Rather than treating accessibility as just a compliance benchmark, officials said it should be treated as a core capability like cybersecurity.

One CIO said “modernization” no longer accurately defines a state tech leader’s central charge due to the speed of technological change.

Michael Pastor, New York Law School's Dean of Technology Law

The whistleblower complaints about Colorado service provider Maverix Broadband involved “financial mismanagement and misuse of grant funds.”

Jenson Jacob, who has been named acting CIO, said Rai’s departure Monday evening was “effective immediately.”

Gwen Gann fills the CISO role left vacant by Ralph Johnson, who retired from Washington government this summer.

The order directs the state’s Department of Public Safety to create statewide safeguards for state and local law enforcement entities using ALPR technology.

“Enough is enough. We need federal action to put guardrails on AI development before it’s too late,” Massachusetts Gov. Healey said.

John Stark takes on the role as the state’s privacy lead in addition to his role leading the state’s digital governance efforts.

Virginia’s new digital services team comes after the state recently discovered millions in “bad state contracts” for IT projects that were never completed.