Bill Zielinski led Dallas' response to a ransomware attack and navigated the fallout after a city information technology employee deleted millions of electronic police records.

Nebraska's new chief information officer is Matthew McCarville, who most recently served as the CIO for the University of Colorado.

Wyoming interim Chief Information Officer Timothy Sheehan announced his departure from state government. State Chief Information Security Officer Aaron Roberts is his replacement.

Melissa Scott, a city IT director and project manager, is Philadelphia's new chief information officer.

Tyson Morris said the decision to step down as Chattanooga's CIO after two years in the role was not "made lightly."

Pennsylvania state lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation that would give the state's top technology official greater ability to act quickly during emergencies, like cyberattacks.

Pennsylvania's chief information officer approved the emergency hire of Layer Aleph, a Seattle company specializing in crisis engineering.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon requested from his legislature $6.8 million to hire 37 new cybersecurity positions across the state government.

Russell Haupert, who served as Tampa, Florida's top tech official for more than a decade, said he's retiring from a career he started by accident.

During his tenure, Ed Toner consolidated and modernized the state’s IT systems, including upgrading Nebraska’s “very last legacy system.”