Clay Garner, who was named San Jose's chief innovation officer in January, plans to depart as Mayor Sam Liccardo's term winds down.

A crypto-mining operation that promised to pay the internet bills of 1,300 low-income San Jose households only generated enough to cover 86.

San Jose CIO Khaled Tawfik said he wants to use data and partnerships to turn his city into "the hub for government innovation."

Khaled Tawfik, the chief information officer of Irvine, California, is set to become San Jose's new CIO in April.

San Jose Chief Innovation Officer Clay Garner said his city is using technology developed by Velodyne Lidar to spot near-misses on roadways.

As technology becomes central to more businesses, CIOs are gaining "higher seats at the table," one city leader told StateScoop.

Clay Garner, formerly San Jose's deputy innovation chief, said he plans to tap into nearby Silicon Valley to address pressing city issues.

After falling behind processing service requests, San Jose officials said natural language processing has simplified communicating with a diverse population.

The pandemic highlighted the magnitude of the digital divide, and government is now presented with a unique opportunity to act.

San Jose will deploy 20 hotspots that also mine cryptocurrency throughout the city with the aim of subsidizing internet costs for 1,300 households.