{"id":220774,"date":"2026-03-06T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/state-cios-have-a-new-top-priority-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:40:10","slug":"state-cios-have-a-new-top-priority-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/state-cios-have-a-new-top-priority-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"State CIOs have a new top priority in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

State CIOs have a new top priority in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/ask-the-cio\/2026\/03\/state-cios-have-a-new-top-priority-in-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-06 18:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: federalnewsnetwork.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For the first time in 12 years, cybersecurity is not the top priority for state chief information officers.<\/p>\n

The National Association of State CIOs found in their annual survey that, no surprise, artificial intelligence has vaulted to the lead spot.<\/p>\n

Doug Robinson, the executive director of NASCIO, said while AI\u2019s ascension is related to the hype around the capabilities, to some degree, it\u2019s also a recognition that these technologies, whether generative, agentic or basic, is part of broad strategic agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey all are working on policies and frameworks for acceptable use, ethical use, responsible use and all the legal issues. They\u2019re looking at the solutions for the enterprise too,\u201d Robinson said on Ask the CIO. \u201cWhen we look go back to our 2025 CIO survey, which has a deeper kind of set of data around this, we saw that happening where we had over 90% of the state CIOs reported that they running pilot projects and Gen AI proofs of concept. Many of them had requested a separate funding streams to work on Gen AI pilots. They creating governance models and centers of excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The other top priorities include cybersecurity, budget and cost control, modernization and digital services.<\/p>\n

Source: NASCIO<\/p>\n

For AI, it\u2019s not just pilots that are driving the priority, but nearly every state legislator is considering bills that would impact how AI is used.<\/p>\n

Robinson said state lawmakers have introduced more than 1,000 different bills in 2025 alone. That is up from over 500 in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI\u2019s ascension into number one is really kind of unprecedented from the top 10 these topics, and many of them have been in the top 10 for 10 or 15 years. AI just rocketed right out from being not on it, all the way up to number three, number two and now number one and in consecutive years,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cLegislators are concerned about a number of things around AI safety and on the executive…<\/p>\n

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