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From Government Technology:

In this year’s Digital States Survey from the Center for Digital Government, 11 states received an “A” grade. To get more insight into how they stay on top of the trends and keep government moving forward, we asked those state CIOs four questions tied to the major themes uncovered in this year's survey.

In this interview, we hear from Hawaii CIO Christine Sakuda.

1. How have recent changes to federal policy impacted your IT priorities?

Changes at the federal level, including reduced federal funding, have reinforced the need for us to be very deliberate about where we invest our technology resources. Our priorities remain focused on resilient and reliable government services, cybersecurity and modernization, while also looking for opportunities to reduce long-term costs and make better use of shared infrastructure and enterprise solutions.

For Hawai‘i, that means building technology capabilities that are sustainable over time and strengthening coordination across departments so we can continue moving modernization forward even in a constrained fiscal environment.

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