On this week’s episode of the Priorities podcast, Washington state Chief Privacy Officer Katy Ruckle says the role provides state IT agencies an essential check on not only protecting resident data, but also on business goals.

https://statescoop.com/chief-privacy-officers-state-nascio/

In the news this week:

New Mexico has a new chief information officer.

https://statescoop.com/new-mexico-peter-mantos-it-secretary-cio/

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul named the state’s first chief cyber officer.

https://statescoop.com/colin-ahern-chief-cyber-officer-new-york-state/

Chicago has a new CIO to lead a new digital strategy for the city.

https://statescoop.com/chicago-it-modernization-lori-lightfoot/

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