Maryland Governor Larry Hogan on June 18 announced the appointment of John Evans as the state’s first CISO.

The state of Maryland received $200 million from the Federal government to upgrade its technology, $14 million of which will be used to build a new suite of applications for the health and human services field.

For the first time in state history, Maryland’s state government website was named the best in the country by the Center for Digital Government’s Best of Web competition.

Six states–Arizona, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Virginia–are participating in a learning lab on improving the use of data to drive efficient decision-making in policymaking, the National Governors Association announced.