On this week’s episode of the Priorities podcast, the Brookings Institution’s Tonantzin Carmona says on mayoral cryptocurrency ambitions need to take into account “a level of responsibility,” around embracing things like bitcoin.

https://statescoop.com/crypto-mayors-emerging-tech-bitcoin/

In the news this week:

The former secretary of Maryland’s IT department plead guilty to charges surrounding a bribery and extortion scheme.

https://statescoop.com/isabel-fitzgerald-maryland-cio-bribery-extortion/

A vast majority of city and county CIOs expect IT budgets to increase in the next year, according to new survey results from CompTIA’s Public Technology Institute.

https://statescoop.com/comptia-local-cio-survey-cybersecurity/

California has a new CIO.

https://statescoop.com/california-liana-bailey-crimmins-named-cio/

Read more from StateScoop & EdScoop’s special report on Emerging Tech.

https://statescoop.com/special/emerging-tech-a-statescoop-edscoop-special-report/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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