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Meet Texas's new CIO, Tony Sauerhoff
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (218+ words) State Scoop Tony Sauerhoff has been serving as Texas's interim chief information officer since January, after Amanda Crawford, the former statewide CIO, stepped down. Last month Gov. Greg Abbott removed Sauerhoff's interim status, leaving him to head the state's IT…...
California's building a federated wildfire data hub backed by UC San Diego supercomputers
23+ hour, 50+ min ago (464+ words) The Supercomputer Center at the University of California San Diego last month powered on a new data hub called the California Wildfire Commons, playing a central role in helping the state modernize how it shares and uses wildfire data. "Typically,…...
State CIO group reaffirms members as drivers of innovation
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (304+ words) State Scoop The National Association of State Chief Information Officers, the group representing state governments" top technology officials, this week updated its strategic plan, reaffirming a commitment to supporting the state CIO position as "the technology leader who drives business…...
San Jose, California, city leaders vote to make AI coalition an independent nonprofit
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (401+ words) City officials in San Jose, California, this week approved an updated policy framework to guide how artificial intelligence and data are managed across departments, with additional plans to spin out its flagship Gov AI Coalition into an independent nonprofit. According…...
More states are taking privacy seriously, but their work isn't done
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (394+ words) statescoop. com More states than ever are starting to take privacy seriously " but, there's still ample work to do in creating fully operational, enterprise-wide privacy programs, especially as artificial intelligence raises the stakes. While the CPO role is becoming more…...
Should states treat AI incidents like aviation accidents, and investigate?
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (365+ words) A new policy framework from the Aspen Policy Academy, a nonpartisan policy training program, is urging state officials to build formal systems to investigate incidents when artificial intelligence tools make mistakes or cause harm. The guide argues that the agency…...
Boston's CIO wants the public " and other city governments " to use his open-source agentic AI tools
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (498+ words) Boston's chief information officer, Santiago Garces, is betting on agentic artificial intelligence to transform the city's open data into usable insights, and not just for data analysts, but for residents who are trying to better understand their communities. Developed with…...
New York scales up AI tool, training resources to entire state government
1+ week, 1+ day ago (313+ words) After a successful pilot program last fall, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that the state's custom artificial intelligence tool and its accompanying training materials will be made available to the state government's entire workforce of more than 100, 000 employees....
West Virginia gives CISO greater authority to lead statewide cyber program
1+ week, 4+ day ago (559+ words) State Scoop West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Thursday approved legislation designed to strengthen the state's cybersecurity and grow the authority of its chief information security officer, a role currently held by longtime state IT staffer Leroy Amos. The bill…...
California tightens AI vendor oversight through executive order
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (319+ words) California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday issued an executive order aimed at tightening oversight of artificial intelligence companies contracting with the state, an attempt at countering the Trump administration's more hands-off approach to AI regulation. The order directs state agencies…...