On this week’s episode of the Priorities podcast, Doug Levin, the national director of the K-12 Security Information Exchange, encourages more collaboration around cybersecurity.

https://statescoop.com/k12-cybersecurity-underreported-k12six/

Maryland chief data officer Pat McLoughlin says collaboration was essential for his state’s data inventory effort.

https://statescoop.com/maryland-first-chief-data-privacy-officers/

In the news this week:

Chicago has a new acting commissioner of the department that oversees its information technology agency.

https://statescoop.com/chicago-acting-commissioner-it-agency/

Cybersecurity leader Vinod Brahmapuram is stepping down from his post as Washington state’s CISO.

https://statescoop.com/washington-ciso-vinod-brahmapuram-leaving-government/

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing $12.6 million to improve the city’s digital services in her 2023 budget.

https://statescoop.com/dc-mayor-budget-digital-services/

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