North Dakota CIO Shawn Riley and Utah CIO Mike Hussey said new technologies and ideas helped their states prepare for the pandemic and will continue to aid their responses.

Hussey joins the association's executive committee following the recent job change of former North Carolina CIO Eric Boyette.

Legislation that would order election officials to study the feasibility of mobile voting statewide has already passed the state House, and is making its way through the Utah Senate.

Utah Chief Information Officer Mike Hussey says the state is coordinating and practicing for cyberattacks against election systems, which are escalating.

State CIO Mike Hussey said the distributed-ledger technology can reduce time wasted by shuttling documents to and from the bank.

The state leader was recognized for his broad contributions to IT in the public sector, including broadband, job-training and digital government initiatives.

The incident, which cost the state $10 million, led it to adopt a network-monitoring platform that controls which devices can log on.

Utah's Mike Hussey says he's working to reform the state's development process to one focused on business outcomes at the beginning of a project.

On the latest episode of the Priorities podcast, Illinois CIO Jack King and Utah CIO Mike Hussey offer steps to better data use and sharing.