Doug Robinson, executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, joins the Priorities Podcast this week to explain why “uncertainty” is the word of the year for state technology leaders. “That has a lot to do with obviously the states’ fiscal conditions and uncertainty there, federal funding uncertainty, and just the turbulence in terms of just overall relationship with the federal government,” Robinson says. As in previous years, the report covers a wide gamut of issues, including generative artificial intelligence, digital accessibility, IT budgets, could adoption and the provision of services to local governments.

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