces is behind a $108 million contract to provide technology to counter the devices.
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The secretary will not have direct oversight of the state IT department, but he is going to be working with the secretary who does, as well as CIO Bo Reese. Here's what he wants to accomplish.
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Gov. Ned Lamont has named Josh Geballe as the new commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services, which oversees the work done in the Bureau of Enterprise Systems and Technology.
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The appointment was made days after new Gov. Laura Kelly announced that she would retain as state CIO Lee Allen, who took over the position in July and is working to modernize and secure state IT.
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When it comes to robots taking human jobs, where you live, your race and education level matter. The likelihood of low- and mid-skill jobs being automated is increasing, according to a new study.
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Steve Sisolak, the new governor, has decided to retain Dietrich as the state's chief information officer.
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A new study from the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings finds that Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs fared better than other parts of the country anticipating AI to displace their human workforce.
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The tech giant has laid off more than 200 employees from its autonomous vehicle team. Apple has been quiet about the division, which reportedly was created in 2015 to develop technology that can be used by car companies.
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Plus, state and local government agencies prepare for coming Data Privacy Day; Miami makes its new beta website official; new map visualizes Chicago’s most polluted neighborhoods; jobs in gov tech abound, and more.
