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Staff ReportsMay 3, 2017

The House on Wednesday accepted the Senate’s budget language to reorganize the Agency for State Technology. “The House initially pushed for a complete overhaul of the state’s IT services, which included replacing the agency, but late in the budget negotiations a deal to keep the agency while making changes emerged,” Legislative IQ powered by LobbyTools reported. Proviso language […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 7, 2017

A bill creating a “chief data officer” position in the Agency for State Technology easily cleared its first Senate panel. The Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee OK’d the legislation (SB 362) unanimously on Tuesday. It also establishes a “Geographic Information Office” within the agency. “GIS activities are fragmented across the state with duplication of data collection and storage,” a […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 14, 2016

One of the trends in state and local government of late: instituting and hiring a chief data officer. Broadly speaking, a chief data officer synthesizes the often siloed information from discrete parts of an organization. FloridaPolitics.com has acquired a white paper from the senior staff of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, which makes the case for a chief data […]

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Agency for State Technology reorganization plan moves forward

Senate panel OKs bill to create chief data officer

White paper: Jacksonville mulls chief data officer position