The Virginia Office of Data Governance and Analytics announced April 1 via Twitter that Ken Pfeil, a longtime industry executive, will serve as the state’s new chief data officer (CDO).

State and local governments may be in line to breath a financial sigh of relief from a new bipartisan deal on emergency COVID-19 funds unveiled by congressional lawmakers on April 4.

With at least a half-million cybersecurity positions unfilled in the United States, Federal experts and educators said closing the gap on the shortage of cybersecurity professionals begins with cyber education efforts, particularly at the K-12 level.

Apple is launching a new professional learning program for educators, dubbed Apple Learning Coach, which will coach teachers on how to get the most out of Apple technologies in their classrooms.

The University of Oregon (UO) announced the selection of Abhijit Pandit as its next chief information officer (CIO).

The state of Delaware is investing $56 million in Broadband Infrastructure Grants to begin making high-speed, wired broadband connections available statewide.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has submitted a $101.25 million supplemental budget to the General Assembly to expand the state’s cyber readiness and workforce initiative.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Annie Winterfield Manriquez to a new role in state government – senior advisor for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has appointed Froilan Roy C. Fernando as the City of Cleveland’s new Chief Innovation & Technology Officer (CITO).

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) announced that it is implementing new program integrity measures for the enrollment of households in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) who also qualify for the Lifeline benefit.