On the Priorities podcast, the new chief information officer of Rhode Island — Brian Tardiff — says he’ll continue the work of his predecessor and keep a focus on cybersecurity after his previous role as the state’s chief information security officer. Tardiff replaces Bijay Kumar, who left the state last fall. “I think that background, or having that IT security background definitely helps me in my new role, [especially by] looking at things from a risk perspective,” Tardiff says. He says Rhode Island will also continue to upgrade its IT portfolio, with the goals of making it easier to do business with the state and empowering state leaders to make more-effective decisions through the use of data. In the news this week: Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is allowing a bill to create the first state-developed stablecoin to pass without his signature. In a letter to the secretary of state, he tallies his misgivings with the legislation, noting that greater emphasis was placed on the digital currency’s potential, rather than the details of how to make it succeed. But he’ll sit on the new commission created by the bill to help the legislature. “Innovation does not always wait for the […]
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