Maryland CIO to focus on ‘clarifying’ enterprise services
On the Priorities podcast, Maryland’s CIO Katie Savage says she plans to offer agencies more clarity on the enterprise services the state’s IT department offers to others within state government.
https://statescoop.com/maryland-katie-savage-state-technology-secretary/
Also on the podcast, StateScoop’s Lindsay McKenzie offers an update on the FCC’s new broadband map, and Matt Behrens, Iowa’s state CIO, joins the show to talk about local government cybersecurity collaboration. Cisco’s Mike Witzman, a 2023 StateScoop 50 Award winner, also joins the show to highlight how industry leaders can help states work through their workforce challenges.
https://statescoop.com/fcc-broadband-map-update-adds-1-million-new-locations/
https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/
https://statescoop.com/nascio-2022-survey-workforce-cio-roles/
In the news this week:
North Carolina has a new chief risk officer.
https://statescoop.com/north-carolina-election-security-to-lead-statewide-cybersecurity/
Virginia will drop degree requirements for the majority of state classified jobs in July.
https://statescoop.com/virginia-to-drop-degree-requirements-for-state-jobs/
The U.S. Labor Department is making more than $650 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan available to states to help modernize their unemployment insurance systems.
https://statescoop.com/labor-dept-releases-653m-to-help-states-fix-unemployment-systems/
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