Workforce & People
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From San Jose, Calif., to Washington, D.C., cities are advancing AI training for staffers or members of the public. Mesa, Ariz., recently launched its own AI education initiative to support adoption. -
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.”
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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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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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Tech veteran George Khalil discusses using technology to bridge gaps and move the agency forward as he takes over the helm of technology and innovation in the city.
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Plus, Columbus, Ohio, Publishes RFP for Multi-Modal Trip Planning App, San Francisco Chooses E-Scooter Companies, Releases Scoring Rubric and more...
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Gov. Phil Murphy has tapped Carrie Parikh to serve as the state's chief data and privacy officer and chief operating officer for the Office of Information Technology.
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A recent summit at the University of Mississippi leveraged the expertise of industry and the public sector to forecast the future of technology.
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Legislators on a joint IT committee joined the state’s chief information officer for a discussion that highlighted collaboration and promising technologies for the state, at the North Carolina Digital Government Summit
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Plus, Code for America strengthens the brigade network with $2 million Knight Foundation grant; Results for America launches a new resources to bolster governmental human services contracting; Code4PA Codeathon spans three Pennsylvania cities; and this week’s gov tech jobs.
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