Between rural broadband investment and emerging technologies that can transform government operations, state executives are tuning in to the latest trends.

An annual audit says the Commonwealth Office of Technology must be more communicative with agencies and more vigilant about protecting sensitive information.

State CIO Ed Toner says taking inventory of the state's applications and servers is helping to trim down and, other times, bulk up.

Eric Davis, a former CTO at several large corporations, will fill the newly created position while doubling as the state's chief technical officer.

The new program follows on a 2017 initiative designed to cut costs and streamline government operations.

The longtime Idaho state technology official has been reappointed alongside his boss, Jeffrey Weak.

After five years of improving IT governance and security for his state, the technology leader now departs as an extensive consolidation project coasts to a close.

Though not entirely ready, he says the timing is right to return to the private sector.

After 17 years of false starts, the state gives a new chief information officer the authority needed to consolidate technology assets. Now comes the hard part.