NASCIO Honors New Hampshire CIO Denis Goulet with 10 Year Service Award

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Lexington, Ky, Wednesday, April 30, 2025 — The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) recognizes New Hampshire Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Commissioner Denis Goulet with the Decade of Leadership Award for ten years of service to the State of New Hampshire as the CIO. Goulet joins a prestigious yet small group of CIOs who have reached this milestone.

After a three-decade career in private sector software companies, former Governor Maggie Hassan appointed Goulet commissioner of New Hampshire’s Department of Information Technology in 2015. His servant, innovative leadership in New Hampshire over the last ten years has allowed for remarkable improvements in the state’s technology. Some of Denis’ notable achievements include crafting New Hampshire’s first IT strategic plan in over a decade, leading New Hampshire IT through uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, migrating towards more cloud platforms, implementing multi-agency enterprise solutions and significantly improving New Hampshire’s cybersecurity posture while upgrading its network systems and infrastructure.

Denis has also served NASCIO as fiercely as he has served New Hampshire. After serving on the NASCIO Executive Committee for two years, Goulet was elected Vice President, then President of NASCIO in February 2020, brilliantly leading NASCIO through the pandemic. Denis was also awarded NASCIO’s Meritorious Service Award in 2023. Denis currently serves on the NASCIO Executive Committee as Past President.

Contact
Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
[email protected]

NASCIO Technology Champion Award Honors Brownsville, TX CIO Jorge Cardenas

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Lexington, Ky, Wednesday, April 30, 2025 — The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has awarded Jorge Cardenas, Chief Information Officer for the City of Brownsville, Texas, with the association’s 2025 Technology Champion Award. In the award nomination, Cardenas was described as putting a special emphasis on the importance of technology to city operations and citizen experience. He was nominated by Sharon Murphy, Marketing Senior Specialist, NTT DATA.

During Jorge’s three years in Brownsville, he created the city’s first information technology department, updated the city’s network infrastructure to 5G, built out one hundred miles of mid-mile fiber and partnered with an internet service provider to invest in the last mile. As a city that is close to the border of Mexico, there are unique challenges that it must address. The improvements that Jorge has implemented are expected to solve real-time issues like stopping stolen vehicles from crossing the border by using license plate reader technology, detecting unmanned arial vehicles and improving perimeter security at the airport. These updgrades are also expected to attract more businesses to the city, creating job opportunities and fostering economic growth.

NASCIO created the Technology Champion Award in 2003 to recognize outstanding individual contributions to the field of information technology in the public sector. Recipients further NASCIO’s vision of a government in which the public is fully served through the efficient and effective use of technology policy.

Learn more about the NASCIO Technology Champion award and prior recipients at www.nascio.org/awards.

Contact
Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
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NASCIO Releases Guide to Building a State Privacy Program

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Amy Glasscock
Program Director, Innovation & Emerging Issues
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
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NASCIO Testifies on State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program

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WASHINGTON, DC., Monday, March 31, 2025— Tomorrow, NASCIO Secretary and Treasurer Alan Fuller, CIO for the State of Utah, and Mark Raymond, CIO for the State of Connecticut will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection on the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. They will highlight how the grant has helped states to address critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities and assist local communities in improving their cyber defenses. NASCIO supports reauthorization of this important grant program and looks forward to working with Congress to assist states in protecting critical technology infrastructure.

Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Hearing:
Cybersecurity is Local, Too: Assessing the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program;
Tuesday, April 1st 10:00 – 12:00 pm ET,
310 Cannon House Office Building
Link: https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/cybersecurity-is-local-too-assessing-the-state-and-local-cybersecurity-grant-program/

Contact

Alex Whitaker
Director of Government Affairs
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
[email protected]

NASCIO Releases “Business Architecture: A Strategic Blueprint for State CIOs” – Part 1 of the Enterprise Architecture Series

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Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
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NASCIO Releases 2025 Federal Advocacy Priorities

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LEXINGTON, Ky., Tuesday, January 28, 2025— Each year the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) releases its federal advocacy priorities, which are a collection of initiatives approved by NASCIO’s Executive Committee. These priorities represent significant areas of focus – largely on cybersecurity and technology needs – for NASCIO to highlight and collaborate with federal agencies, Congress, the White House and our strategic partners.

For a detailed look into the priorities, check out this special edition of NASCIO Voices.

Click here to view the priorities.

Contact
Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
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Cyber Back on Top but AI Makes a Big Move on State CIO’s Priorities for 2025

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LEXINGTON, Ky., Thursday, December 12, 2024—Today, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released the State CIO Top 10 for 2025. The Top 10 represents state technology leaders’ top policy and technology priorities for the coming year, as voted on by 50 state and territory chief information officers (CIOs) and has been published every year since 2007. Cybersecurity has reclaimed its spot as the only top priority for state CIOs, having tied with digital government services in 2024. Artificial intelligence moved to the second spot and digital government is in third for 2025.

Other items of note from the 2025 Top 10 are:

  • Accessibility makes its debut on the list for the first time ever
  • Budget and cost control appears back on the list for the first time since 2021
  • Legacy modernization falls one spot this year to number five
  • Workforce falls to number nine, down from number five in 2024
  • Identity and access management and cloud services each climb up one spot

NASCIO utilizes the annual voting of priorities to develop strategic areas of focus for the coming year, formulate new issue forums and working groups and plan NASCIO conference sessions and publications.

Contact
Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
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NASCIO Unveils New Report on Strengthening Cybersecurity in Underserved Communities

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Lexington, KY, Thursday, November 21, 2024 – The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released Bridging Digital Divides: Expanding Cybersecurity in Underserved Communities. As the world continues to become “digital by default,” cybersecurity has become a major concern for individuals, organizations and governments. With heavy reliance on digital platforms for government services, financial transactions, communication and personal data storage, the risks associated with cyber threats have grown exponentially. However, certain communities face disproportionate challenges in securing their digital environments. This brief lays out barriers for these communities and includes recommendations for how states can further expand the whole-of-state model by taking an inclusive approach to cybersecurity.

 

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Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
[email protected]

NASCIO Report Explores the Risks and Rewards of Generative AI in State Government

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Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
859.514.9209
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NASCIO Members Give Back During NASCIO 2024 Annual Conference

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LEXINGTON, Ky., Thursday, October 24, 2024 — The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) donated over $40,500 to Operation Spark as part of the association’s Give Back program. Operation Spark is a New Orleans-based nonprofit software training center on a mission to provide opportunities for upward mobility through skills training and job placement in high-wage tech careers. NASCIO’s 2024 Annual Conference was held in New Orleans earlier this month.

Donations were collected during the NASCIO 2024 Annual Conference and NASCIO state, corporate and nonprofit members donated through individual contributions. NASCIO corporate members Kyndryl, NTT DATA, Rubrik, TCS – Tata Consultancy Services, T-Mobile for Government and Verizon sponsored this year’s Give Back program and contributed to the donation total.  

Contact
Emily Lane
Director of Experience & Engagment
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
[email protected]