Matthew Arvay said he's spent his first two years on the job rebuilding the city's IT infrastructure and its technological leadership.

Phoenix CIO Matthew Arvay told StateScoop that Lawson, who left the Alaska government in late December, will start with the city in early April.

Peter Ambs, who oversaw IT in New Mexico's largest city for nearly eight years, is now an assistant CIO for the Arizona capital.

Local governments are taking preemptive action to avert what they see as significant risks of privacy violation by drones.

As exposure to private sector technologies grows, citizens expect more digital services from government, but aren't always aware some of those services already exist.