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Agency leaders discover the power of AI to scale and support citizen services

Leaders from Michigan, California and Wisconsin discuss how applying AI has slashed delivery times, reduced work backlogs, and expanded community engagement.

Apr 17, 2024 By Scoop News Group

States vary on cyber awareness, workforce approaches

Cybersecurity continues to be the top concern of state chief information officers, but Arkansas IT Secretary Jonathan Askins recommended states focus on their defense postures rather than…

Oct 10, 2023 By Skylar Rispens

Amy Pecacheck, Secretary, Wisconsin DWD and Kierston Howard, Executive Lead, Google Public Sector

Wisconsin puts citizen engagement first with AI-enabled tools

AI-enabled tools improve access to services, says Dept. of Workforce Development Secretary Amy Pechaceck and Google leader Kierston Howard in a recent panel.

Oct 5, 2023 By Daniel Bevarly

Workforce, AI among key tech challenges, says Wisconsin CIO

Wisconsin Chief Information Officer Trina Zanow shared details on the search for a new cybersecurity chief, workforce projects and the governor's generative AI task force.

Sep 15, 2023 By Colin Wood

Wisconsin creates task force to study AI’s effect on workforce

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers created a task force to evaluate how artificial intelligence might affect the state's workforce in the near future.

Aug 24, 2023 By Keely Quinlan

Man teleworking wearing shirt, tie and pajama pants — (Getty Images)

Wisconsin auditor to probe agencies’ telework, cyber policies

Wisconsin State Auditor Joe Chrisman's office said “questions have arisen” about agencies' use of telework and their associated risk policies.

Feb 9, 2023 By Colin Wood

Not all state TikTok bans are built equally

Nearly half of all states have banned TikTok from government use, only a few have extended those bans to other Chinese-owned tech companies.

Jan 12, 2023 By Benjamin Freed

Maryland Chief Information Officer Michael Leahy poses for the camera during the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Awareness a challenge for CIOs pursuing ‘whole-of-state’ cyber

Ensuring local governments know about the services states offer is a key challenge as more states launch "whole-of-state" IT services.

Oct 10, 2022 By Colin Wood

man gets a haircut - can Salesforce help him? — A man receives a haircut at Tee’s Barber Shop in the Greenwood district of Tulsa on May 30, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Wisconsin licensing agency says Salesforce upgrade will put customers first

A Salesforce platform replaces outdated tech at the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.

Jun 2, 2022 By Colin Wood

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers casts his vote for the presidential election at the state Capitol on December 14, 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Morry Gash / Pool / Getty Images)

Wisconsin picks vendor for unemployment system upgrade

The state signed a $16.5 million contract with the consulting firm Flexion to update a system that was designed in the early 1970s.

Sep 30, 2021 By Colin Wood