Overview

March 1

NASCIO’s Latest Top 10 Priorities and What They Mean for 2022

The pandemic has accelerated innovation in state and local government and brought new challenges to the forefront for agency leaders, including managing remote and hybrid work, advancing digital equity and modernizing cybersecurity infrastructure. With technology central to many of these efforts, it’s no surprise to see how NASCIO’s Top 10 Priorities for 2022 took shape. On March 1 at 11am PT/2pm ET, Government Technology is being joined by Red Hat to unpack the latest CIO priorities and what they mean for the year ahead. Register for this hour-long webcast to:

Receive an overview of NASCIO’s Top 10 Priorities
Learn how the priorities can be used to build a framework that helps agencies continue to accelerate transformation while making it sustainable

Discover how strategies like using open-source tools for security automation, modernizing with the cloud and implementing an effective enterprise architecture help create more agile, data-driven and digital-centric organizations

Speakers

Otto Doll — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

As the Minneapolis CIO for seven-plus years, Mr. Doll was responsible for all city IT services. He also served as South Dakota's CIO for 15 years with responsibility for all state government computing, telecommunications, radio, and public broadcasting. While with IT research firms, Mr. Doll has advised Fortune 1000, federal, state, and local government CIOs on information technology assessment and alignment to business needs. He has served as a director with the United States General Services Administration, developing information technology strategic plans and oversight policy. Mr. Doll received his computer science degree from Virginia Tech and is a senior executive fellow of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a past president of NASCIO — a national organization of state CIOs. He also is a past president of the Metropolitan Information Exchange (MIX) — a national organization of city and county CIOs.

David Egts — Speaker

Chief Technologist, North America Public Sector, Red Hat

David Egts is the Chief Technologist of Red Hat’s North America Public Sector organization where he directs a team of technical experts to help government clients improve service delivery the open source way. The Office of Chief Technologist, which he leads, adds value to flagship Red Hat technologies such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift, and Linux containers. His team helps Red Hat achieve ideal product-market fit by ensuring current and future government requirements are factored into existing products and R&D efforts with a focus on security, compliance, standards, efficiency, and technological improvements. His team’s efforts positively impact public and private sector organizations in the US and internationally with a particular focus on Australia, Canada, Japan, and the UK. David’s dynamic outward-facing role as a coalition builder reinforces and expands Red Hat’s relations with key government and open source community stakeholders nationally and internationally. He is a trusted Red Hat media spokesperson whose deep technical dives, C-suite policy discussions, and keynote speaker abilities enhance Red Hat’s technical reputation and positioning.

Bill Hirsch — Speaker

Sr. Manager, Solutions Architecture, State/Local Government & Education, Red Hat

Bill Hirsch has been working in IT for 20+ years as a Linux/Unix Systems Administrator, Enterprise Architect, and prior to joining Red Hat, served as a Director of Infrastructure at a major healthcare provider. In his current role as a Sr. Manager and Principal Architect for State/Local Government & Education at Red Hat, Bill works with agencies and universities to help design and build modern IT infrastructures the open source way.

Webinar

NASCIO's Latest Top 10 Priorities and What They Mean for 2022