Even though Bill Kehoe says \u201cit\u2019s been a crazy year, at least for me\u201d in going from CIO of Los Angeles County, California, to statewide CIO in Washington, it wasn\u2019t too much of a culture shock. Both governments, he says, are highly federated in their IT strategies, but Kehoe says he\u2019s been able to implement some big changes in Washington already, including a council of agency CIOs that meets regularly, as well as new business-management and security-governance councils. “The biggest shift for me in local government, you are one step closer to the people you serve,\u201d he says. \u201cThe state provides critical services as well, but you\u2019re a little removed from the front lines. But it\u2019s an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GoldenGov: State Executive of the Year Even though Bill Kehoe says \u201cit\u2019s been a crazy year, at least for me\u201d in going from CIO of Los Angeles County, California, to statewide CIO in Washington, it wasn\u2019t too much of a culture shock. Both governments, he says, are highly federated in their IT strategies, but Kehoe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":49408,"template":"","meta":{"disable_grayscale_images":true,"grayscale_contrast":0,"sponsored_content":false,"display_author_bio":true,"footnotes":""},"tags":[23424,447],"authors":[4697],"class_list":["post-49407","bio","type-bio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2022-statescoop-50-awards","tag-bill-kehoe","author-benjamin-freed"],"yoast_head":"\n