On the Priorities podcast, Arizona CIO J.R. Sloan says the state has made so much progress on embracing cloud computing that he can now talk not just about encouraging cloud use, but maximizing it.

Sloan is a StateScoop 50 Award winner this year.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

In the news this week:

More than a year after cryptocurrency markets crashed, there’s evidence that the economic benefits many mayors sought out by encouraging digital currencies in their cities did not stick.

https://statescoop.com/crypto-bounce-mayors-researchers-brookings-paper/

Georgia’s IT agency is helping agencies embrace cloud by offering free Amazon Web Services certifications.

https://statescoop.com/georgia-cloud-training-workforce-college-partnership/

California’s former chief technology and innovation officer is now the state’s CTO, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.

https://statescoop.com/jonathan-porat-california-promotes-innovation-chief-cto/

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On the Priorities podcast, Maricopa County, Arizona’s new CIO Richard McHattie says he’s looking to lean on his experience pushing technology and innovation forward to help improve customer service and reduce costs in the nation’s fourth-largest county.

https://statescoop.com/richard-mchattie-appointed-as-maricopa-county-ariz-cio/

Also on the show, Wyoming’s interim CIO Timothy Sheehan explains his approach to workforce, and Illinois CISO Adam Ford explains his approach to cyber grant funding.

Sheehan and Ford are 2023 StateScoop 50 Award winners.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

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In the news this week:

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris announced how nearly $42.5 billion in Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment funds will be divided among states and territories as the federal government steps in to help close the digital divide.

https://statescoop.com/biden-bead-broadband-grants-white-house-40-billion/

https://statescoop.com/heres-how-much-every-state-is-getting-from-bead-grant-program/

State government agencies in Maine are prohibited from using generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for at least six months after a cybersecurity directive from the state’s IT agency.

https://statescoop.com/heres-how-much-every-state-is-getting-from-bead-grant-program/

Tens of thousands of public school students and employees in New York City had their personal data stolen in the recent hack of the file-transfer software MOVEit, the city’s department of education revealed.

https://statescoop.com/nyc-schools-hit-by-moveit-breach/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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On the Priorities podcast, North Carolina CIO James Weaver says his agency is pivoting its focus from being focused on the capability to deliver online services, to thinking more about what those services mean to the individual using them.

https://statescoop.com/north-carolinas-broadband-office-over-115000-locations-without-high-speed-internet/

Also on the podcast, Indiana CIO Tracy Barnes gives an update on how his state is handling its funding from the state and local cyber grant program and Tennessee’s Bob Pucci gives more detail on his state’s automation efforts.

https://statescoop.com/state-local-cyber-grants-cisa/

https://statescoop.com/radio/stephanie-dedmon-automation-ai/

Weaver and Pucci are 2023 StateScoop 50 Award winners.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

In the news this week:

At least six states have reported a confirmed or potential exposure to a global cyberattack by a ransomware group exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in the popular file-transfer platform MOVEit.

https://statescoop.com/state-governments-report-moveit-vulnerability-exposure/

https://statescoop.com/maryland-joins-states-affected-by-moveit-vulnerability/

The New Mexico Human Services Department awarded a $39 million contract to General Dynamics IT as part of an ongoing effort to replace the state’s Medicaid enrollment and provider management system.

https://statescoop.com/maryland-joins-states-affected-by-moveit-vulnerability/

The Biden administration is preparing to distribute $930 million for 35 broadband construction projects around the country aimed at building out the middle mile infrastructure that connects large, regional fiber networks to the local networks that reach individual homes and businesses.

https://statescoop.com/ntia-awards-930m-middle-mile-broadband-grants/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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On the Priorities podcast, Tennessee CIO Stephanie Dedmon says her state’s focus on automation is not designed to reduce headcount in the state, but rather to free up employees to work on more complex tasks.

https://statescoop.com/tennessee-launches-new-round-of-statewide-automation-projects/

Also on the podcast, Georgia CIO Shawnzia Thomas explains how her state is rolling out additional endpoint protections, and StateScoop 50 Award winner Jon Minshew talks about how he’s hoping to help state and local governments from the private sector.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

Both Dedmon and Minshew are winners in the 2023 StateScoop 50 Awards.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

In the news this week:

Florida’s CIO, Philadelphia’s CIO and Delaware’s CIO all announced they would step down this week.

https://statescoop.com/florida-cio-james-grant-steps-down/

https://statescoop.com/philadelphia-cio-mark-wheeler-technology-transformation-services/

https://statescoop.com/delaware-cio-jason-clarke-resigns/

Texas is forming an artificial intelligence advisory council.

https://statescoop.com/texas-abbott-ai-advisory-committee/

Minnesota’s Department of Education says that personal information of about 95,000 students was breached as part of an ongoing and global exploit of a popular file-transfer system.

https://statescoop.com/minnesota-department-education-moveit-cyberattack/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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On the Priorities podcast, Virginia CIO Bob Osmond says he’s trying to position his agency as an effective partner for other state agencies looking to transform technology.

Also on the podcast, Connecticut CIO Mark Raymond outlines his state’s digital government journey. VMware’s Chirstopher Montgomery also talks about his career path from New York City government, as well as New Jersey state government, to the private sector.

