NASCIO Voices
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165 episodes
Midyear Philly's Back Again: A Conference Preview with Emily Lane
It's time for the 2026 NASCIO Midyear Conference! Our own director of experience and engagement, Emily Lane is back on the podcast with a rundown of programming, networking opportunities and what to expect for first timers.
Privacy Persevering: State CPOs Gain Responsibility, Lack Funding
In this episode of NASCIO Voices, Amy is joined by NASCIO guest host Kalea Young-Gibson to break down NASCIO's latest report on the state Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) role. The report — based on responses from all 28 currently active state CPOs ...
The CIO Who Came Back: Craig Orgeron's Second Tour Leading Mississippi IT
Join Amy Glasscock and Alex Whitaker as they sit down with Craig Orgeron, Mississippi's CIO, for an in-depth conversation about digital transformation in state government. Craig shares his unique journey from state CIO to the private sector and...
Agentic AI Is Coming: What State Governments Need to Know Now
Amy and Alex discuss how AI is moving beyond generating text to executing real tasks and workflows. In this episode, we unpack the rise of agentic AI, what it means for state governments and how technology leaders can prepare for this next phas...
How States Can Best Prepare for the Approaching DOJ Accessibility Deadline
Alex and Amy are joined this week by NASCIO policy analyst Kalea Young-Gibson. We discuss vendor accountability, litigation trends and how states can reduce legal and operational risk as the DOJ final rule for accessibility of web content and m...
What States Need from Washington in 2026: NASCIO’s Advocacy Priorities
Alex and Amy talk about NASCIO's recently released 2026 federal advocacy priorities--as well as our personal goals for the new year.Find the priorities here: https://www.nascio.org/government-affairs/federal-advocacy-priorities/
NASCIO President J.R. Sloan on His Presidential and State CIO Priorities for 2026
Alex and Amy talk with NASCIO President and Arizona state CIO J.R. Sloan about his presidential initiative for 2026 and priorities in Arizona. He also tells us what he loves about living in Arizona.
Are We Solving the Right Problems? CIO vs. Citizen Views on Accessing State Services
Alex and Amy are joined by Eyal Darmon of Accenture to talk about our recent joint report. Specifically we are talking about how citizens and CIOs view the challenges of accessing state services--where they align and where they don't. ...
State CIOs Top Ten Priorities and Technologies for 2026
Alex and Amy are joined by NASCIO's Eric Sweden to hear all about the NASCIO Top Ten lists for 2026. There's a big change to the #1 spot this year! We also get some historic perspective on the top issues and technologies, and as always get to h...
NASCIO Wrapped for 2025: Policy Themes That Defined NASCIO's Work This Year
Today Amy and Alex talk about the issues that dominated NASCIO this year from AI and EA to procurement and accessibility. Plus we share what was on our Spotify Wrapped lists and our musical ages.
Data Management is More Important Than Ever (And a Shifting Cloud Mindset)
Alex and Amy are joined by NASCIO's program director for enterprise architecture and governace Eric Sweden to discuss the 2025 State CIO Survey sections on data management and cloud services. We also talk Thanksgiving food!Read the State...
IT Accessibility's Big Moment in State Government
Alex and Amy are joined by NASCIO Policy Analyst Kalea Young-Gibson to talk about IT Accessibility making it into the State CIO Survey for the first time and what is driving this issue as a priority for states. We also discuss the foundational ...
GenAI a Year Later: States Make Giant Leaps in Use and Governance
Alex and Amy discuss findings from the 2025 State CIO Survey on how states use and governance of generative artificial intelligence has evolved since the 2024 survey.
Rocky Mountain Ready: Your NASCIO Annual Preview With Emily Lane
Alex and Amy are joined by NASCIO's director of experience and engagement, Emily Lane, to talk about the upcoming NASCIO Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. Learn about keynotes, networking, sessions and events!
North Dakota's No Wrong Door Gateway with Corey Mock
For our 150th episode, Alex and Amy are joined by North Dakota state CIO Corey Mock. We discuss how Corey's unique background as a young state legislator led him to the role of state CIO, how ND worked with different agencies to established the...
Beyond Compliance: The Economic Case for Digital Accessibilty
Alex and Amy are joined by NASCIO policy analyst Kalea Young-Gibson to chat about her new report Beyond Compliance: The Economic Case for Digital Accessibility. We also get a new government affairs update from Alex.
NASCIO Hosts International IT Leaders, Plus a DC Update
Amy and Alex talk about Amy's experience last week hosting guests from the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program in Lexington on behalf of NASCIO and Alex gives an update on federal affairs. Plus we talk about all the major pop culture news of the...
Demystifying State Technology Procurement with NASCIO President Amanda Crawford
Amy and Alex are joined by NASICO President and Texas state CIO Amanda Crawford to discuss her president's initiative around state IT procurement and the report that was released last week. NASCIO held a number of listening sessions between sta...
Infrastructure Updates, Cybersecurity and Balancing AI: NJ State CTO Chris Rein
Chris Rein stops by the NASCIO Voices podcast to talk about his initiatives in New Jersey. We talk about updating infrastructure, balancing innovation with AI and citizen concerns, his advice for new CIOs and he tells us the most "New Jersey" t...
How AI Is Changing the Role of the State CIO with GA CIO Shawnzia Thomas
Amy and Alex are joined by Georgia state CIO Shawnzia Thomas. We talk about her four years at GTA and how AI has changed the work of the organization during that time. We also talk about her other priorities in the state and her favorite thing ...
AI, States, and a 10-Year Freeze: With NCSL's Barri Tabin
Alex and Amy are joined by NCSL's Legislative Director Barrie Tabin to talk about the proposed federal 10-year moratorium on states regulating AI. We discuss why our two organizations are working together to oppose the proposal as well as our w...
Unlocking Potential: Cybersecurity Jobs for Non-Violent Offenders
Amy and Alex are joined by NASCIO policy analyst Kalea-Young Gibson to talk about her new report, Unlocking Potential: Empowering Re-entry Through Cybersecurity Training. The cybersecurity workforce gap is growing—and so is the urgency...
NASCIO Midyear in Philly (A Little East Coast Swing)
Goodbye to National Harbor, hello to Philadelphia. Alex and Amy are joined again by NASCIO's director of experience and engagement, Emily Lane to talk all about what we can expect at the NASCIO Midyear Conference coming up in Philadelphia. We t...
NASCIO Goes to Capitol Hill
Today Alex fills us in on the recent hearing on the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program and the testimony from Utah CIO Alan Fuller and CT CIO Mark Raymond. We also talk about making our homes more energy efficient and the new publicati...
The Obvious (and Simple) Way to Improve State RFPs
Today Alex and Amy are joined by Waldo Jaquith with US Digital Response to discuss a new joint publication on improving the RFP process with a simple summary sheet.We also discuss the importance of user research and who would play us in ...