NASCIO, Center for Digital Government and IBM Release Report on Preparing for Future Shocks Report is a Resilience Roadmap for State Government IT Leaders

LEXINGTON, Ky., Thursday, September 28, 2023 — The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), the Center for Digital Government (CDG) and IBM today released a report entitled, Preparing for Future Shocks in State Government. The report is intended to help frame what future disruptions may look like for state chief information officers (CIOs) and how they can effectively tackle them. The research looked at how CIOs approach resilience from multiple perspectives: enterprise resilience, IT resilience, workforce and employee resilience and personal resilience. Doug Robinson, NASCIO Executive Director, commented, “The past few years have presented a multitude of challenges and increased demands on state CIOs. NASCIO represents state chief information officers and information technology executives from the states, territories, and the District of Columbia.