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Phoenix, AZ
About 2.1 million ballots were cast in Maricopa County, Arizona, the nation’s fourth-largest county, in 2020. (Getty Images)

Arizona launches AI steering committee

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the state has established a committee to explore the risks and opportunities of AI adoption in government.
Katie Hobbs
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks during the Harris-Walz Campaign Election Eve rally and concert at the Celebrity theater in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 4, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Arizona governor vetoes state bitcoin reserve

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Arizonans' retirement funds are "not the place for the state to try untested investments."
J.R. Sloan
Arizona Chief Information Officer J.R. Sloan attends a session at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Arizona updates generative AI policies as state’s use evolves

Arizona published updates to its generative AI policies after collecting feedback from employees on how they were using the technology.
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J.R. Sloan
Arizona Chief Information Officer J.R. Sloan attends a session at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

NASCIO adds Arizona CIO J.R. Sloan to executive committee

Arizona Chief Information Officer J.R. joins NASCIO's executive committee as its secretary treasurer for the 2024 program year.
whole of state cyber panel NASCIO 2023
From left: Alex Whitaker, NASCIO’s director of government affairs; Torry Crass, North Carolina’s chief risk officer; Ryan Murray, Arizona’s chief information security officer; and Jennifer Pittman-Leeper, a former security program manager in Arizona now working in the private sector. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Sustainable funding, workforce challenge whole-of-state cybersecurity transition

State officials said at NASCIO's annual conference that some smaller governments are living "below the cyber poverty line."
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