On the Priorities podcast, Wyoming CIO Bill Vajda says preparing for the future is informing how he handles day-to-day business leading the state’s IT operations.

Also on the show, Wyoming Chief Data Officer Drew Dilly says the state’s data governance council is prompting good momentum for further growth in the state.

Later on in the show, Michigan’s Jayson Cavendish explains how the state is centralizing reporting and data sharing with its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Program.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-2022-finalists-state-it-recognition-awards/

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On the Priorities podcast, NASCIO Executive Director Doug Robinson says states will continue to prioritize workforce in 2023.

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Later on the podcast, Illinois CIO Jennifer Ricker outlines her team’s work to modernize the human capital piece of the state’s enterprise resource planning system refresh.

Also on the show, Ana Vargas, the deputy director of the waste division for Arizona’s Department of Environmental Quality, explains the state’s efforts to track safety compliance of underground storage tanks.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-2022-finalists-state-it-recognition-awards/

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On the Priorities podcast, Arizona CISO Tim Roemer says he’s gearing up for a period of change as Gov. Doug Ducey wraps up his term.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-2022-finalists-state-it-recognition-awards/

Later on the podcast, Maine CIO Fred Brittain outlines his approach to the state’s new IT strategic plan.

Also on the show, John McKay, a senior network engineer for Washington State Ferries, explains how his agency outfitted boats with new connectivity.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-2022-finalists-state-it-recognition-awards/

In the news this week:

DeAngela Burns-Wallace is stepping down as chief information technology officer for the state of Kansas.

https://statescoop.com/kansas-it-chief-deangela-burns-wallace-departs/

San Francisco will spend more time considering whether, and under which circumstances, the city’s police department may use its existing fleet of land-based robots to kill people.

https://statescoop.com/san-francisco-punts-killer-robot-question-committee/

New York City is opening a new facility in Queens to offer free high-speed internet access to residents as part of the city’s ongoing efforts to close its digital divide.

https://statescoop.com/nyc-third-gigabit-center-high-speed-wi-fi-access-queens/

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On the Priorities podcast, Massachusetts CIO Curtis Wood says he’s preparing for the first governor’s office transition since the state’s Executive Office of Technology Services and Security was elevated to the cabinet.

Also on the podcast, Rex Menold, Michigan’s director of enterprise information, content and identity management, gives an update on MiLogin.

https://statescoop.com/how-michigans-identity-management-platform-won-over-state-agencies/

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In the news this week:

South Dakota is banning the use of TikTok on government-issued devices.

https://statescoop.com/south-dakota-tiktok-ban-china-kristi-noem/

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is voting to allow the city’s police department to outfit remote-controlled robots with lethal capabilities.

https://statescoop.com/san-francisco-police-killer-robots/

Buffalo, New York’s, 311 call center received more than 4,000 calls from residents during a snowstorm last week.

https://statescoop.com/buffalo-new-york-snowstorm-hybrid-311/

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On the Priorities podcast, Texas Department of Information Resources’ Director of Strategic Digital Services Jennifer Buaas says the state’s digital services platform has more than 3 million accounts and has processed more than 4 million transactions.

https://statescoop.com/texas-citizen-services-app-automate-driving-test-paperwork/

Also on the podcast, Glenn Mack and Terri Catlett from North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety explain their efforts to roll out a robust telemedicine platform to the state’s prisons.

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

In the news this week:

Arizona is contracting with Tanium to further its ‘whole-of-state’ cybersecurity program, the cybersecurity company says.

https://statescoop.com/arizona-tanium-whole-state-cybersecurity/

Michigan will spend $78 million with Deloitte to install a modern unemployment benefits system.

https://statescoop.com/michigan-deloitte-unemployment-system-2022-78-million/

Cybersecurity capabilities across K-12 schools are improving, but the sector continues to lag behind other parts of government and the private sector according to a new report from the Center for Internet Security.

https://statescoop.com/k-12-cyber-maturity-improving-but-still-lags-behind-other-sectors/

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On the Priorities podcast, Jon Rogers, the Indiana Office of Technology’s director of strategic workforce planning, says the state’s training residents with and without college degrees to take on careers in the state’s IT operations.

