Thaddeus Batt, a former software executive, will lead the state's research into applying distributed-ledger technology to government functions.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation encourages policymakers in its latest guide to carefully support innovation of the distributed-ledger technology.

A new bill in the state legislature would create an advisory group to look at distributed-ledger technology in managing farms and the food supply.

The city's deployed military and overseas voters will be offered the ability to use Voatz, the mobile-voting app that was tested in 2018 by West Virginia.

The company behind West Virginia's much-scrutinized blockchain-encrypted ballots for overseas voters says other states have expressed interest.

State CIO Bijay Kumar says the state's IT foundation is almost set, and now it's time to start innovating.

The new group's appointed members will be tasked with directing the state's work around cybersecurity, blockchain and data analytics, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said.

Theresa Szczurek, founder of an enterprise software firm that makes live-assistance platforms, now takes over the state Office of Information Technology.

As steward of some of the public's most valuable and sensitive information, the state "can't ignore blockchain," says State Asssemblyman Clyde Vanel.