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State CIO outlines technology priorities for House Bill 10, highlights AI pilot and measurement plan

Montana Legislature — House Subcommittee (Capital/Major Repairs & IT)
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State Chief Information Officer Kevin Gilbertson told the subcommittee that House Bill 10 focuses on cybersecurity, digitization and innovation, including an AI pilot he said "could save about 3 hours a week." He described an ROI and measurement approach and said staff will identify outcomes at project start; the subcommittee closed HB10 and will forward recommendations to the full committee.

The subcommittee heard testimony on House Bill 10 from Kevin Gilbertson, Montana’s state chief information officer, who described the bill’s technology requests as centered on cybersecurity, digitization, and selected innovation pilots — including an artificial intelligence pilot for testing possible efficiency gains.

Gilbertson said many IT requests are driven by regulatory and federal-reporting requirements but emphasized public-facing value: digitization, he said, helps get citizens to the right person quickly and produces data to drive decisions. He described a two-part ROI…

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