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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The new online portal will help streamline the application process and keep users up-to-date on job postings.
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GovTech's overview of which states, cities and counties have added a chief innovation officer to their ranks.
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Lee Allen was named as the new chief information technology officer in late July.
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Rod Davenport, Michigan's longtime chief technology officer, will be leaving the state for the Lansing Board of Water and Light, a municipal utility, where he'll be its chief information officer.
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Sallie Wright, chief information officer of Fulton County, has stepped down "to pursue other opportunities," in one of two recent C-suite changes.
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The state's Department of Information Technology Secretary Darryl Ackley will step down and rejoin New Mexico Tech as chief technology officer at one of its research centers.
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Aug. 13 the state has hired Beth Simone Noveck, founder and director of The Governance Lab in Brooklyn as the state's first-ever chief innovation officer.
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Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim is claiming no one in office is focused on cybersecurity — Secretary of State William F. Galvin would like to disagree.
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Plus, NIC launches drug prescription monitoring system, as new wildfires rage, California governor reconsiders statewide emergency alerts system and more...
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Plus, PayIt makers former Illinois CTO its Chief Client Officer, ACLU tests Amazon Rekognition on lawmakers, software misidentifies many and more...
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Acting Illinois CIO Kirk Lonbom weighs in on the importance of change management and preparing for a retirement wave.
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Anne Bennett has more than two decades of technology experience under her belt.
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Carlos Rivero, who has spent his career in academia and federal government positions, will be Virginia's first CDO.
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Joe Iannello, the longtime chief information officer and vice president at the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, will retire Aug. 31.
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Tim Bottenfield, a former state agency CIO who claimed the top tech job in July, is continuing his mission to drive efficiency and communication in government.
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Plus, County Sheriff in Washington State Attributes Decline in Preventable Crashes to Telematics, Kentucky CIO Considers 5G to Connect Rural Residents and more.
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Lea Eriksen discusses the challenges, priorities she faces in the new role and how her background in government budget and finance is helping.
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CTO Duane Schell and Chief Reinvention Officer Julie Cabinaw talk about their plans to address North Dakota’s massive IT unification plans.
