Former NSA Director Keith Alexander speaks at a 2017 event hosted by Fortune magazine. (Rob Lever / AFP / Getty Images)
Kentucky Gov.-elect Andy Beshear, right, introduces Ruth Day as his pick to be the state’s next chief information officer. (Screenshot / WKYT)
Gov.-elect Andy Beshear selected Ruth Day, a vice president at the shipping logistics company Landstar Systems, to replace outgoing CIO Chuck Grindle.
Dec 9, 2019
By
Benjamin Freed
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (Flickr / University of Kentucky)
Andy Beshear, who was elected Nov. 5, plans to reduce the controversial $375,000 salary Gov. Matt Bevin gave to his CIO, Chuck Grindle.
Nov 18, 2019
By
Benjamin Freed
Kentucky CIO Charles Grindle (StateScoop)
Kentucky CIO Charles Grindle (StateScoop)
The bill would reduce Charles Grindle's salary to about $200,000, equal to the CIO's pay in neighboring Tennessee.
Feb 25, 2019
By
Benjamin Freed
Kentucky CIO Charles Grindle (StateScoop)
As Chuck Grindle enters his second year as Kentucky's CIO, he's setting a baseline for AI, procurement reform and more work with data.
Nov 20, 2018
By
Jake Williams
Charles Grindle (Commonwealth Office of Technology)
Charles Grindle, whose unusually high salary has become a political controversy, says he's saved the commonwealth millions of dollars.
Oct 26, 2018
By
Benjamin Freed
Charles Grindle got a $215,000 raise in August, making him the nation's highest-paid state information technology chief, and raising questions about how Gov. Matt Bevin pays top…
Sep 10, 2018
By
Benjamin Freed