Workforce & People
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The law that established federal CIOs turned 30 this year. In those three decades, the CIO role at all levels has become a catchall for anything tech-related, hindering its efficiency. It’s time to rethink things. -
It’s graduation season, and people entering the workforce now can turn the 2026 hiring slowdown into a career launchpad using practical skills — and some surprising suggestions.
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A student perspective on closing government’s tech talent gap offers three ways state and local agencies can recruit young engineers and other specialists to put their skills to work for their communities.
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Rex Menold’s CSO title is missing the “I” that most of his counterparts across the country have in theirs. That’s due to Michigan’s unique take on the role, which spans both cybersecurity and physical infrastructure.
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Scott Conn acknowledges that staff with lots of technical know-how can have blind spots, so his leadership strategy includes opportunities to grow skills like public speaking, resulting in well-rounded employees.
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The state’s new chief data officer is a longtime exec at the California Health and Human Services Agency; and, most recently a high-ranking guide at the Department of Health Care Services.
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We checked in with Warren Sponholtz to hear about his approach to leading Florida IT, how he sees his workforce evolving and how he's planning while tech advances faster than ever.
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The incoming Texas technology leader will guide IT services across more than 40 departments and 500 city facilities. He was most recently CIO at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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Bertrum “Bert” Carroll was named the state of Nevada's CISO in March 2026. A few weeks into his tenure, Government Technology caught up with him at the NASCIO Midyear Conference in Philadelphia.
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Maricopa County CIO Richard McHattie oversees several hundred employees in the nation’s fourth most populous county, all in a remote work environment that was also among the first in government to deploy ChatGPT.
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San Diego CIO Jonathan Behnke said that despite some of AI‘s drawbacks, like a loss of knowledge among entry-level workers, most employees are seeing its upsides.
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In Charlotte, CIO Markell Storay is making sure his team has the skills they need to stand up new tech. He's also putting policies in place to support their efforts.
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Nevada’s inaugural deputy director of the Office of Information Security and Cyber Defense, created last year, will join the county as its new director of government affairs for the sheriff's office.
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In Latah County, CIO Laurel Caldwell doesn’t anticipate adding to her staff of six full-time employees, but rather embracing new technologies by expanding their skillsets.
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A former technology executive for the Internal Revenue Service, Shukla worked on modernization and AI efforts at the federal agency. He replaces Mark Combs, who has announced his retirement.
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In Chesterfield County, CIO Scott Furman says he is looking to hire critical thinkers who can keep up with the accelerated pace of change.
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The state’s new chief transformation officer served as a senior White House official and has since held leadership roles with Connecticut government and Yale University’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy.
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Officially named to his post leading Texas IT in March, Tony Sauerhoff outlines his approach to leadership and weighs in on some of the biggest challenges before him as state chief information officer.
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In Louisville, CIO Chris Seidt has hired a chief AI officer who‘s growing a four-person team, while acknowledging staff concerns around the impact of AI technologies.
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Nearly a month after California Department of Technology Director Liana Bailey-Crimmins retired, Gov. Gavin Newsom has found her replacement, at the Government Operations Agency.
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CIO Warren Lenard describes how Indiana has made Microsoft Copilot available for any state employee who wants it, and a key part of the program is training. That training also extends to cabinet-level secretaries.
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