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The National Association of State Chief Information Officers announced the winners of its Technology Champion and Decade of Leadership awards Wednesday during its 2025 Midyear Conference in Philadelphia.
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Georgia launched "GAP" scores for state websites, publicly ranking quality, accessibility and SEO. Chief Digital Officer Nikhil Deshpande shared at NASCIO how the transparency fuels agency competition, boosting digital services for citizens.
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State accessibility officers convened at the NASCIO Midyear Conference with a call to action: State and local governments must prioritize upgrading their websites to meet impending federal accessibility deadlines.
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At this week's NASCIO conference in Philadelphia, California's two top technology leaders outlined the state's approach to putting AI to work for the state's 39 million residents.
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At the NASCIO 2025 Midyear Conference in Philadelphia, state tech leaders talked about how to grow AI while also defending it from attack. The commonwealth of Massachusetts offers an instructive example.
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A new report from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers highlights the large increase in the number of state CPOs. It also offers a blueprint for states or executives to create a privacy program.
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The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program expires in September — but state CIOs told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday the program is a success that should be built on, not ended. Its future remains unclear.
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Legislation active in each state focuses on the functions of IT agencies. One such bill would replace Florida Digital Service, while Alabama representatives may add cybersecurity to the Office of Information Technology’s duties.
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As the role of the CIO continues to emerge and evolve, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers looks at how business architecture can be leveraged in ongoing transformation.
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A new report by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and U.S. Digital Response outlines how public-sector agencies can improve their requests for proposals — and get more suitable responses.
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The National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual list aggregates pressing tech and security challenges states face. Input from CIOs and CISOs helps shape its content.
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The state CIO, who is also secretary of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology, will retire Dec. 31. State Attorney General Josh Stein, who was elected governor Nov. 5, has reportedly nominated a successor.
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Artificial intelligence may have been the topic on many minds this year, but cybersecurity and risk management topped NASCIO’s annual list of the top 10 priorities for state CIOs. AI did, however, rise to second place this year.
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The work of state-level CISOs is expanding to help serve the cyber needs of small municipalities and vulnerable groups, a NASCIO report affirms. Whole-of-state cybersecurity and grants are helping drive the endeavor.
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Many state governments are implementing AI technologies. A new NASCIO report offers insight into current use cases, the role of state CIOs and recommendations for states exploring generative AI implementation.
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States are navigating an ever-growing number of emergencies, including unprecedented weather events, infrastructure failures and cybersecurity incidents. Response plans must stay agile.
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CIO Craig Orgeron has a plan to help the state spark more innovation with AI — one that includes a “two-pizza team” and an executive order. He talked at NASCIO about what’s already happened and what he hopes will come with AI.
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The territory’s digital ID initiative, IDEAL, lets government agencies do a better job of sharing information they already have on residents, after securing their permission. It’s aimed at simplifying processes and making them quicker.
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Puerto Rico faces earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. North Carolina was hard-hit by Hurricane Helene. Through it all, government needs to keep critical digital services running. Here’s how they do it.
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Washington, D.C., CTO Stephen Miller describes a large-scale modernization project that aims to reorient government services so residents can quickly get what they need no matter how they got there.
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A report from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and the National Association of State Procurement Officials illustrates how AI can support government procurement. It examines use cases and obstacles, too.