Jennifer Ricker will step down as CIO and secretary of the Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.

Workforce is a growing challenge for state IT leaders heading into 2023, NASCIO’s Doug Robinson says on StateScoop's Priorities podcast.

On the Priorities podcast, Illinois' Jennifer Ricker and Mike Scott explain how the state is building accessibility into more projects.

Illinois CIO Jennifer Ricker established an office to increase the percentage of contracts awarded to women- and minority-owned businesses.

We asked a group of state and local CIOs what they've been reading this summer, from business and strategy books to biographies and sci-fi.

Illinois CIO Jennifer Ricker said there's "a little to be seen" for how the upcoming grant program will be administered.

A data center modernization project in Illinois involves replacing a 1970s facility not designed to handle modern infrastructure.

Jennifer Ricker said the pandemic alerted some key state leaders to the need for legacy IT upgrades.

Nobody wants to search for passwords — like the one used to register a boat — only used once every three years, Illinois acting CIO Jennifer Ricker…

The new facility is just one piece of a $45 billion statewide capital improvement initiative called "Rebuilding Illinois."