On the Priorities podcast, North Carolina CIO James Weaver says his agency is pivoting its focus from being focused on the capability to deliver online services, to thinking more about what those services mean to the individual using them.
https://statescoop.com/north-carolinas-broadband-office-over-115000-locations-without-high-speed-internet/
Also on the podcast, Indiana CIO Tracy Barnes gives an update on how his state is handling its funding from the state and local cyber grant program and Tennessee’s Bob Pucci gives more detail on his state’s automation efforts.
https://statescoop.com/state-local-cyber-grants-cisa/
https://statescoop.com/radio/stephanie-dedmon-automation-ai/
Weaver and Pucci are 2023 StateScoop 50 Award winners.
https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/
In the news this week:
At least six states have reported a confirmed or potential exposure to a global cyberattack by a ransomware group exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in the popular file-transfer platform MOVEit.
https://statescoop.com/state-governments-report-moveit-vulnerability-exposure/
https://statescoop.com/maryland-joins-states-affected-by-moveit-vulnerability/
The New Mexico Human Services Department awarded a $39 million contract to General Dynamics IT as part of an ongoing effort to replace the state’s Medicaid enrollment and provider management system.
https://statescoop.com/maryland-joins-states-affected-by-moveit-vulnerability/
The Biden administration is preparing to distribute $930 million for 35 broadband construction projects around the country aimed at building out the middle mile infrastructure that connects large, regional fiber networks to the local networks that reach individual homes and businesses.
https://statescoop.com/ntia-awards-930m-middle-mile-broadband-grants/
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