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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Retirement and a lack of skilled replacement talent has industry and government scrambling to correct a worsening situation.
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GovTech's overview of which states, cities and counties have a chief privacy officer.
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Its new executive director comes directly from a career spanning nearly three decades in cyberdefense and national intelligence.
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He will leave his role as Missouri's cybersecurity point man at the end of the month.
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San Francisco’s data efforts will be led moving forward by data services manager, Jason Lally.
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Otto Doll, the city's longtime CIO, will step down at the end of November.
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Truckers are among those likely to be most affected by the rise of the advancing technology.
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Plus, As Cities Push Back Against E-Scooters, One Company Launches "GovTech Platform", Startup ZenCity Raises $6M Series A, Round Includes Microsoft's Venture Arm and more...
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The money will be used to fund up to three organizations tasked with providing workforce training in the IT, health care and manufacturing industries.
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Bill Vajda, who was charged with starting the consolidation process for the state’s Office of Information Technology, departed in late August.
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State officials are in the process of determining whether a team of civilians could adequately respond to cybersecurity disasters.
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Jeff Stovall, the city of Charlotte, N.C.'s inaugural chief information officer, will leave government after more than a decade at the city.
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Students in the program can earn a Federal Aviation Administration certification — which allows them to pilot drones for profit — as part of an associate’s degree.
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Ohio's Deputy CIO Spencer Wood will serve in an interim capacity, following the Sept. 7 retirement of longtime IT leader Stu Davis.
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Following a national search, the city looked inward to Interim CIO Mark Wheeler to head IT efforts on a more permanent basis.
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Snohomish County, the third largest in Washington, has promoted Deputy Chief Information Officer Lisa Hillman to interim CIO after the termination of its CIO on Sept. 6.
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Once completed, efforts will focus on cybersecurity research, artificial intelligence and collaboration between the university, government and private sector partners.
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CIO Jim Smith, who helped modernize legacy processes and partner with other states, education and the private sector, will retire Sept. 30.
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