The new tool consolidates state purchasing information, allowing residents and lawmakers to search agency purchases, vendors and transaction amounts.

The state’s top technology official is departing after more than two years overseeing modernization and cybersecurity initiatives.

Kathryn de Wit, who directs Pew's broadband access initiative

While secretaries of state often maintain their own election technology infrastructure, state CIOs provide support for cybersecurity, network capacity and incident response.

The report highlights how stronger data-sharing partnerships between Medicaid and public health agencies could help states better identify health needs and fine tune intervention strategies.

The latest award through the organization’s Public Benefit Innovation Fund will support the use of artificial intelligence tools to help agencies update aging Medicaid and SNAP systems.

A proposed USDA rule would require states to upgrade SNAP payment cards and implement other security measures, but the Aspen Institute says new federal mandates risk competing…

John Laurent has served as Missouri’s chief information officer since December 2024 and calls retirement “bittersweet.”

The secretary of state says an Anthropic AI agent accessed public election information, but did not “hack” into voter registration systems.

The directive calls for a statewide response plan and greater coordination among government agencies and technology companies as AI-related cyber risks grow.