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

Also on the podcast, Tennessee's Executive Director of Intelligent Automation Bob Pucci explains how the state is automating processes to improve customer experience, maximize employee resources and imbue services with greater flexibility and scalability.

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

In the news this week:

Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson says an apparent denial-of-service attack took down websites operated by his office for much of Election Day.

https://statescoop.com/mississippi-election-day-ddos-incident/

Pennsylvania is moving forward with next-generation 911 after selecting a vendor to guide the state through the migration, implementation and post-migration phases.

https://statescoop.com/pennsylvania-next-generation-911-mission-critical-partners/

Washington state has a new CISO.

https://statescoop.com/washington-ciso-ralph-johnson-los-angeles-times/

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On the Priorities podcast, departing North Dakota CIO Shawn Riley says his efforts to continue to chase impact will lead him to a focus on clean energy and cryptocurrency in his next career move.

https://statescoop.com/north-dakota-cio-shawn-riley-crypto-bitzero/

https://statescoop.com/north-dakota-cio-shawn-riley-bitzero-mars/

Also on the podcast, Dhwani Pandya, an IT director for the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, explains the state’s efforts to create a new Parent Portal as a hub of all of its digital services.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-2022-finalists-state-it-recognition-awards/

In the news this week:

Nevada is working to distribute its biggest-ever investment in broadband infrastructure, but its plans may be disrupted by requirements from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

https://statescoop.com/nevada-broadband-ntia-bead-funding-dispute/

Nearly 1,700 state and local government agencies and education institutions have bought telecommunications products made by Chinese firms banned from doing business with the federal government since 2015, according to a new report from Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emergency Technology.

https://statescoop.com/state-local-government-china-telecom-equipment-huawei-zte/

Maryland officials said this week that a workforce development program will fund cybersecurity training for up to 100 state technology employees.

https://statescoop.com/maryland-workforce-cybersecurity-training/

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On the Priorities podcast, leaders from the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology say they’re working to integrate accessibility into how they plan for the state’s technology initiatives.

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

Also on the podcast, Nebraska State Patrol Captain Gerry Krolikowski and IT Applications Developer Lead Charlie Lucas explain their efforts to speed up reporting efforts for law enforcement using digital forms and electronic processing.

https://statescoop.com/nascio-2022-finalists-state-it-recognition-awards/

In the news this week:

Pennsylvania Chief Information Officer John MacMillan is stepping down after nearly eight years in the role.

https://statescoop.com/pennsylvania-cio-john-macmillan-says-hes-stepping-down/

Former Atlanta CIO Gary Brantley, who left city government in November 2020, is now the National Football League’s CIO.

https://statescoop.com/former-atlanta-cio-gary-brantley-nfl/

The Education and Homeland Security departments still have much catching up to do against the continued ransomware threat against public school districts nationwide, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

https://statescoop.com/feds-behind-k12-cybersecurity-audit/

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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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Doug Robinson, executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, joins the Priorities podcast this week to discuss the findings in the group's annual member survey, which was presented this week at its conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

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

In the news this week:

More coverage from NASCIO's annual conference that drew hundreds of state IT and industry leaders to Louisville, including discussions about the workforce, challenges of building and the group's annual awards.

https://statescoop.com/tag/nascio-22/

https://statescoop.com/whole-state-cybersecurity-nascio-cios-2022/

https://statescoop.com/nascio-awards-2022/

North Dakota CIO Shawn Riley is stepping down after six years to become chief executive of Bitzero International, a crypto-mining company backed by "Shark Tank" co-host Kevin O'Leary.

https://statescoop.com/north-dakota-cio-shawn-riley-crypto-bitzero/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched is finally moving forward with the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, an interstate data system to identify individuals receiving duplicate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

https://statescoop.com/national-accuracy-clearinghouse-snap-data-states-local-governments/

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