On this week’s episode of the Priorities podcast, Maryland’s assistant IT Secretary Stefanos Ghebrehewariat says the state’s new website design is informed by the elements that “95.5 percent” of users were looking for.
https://governor.maryland.gov/2022/06/01/governor-hogan-announces-launch-of-new-maryland-gov/

In the news this week:

Former Virginia CIO Nelson Moe is joining Iron Bow, an IT services provider, as a sales strategist for the state, local and education market.
https://statescoop.com/virginia-nelson-moe-iron-bow-technologies/ 

Twenty-one states now have chief privacy officers, and more are coming, according to a new report from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. 
https://statescoop.com/chief-privacy-officers-state-nascio/

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s communications and technology panel voted to approve an amendment to the Spectrum Innovation Act that would use funding from wireless spectrum auctions to raise $10 billion for next-generation 911.
https://statescoop.com/spectrum-innovation-act-10-billion-ng911/

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