Pandemic Put States' Digital Modernization Efforts in the Spotlight

At last year’s annual conference put on by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, before the novel coronavirus pandemic had captured their attention, state technology leaders said that “digital transformation” was one of their top priorities. Today, as unemployment systems and others are stressed by record numbers of...

TECH CHECK: Department of Labor ramps up to handle "unprecedented" traffic

The weekend of March 21 and 22, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Treasure State with force, and a rush of Montanans newly out of work started filing unemployment claims. To do so, they landed on montanaworks.gov.

Achieving a Successful "CloudSmart" Strategy

State of Montana Chief Information Security Officer, Andy Hanks, discusses how to achieve a successful "Cloud Smart" strategy.

Montana is retiring its mainframe

Mainframe computers, a technology that harkens back to an era of moon landings and men in trilby hats, are still widely used throughout government, but not in Montana for much longer.