On the Priorities podcast, NASCIO’s Meredith Ward and Deloitte’s Srini Subramanian say state cybersecurity leaders are staring down a workforce gap as they work to protect government networks.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-deloitte-ciso-survey-cybersecurity-2022/

Also on the podcast, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Technology Services Charles Carter explains his agency’s award-winning critical resource tracker that helped hospitals comply with federal and state reporting requirements during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-names-winners-of-2022-state-it-recognition-awards/

In the news this week:

The use of mapping technology in voter registration systems and the drawing of precinct boundaries is expected to grow quickly over the next half-decade, according to new research from the National States Geographic Information Council.

https://statescoop.com/gis-mapping-tech-elections-administration/

A report published Wednesday found that just one in four local election offices have moved their websites to the federally administered .gov domain, even as the Department of Homeland Security has made site registrations free.

https://statescoop.com/just-25-percent-election-offices-dotgov-websites/

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers announced that Tennessee CIO Stephanie Dedmon will serve as the group’s president for the next year.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-president-tennessee-cio-stephanie-dedmon/

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