What CIOs Should Plan for in 2022, With Teri Takai — ICYMI
In this week's episode we take a look at artificial intelligence news from Vermont, which governors are showing the most tech interest and talk with Teri Takai about government's changing workforce.
First, the crew took a look at AI. States began studying AI through a policy and implementation lens back in 2017, oftentimes through special task forces. Since then some states have taken steps to create commissions or committees on the topic, including Vermont.
Next they examined state of the state addresses in a yearly feature that rates governors' speeches on how tech-focused they are. Jed Pressgrove took a closer look at some interesting technology proposals from Idaho Gov. Brad Little.
The nature of government work, and its workforce, is changing. To answer our questions about how agencies can respond, we invited Teri Takai, vice president of the Center for Digital Government* and former CIO for Michigan, California and the Department of Defense.
"Every single agency is struggling with being able to get people," Takai said. "And I'm a firm believer that there are technologies that we can bring to bear to do operational efficiency, to take out manual work, [and] that can help agencies, not just the technology folks."