Julia Edinger

Montgomery County, Pa.’s, new CIO previously held the same post at the neighboring city of Philadelphia. Somewhat more recently, he worked for the U.S. General Services Administration.

The city's inaugural CIO Hassan Janjua started in February, bringing IT leadership expertise from Los Angeles County to the new role as he seeks to build a future-ready government workforce.

Alberto Gonzalez, Idaho’s CIO and the administrator of its Office of Information Technology Services, will start a new position in July as director of the state transportation department.

Plus, Washington state invests in infrastructure deployment, policymakers introduce federal legislation related to broadband and digital accessibility, Atlanta has launched a public Wi-Fi network, and more.

In the city’s first venture into agentic AI solutions, officials are looking for a vendor to help create an AI agent to support service delivery for residents. It will function as a chatbot and agent.

Plus, Delaware is launching a new digital literacy assistance program in its libraries, a county in Georgia is launching a program to teach digital skills with a motorsports angle, and more.

The city of San Jose, Calif.’s training course has enabled employees — including those with little to no experience using AI technologies — to develop their own AI-powered tools.

The city will deploy groups of technologists to work with its agencies on public interest challenges that can benefit from tech. First up is a solution helping enforce the city’s new “Click to Cancel” law.

Plus, a new resource calls on local governments to invest in digital inclusion programming, Massachusetts is distributing 5,000 devices, a new bill aims to connect rural communities to broadband, and more.

Governments such as Minnesota working to improve digital map accessibility — both to comply with federal standards and improve the user experience — are sharing insights to help others do the same.