Patrick Groves is a staff writer for Government Technology. Previously, he worked for five years at newspapers in Washington state, Idaho, Florida and Northern California.
At the 2020 Public Sector CIO Academy in Sacramento, IT leaders from across the state gathered to learn how to mitigate the intrinsic risk of innovation. Experts advised identifying small solutions that, over time, result in big wins.
A new Women in Technology Hiring Initiative in Los Angeles County is aimed at connecting at-risk and disconnected youth ages 14-24 with IT mentors and training to bolster its entry-level IT personnel.
Andrell Bower, who joined the city of San Diego's Performance and Analytics Department five years ago, is one of the few women to hold a similar position for a major U.S. municipality.
