Tennessee Chief Information Officer Stephanie Dedmon (left) moderates a fireside chat between Indiana CIO Tracy Barnes (center) and Texas CIO Amanda Crawford (right) at the midyear conference for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers in National Harbor, Maryland, on April 30, 2024. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)
Collaboration is an increasingly important part of the state chief information officer's role since the health crisis underscored the utility of information technology, CIOs said at a…