Virginia cuts Northrop Grumman loose 10 months early
Virginia’s IT services contract with defense contractor Northrop Grumman may expire a little sooner than anticipated, the commonwealth’s technology department announced on Monday. The contractor and...
View ArticleVirginia CIO Nelson Moe seeks COO so he can focus on 'relationship building'
Now that Virginia Chief Information Officer Nelson Moe has detangled the state from its long-term technology contract with Northrop Grumman, he’d like to take on a more public-facing role as the...
View ArticleAuditor says Virginia's new multi-vendor model needs extra oversight
Virginia paid its estranged IT contractor Northrop Grumman $35.8 million last December to settle a lawsuit and finally cut ties with the company that had been the state’s single IT service provider the...
View ArticleUtah CIO Mike Hussey named new NASCIO vice president
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers announced Monday it’s named Utah CIO Mike Hussey as its new vice president. Hussey was tapped for the vice president role after the...
View ArticleState IT shops deliver during pandemic, but watch for budget cuts
As governors evaluate when to begin reopening their states’ economies, technology leaders anticipate a new paradigm in which their services are valued more highly, but reduced budgets allow them to...
View Article'You're going to want' BRM in your state, CIOs say
The practice known as business relationship management is serving state IT organizations well, but adopting it often comes with challenges, four state chief information officers said during an online...
View ArticleVirginia CIO compares automation to ordering a chicken sandwich
Virginia’s top technology official is eyeing a menu of technology offerings, and what he sees is delicious. Implementing changes to an organization’s robotic process automation can be as...
View ArticleYoungkin picks former Fed CIO to oversee Virginia's IT
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin this week said he intends to nominate Margaret “Lyn” McDermid, a former chief information officer for the Federal Reserve System, to serve as his incoming Cabinet’s...
View ArticleLongtime Virginia CIO Nelson Moe exits
The Virginia Information Technologies Agency announced Friday that Nelson Moe, the agency’s leader and the commonwealth’s chief information officer for the past six-and-a-half years, has left the...
View ArticleFormer Virginia CIO Nelson Moe joins IT provider Iron Bow
The move reunites Moe with former Virginia IT official Jonathan Ozovek, who compared their work relationship to "peanut butter and jelly."
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