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State CIO confirmed; nominee outlines AI, data-governance and workforce training plans
Summary
Christine Sekuda was confirmed by the Senate Committee on Labor and Technology and described plans to expand training for state IT staff, finalize data-governance rules and develop AI guidance for departments.
Christine Sekuda, the governor’s nominee for state chief information officer and administrator of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, was confirmed March 7 by the Senate Committee on Labor and Technology during a hearing at the State Capitol in Conference Room 224.
Sekuda told the committee that a chief data officer and a data task force are already working on data-sharing and AI policies and that her office is developing training and certification opportunities for the enterprise IT workforce. “AI is top of mind for everyone. When I met with all of the department directors, everybody wants to use AI,” Sekuda said, adding that ETS is refining data-use policies and coordinating AI work with other state CIO offices.
The committee’s confirmation matters because the Office of Enterprise Technology Services sets enterprise standards and supports departments’ technology needs…
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