Both Montgomery and Osmond are winners in the 2023 StateScoop 50 Awards.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

In the news this week:

Illinois has a new CIO.

https://statescoop.com/illinois-gov-pritzker-appoints-federal-tech-leader-as-new-cio/

Government Sourcing Solutions, an IT procurement consulting firm, has hired a cadre of former state CIOs.

https://statescoop.com/procurement-consulting-firm-adds-former-state-cios/

California’s chief data officer is stepping down.

https://statescoop.com/californias-chief-data-officer-of-three-years-steps-down/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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Maryland CIO to focus on ‘clarifying’ enterprise services

On the Priorities podcast, Maryland’s CIO Katie Savage says she plans to offer agencies more clarity on the enterprise services the state’s IT department offers to others within state government.

https://statescoop.com/maryland-katie-savage-state-technology-secretary/

Also on the podcast, StateScoop’s Lindsay McKenzie offers an update on the FCC’s new broadband map, and Matt Behrens, Iowa’s state CIO, joins the show to talk about local government cybersecurity collaboration. Cisco’s Mike Witzman, a 2023 StateScoop 50 Award winner, also joins the show to highlight how industry leaders can help states work through their workforce challenges.

https://statescoop.com/fcc-broadband-map-update-adds-1-million-new-locations/

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

https://statescoop.com/nascio-2022-survey-workforce-cio-roles/

In the news this week:

North Carolina has a new chief risk officer.

https://statescoop.com/north-carolina-election-security-to-lead-statewide-cybersecurity/

Virginia will drop degree requirements for the majority of state classified jobs in July.

https://statescoop.com/virginia-to-drop-degree-requirements-for-state-jobs/

The U.S. Labor Department is making more than $650 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan available to states to help modernize their unemployment insurance systems.

https://statescoop.com/labor-dept-releases-653m-to-help-states-fix-unemployment-systems/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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On the Priorities podcast, New York state acting CIO Jennifer Lorenz says that nearly a decade after the state’s massive IT consolidation, data and privacy will drive the next era of maturity for the state’s technology operations.

Also on the podcast, StateScoop’s Keely Quinlan explains the latest in biometric privacy legislation and policy.

https://statescoop.com/biometric-data-definition-states-ftc/

Ohio’s Katrina Flory talks about her focus on next-generation 911.

StateScoop 50 Award winner Red Hat’s Doug Ross also joins the show to talk about IT modernization.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

In the news this week:

The National Association of Counties is creating a new committee to explore artificial intelligence.

https://statescoop.com/county-government-ai-risk-ethics-uses/

Washington state’s tech bureau is staffing up with the hire of a new CISO, CDO, CTO and chief of staff in recent months.

https://statescoop.com/washington-state-watech-cio-cto-cdo/

Cybersecurity planning and training is lacking across multiple branches of government in Utah, according to a report from the state legislature’s watchdog office.

https://statescoop.com/utah-cyber-audit-finds-shortfalls-across-state/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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On the Priorities podcast, California CIO Liana Bailey-Crimmins explains how she is leading the “middle-mile” efforts of broadband expansion in the state.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

Also on the podcast, Washington, D.C.’s new chief data officer outlines his approach to the new role, and Deloitte’s Srini Subramanian offers his thoughts on being a StateScoop 50 Award winner, as well as what NASCIO-Deloitte’s 2022 cybersecurity survey means in 2023.

https://statescoop.com/washington-dc-matt-sokol-chief-data-officer/

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

In addition, StateScoop’s Benjamin Freed offers updates on Code for America’s 2023 Summit, their employees’ efforts to unionize and the latest with the group’s brigade network.

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

https://statescoop.com/code-for-america-former-brigades-regroup/

In the news this week:

The U.S. is charging a Russian national for carrying out multiple ransomware attacks, including a 2021 attack against the Washington, D.C. police department.

https://statescoop.com/russian-charged-ransomware-attacks-dc-police/

The Bloomberg Philanthropies City Data Alliance is adding 20 new cities.

https://statescoop.com/20-new-cities-mayors-join-bloomberg-philanthropies-city-data-alliance/

Missouri CIO Jeff Wann is stepping down.

https://statescoop.com/missouri-cio-jeff-wann-stepped-down/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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On the Priorities podcast, Nebraska CIO Ed Toner explains why he changed his mind about embracing cloud services.

Also on the podcast, Vermont CIO Shawn Nailor outlines his approach to the state’s network modernization initiative, and Socure’s Matt Thompson offers his thoughts on identity and access management in state government.

https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

In the news this week:

The ransomware outfit that compromised several city agencies in Dallas earlier this month is an offshoot of the notorious Conti operation, researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 say.

https://statescoop.com/ransomware-gang-dallas-offshoot-conti-group/

New York City council members are accusing the city’s chief privacy officer of providing false information about how the city and its agencies use facial recognition software.

https://statescoop.com/city-council-accuses-nyc-privacy-chief-biometric-use/

Oakland, California’s mayor is requesting an additional $10 million to spend on cybersecurity improvements over the next two years.

https://statescoop.com/oakland-calif-mayor-seeks-10m-increase-in-cyber-spending-after-ransomware/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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On the Priorities podcast, Illinois acting CIO Brandon Ragle says the state’s identity platform is driving how the state approaches digital services.

Also on the podcast, Texas Department of Information Resources Chief People and Culture Officer Lisa Jammer explains her approach to workforce in the state.

https://statescoop.com/younger-government-workers/

StateScoop’s Keely Quinlan also joins the show to talk about the fashion of NASCIO midyear 2023.

https://statescoop.com/fashion-nascio-midyear-2023/

In the news this week:

The Benton Institute for Broadband and Society has a new mapping tool that displays how many people are signed up for the Federal Communications Commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program where they live.

https://statescoop.com/affordable-connectivity-program-enrollment-tracker/

Tennessee has now automated more than 100,000 hours of work across more than a dozen executive branch agencies using robotic process automation.

https://statescoop.com/rpa-tennessee-bob-pucci/

More than 1800 state employees across Indiana have been trained in data literacy, according to the state’s chief data officer.

https://statescoop.com/indiana-data-literacy-training-state-government/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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