Illinois CIO Jennifer Ricker established an office to increase the percentage of contracts awarded to women- and minority-owned businesses.

Building a diverse and inclusive workforce is a growing priority for state CIOs, but a new NASCIO report finds that state IT has far to go.

CIO Stephanie Dedmon said a diversity and inclusion council created in the wake of the George Floyd protests is creating a "sense of greater belonging" in her…

Speakers at NASCIO's midyear conference said more women will be attracted to the cybersecurity field if they see more people who look like them in leadership roles.

Delaware Chief Information Officer James Collins calls on state government IT leaders to think of diversity in terms of productivity, innovation and efficiency.

In his first government role, recently-appointed state Chief Information Officer Bijay Kumar says he's looking for allies to turn around the state's flagging IT projects.