After nearly eight years as Pennsylvania's chief information officer, John MacMillan announced he's stepping down from the role.

Security, data governance, business processes and user-centered design add new concerns to IT modernization projects, state CIOs said.

More than half of states surveyed said they either don't have a strategy for application modernization or are still creating one.

State CIOs continue to extol the virtues of cloud services, but budgeting rules and uncertainty about certifications pose barriers.

In an online event, IT officials said enabling entire state workforces to work from home stirred unexpected lessons about culture, cybersecurity and training.

Gov. Tom Wolf has announced a new position within the state's technology leadership and a plan to "transform" digital government.

Chief Information Officer John MacMillan lays out the four goals for the state’s information technology office over the next three years.

MacMillan describes his cloud-focused work over the course of his first year in office.

In a tumultuous year for state information technology, more than 20 states welcomed new CIOs due to changes from elections, retirements or resignations.

Pennsylvania officials had wanted to use a “pay as you go” model for its next generation of cloud services. But the state CIO said that didn’t mesh…