Flory, who'd been deputy CIO since 2011, follows Ervan Rodgers, who resigned in early June.

North Dakota spends millions on office space, including a major facility currently going largely unused by the IT agency, but that could change, the state's top technology official said.

Matthew Arvay, who joined the city in 2017, is credited with leading broadband modernization projects and furthering the city's "smart city" agenda.

Margaret Brisbane had been serving as interim chief information officer of the nearly three million-person county since February.

Recently promoted from an interim to permanent CIO position, Chris Stewart said his office is now building out a new digital services division.

Former city IT administrator Nicole Guttridge said she's consolidating several IT divisions and rethinking digital services in the Sacramento suburb.

"This is long overdue," said Ohio CIO Ervan Rodgers, who led his colleagues in sharing how they've dealt with COVID-19 and other challenges.

Mary Weeks, who's spent the last eight years in IT roles with the City of Colorado Springs, has been appointed as its new chief information officer.

Kevin Gilbertson, a former vice president at a cloud implementation firm, told StateScoop he also plans to build on Montana's recent IT modernization work.