Noelle Knell
Govtech.com
Sacramento, CA, United States
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CIOs Want to Supplement and Upskill Their Workforce
When asked what they’d invest in if funding were no object, many state chief information officers gave the same answer: hiring more people and developing current staff. → Read More
Multifactor, Endpoint Protection Headline Texas Cyber Strategy
At the NASCIO Midyear Conference this week, Texas Chief Information Officer Amanda Crawford outlined some of the state's most significant cybersecurity initiatives now underway. → Read More
Texas DIR Works to Boost Cybersecurity for Local Governments
CIO Amanda Crawford outlines how Texas IT is using their reach to create volunteer cybersecurity response teams, shore up local efforts and make sure agencies have the security resources they need. → Read More
Why Privacy and Security Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
At the NASCIO Annual Conference Monday, Washington state Chief Privacy Officer Katy Ruckle explained that data privacy and cybersecurity are different, but you can’t have one without the other. → Read More
Digital Government Is Only Successful If It Works for All
Government is tasked with the hefty responsibility of doing the people’s business, but what happens when people can’t access services or online systems fail? → Read More
Gov Tech Market Grows Amid Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic
Six years of tracking the growing gov tech market have proven that not only is it a viable space for innovation and investment, but that companies built to serve government have become essential. → Read More
Year in Review 2020: Lessons from a Most Challenging Year
While the year that was 2020 immediately conjures words like “challenge,” “hardship” and “crisis,” there are lessons to be gleaned that offer important perspective as we approach the New Year. → Read More
CIOs on How to Reframe the Future with Emerging Tech
The annual NASCIO conference concludes with a look at how states are developing governance frameworks around the latest technologies to ensure a focus on citizens and avoid being drawn toward “every shiny widget.” → Read More
CIOs on How to Reframe the Future With Emerging Tech
The annual NASCIO conference concludes with a look at how states are developing governance frameworks around the latest technologies to ensure a focus on citizens and avoid being drawn toward “every shiny widget.” → Read More
Enabling State Government: A New Role Emerges for CIOs
In a live virtual panel, NASCIO released its annual survey of state chief information officers today, supporting the notion that state IT leaders led the transition to remote work and a renewed push for digital services. → Read More
Cyberthreats Collide in Runup to November Election
As the presidential election nears this November, online threats from ballot interference to largescale ransomware attacks threaten all levels of government, and the stakes have never been higher. → Read More
Maricopa County CIO Ed Winfield on Guiding Tech in a Crisis
As chief information officer of the country’s fourth most populous county, Ed Winfield has had to balance priorities like an ongoing technology refresh with the new curve balls the coronavirus has added to his plate. → Read More
Four States Share Realities of the Transition to Telework
On the second day of the virtual NASCIO conference, state CIOs discussed the tech that enabled the quick shift to remote work, whether any of it will stick and how the pandemic will affect digital transformation plans. → Read More
Five Takeaways from State CIOs on Pandemic Response
As NASCIO Midyear goes virtual, state technology chiefs from Tennessee, Massachusetts and Washington share their COVID-19 pivots, what weaknesses were exposed and the foundations being laid for a new normal. → Read More
Amid Uncertainties, State and Local Governments Expected to Spend a Record $111 Billion on Technology in 2020
Modernization, cybersecurity and transparency will drive major tech investments in cities, counties and states across the country. → Read More
What Will State and Local Government Spend on IT in 2020?
Modernization, cybersecurity and transparency will drive major tech investments in cities, counties and states across the country. In Washington, D.C., experts broke down how an estimated $111 billion will be spent in 2020. → Read More
New C-Suite Titles Gain Ground in Government IT Agencies
Blockchain architects, analytics officers and reinvention officers now work alongside CIOs, CTOs and CDOs. Here are the newer tech-related roles in state and local government that caught our eye. → Read More
Big Tech and Government Must Find Agreement, Way Forward
Companies like Facebook and Google have ushered in change — much of it positive — for individuals, communities and governments. But we still have a responsibility to ask whether they're serving the public interest. → Read More
Wisconsin Poised to Hire a Chief Analytics Officer
Speaking at the NASCIO conference last month, Wisconsin CIO David Cagigal talked about the data analytics work the state will undertake when it gets past its current state of being “data rich and information poor.” → Read More
Card-Catalog-Level Data Work Underway in Kentucky
Hiring a chief data officer last year helped kick off some transformational data work in the commonwealth of Kentucky, according to Chief Information Officer Chuck Grindle. Here, he outlines their progress so far. → Read More