Workforce & People
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In Louisville, CIO Chris Seidt has hired a chief AI officer who‘s growing a four-person team, while acknowledging staff concerns around the impact of AI technologies. -
Smith brings public-sector IT experience from King County, Bellevue and Seattle, as well as experience at CAI and Microsoft, as the city prepares for its next chapter in technology leadership. -
Scott West will lead the Department of Information Technology in Washington’s second-largest county, following the departure of Peter Barlow. West comes to Pierce County from the state’s Department of Ecology.
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Washington Chief Information Officer Bill Kehoe details how artificial intelligence has changed the hiring process for technology roles. -
David Edinger will step down as Colorado CIO and leader of the Office of Information Technology. The change is part of a large transformation the agency is undertaking for better service delivery. -
After helping agencies navigate technology problems behind the scenes for more than a decade, the IT executive will now guide how tech operations are managed across the enterprise. -
The law that established federal CIOs turned 30 this year. In those three decades, the CIO role at all levels has become a catchall for anything tech-related, hindering its efficiency. It’s time to rethink things. -
It’s graduation season, and people entering the workforce now can turn the 2026 hiring slowdown into a career launchpad using practical skills — and some surprising suggestions. -
A student perspective on closing government’s tech talent gap offers three ways state and local agencies can recruit young engineers and other specialists to put their skills to work for their communities. -
Rex Menold’s CSO title is missing the “I” that most of his counterparts across the country have in theirs. That’s due to Michigan’s unique take on the role, which spans both cybersecurity and physical infrastructure. -
Scott Conn acknowledges that staff with lots of technical know-how can have blind spots, so his leadership strategy includes opportunities to grow skills like public speaking, resulting in well-rounded employees. -
The state’s new chief data officer is a longtime exec at the California Health and Human Services Agency; and, most recently a high-ranking guide at the Department of Health Care Services. -
We checked in with Warren Sponholtz to hear about his approach to leading Florida IT, how he sees his workforce evolving and how he's planning while tech advances faster than ever. -
The incoming Texas technology leader will guide IT services across more than 40 departments and 500 city facilities. He was most recently CIO at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. -
Bertrum “Bert” Carroll was named the state of Nevada's CISO in March 2026. A few weeks into his tenure, Government Technology caught up with him at the NASCIO Midyear Conference in Philadelphia. -
Maricopa County CIO Richard McHattie oversees several hundred employees in the nation’s fourth most populous county, all in a remote work environment that was also among the first in government to deploy ChatGPT. -
San Diego CIO Jonathan Behnke said that despite some of AI‘s drawbacks, like a loss of knowledge among entry-level workers, most employees are seeing its upsides. -
In Charlotte, CIO Markell Storay is making sure his team has the skills they need to stand up new tech. He's also putting policies in place to support their efforts. -
Nevada’s inaugural deputy director of the Office of Information Security and Cyber Defense, created last year, will join the county as its new director of government affairs for the sheriff's office. -
In Latah County, CIO Laurel Caldwell doesn’t anticipate adding to her staff of six full-time employees, but rather embracing new technologies by expanding their skillsets. -
A former technology executive for the Internal Revenue Service, Shukla worked on modernization and AI efforts at the federal agency. He replaces Mark Combs, who has announced his retirement.
