State & Local Government Policy, Business and Technology

The Government CIO Has Three New Roles

Government Technology: The march of technological change and disruption to traditional government service delivery is fostering the reboot of the planet, said Steve Bates, principal, Advisory Services at KPMG. “We’ve evolved [technologically] so fast in just a few years,” he said, it may be hard to understand your role in government.

In Bates’ address last week to the Public Sector CIO Academy in Sacramento, hosted by Government Technology, he theorized that the human species is quickly evolving because of this technological change. “The reboot of the planet’s OS is more than just innovation; it is disruption,” he said. Just think about what you know about how rapidly politics, religion, and consumer behavior have changed [over the past two years].”

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