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Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA)

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin gives the inaugural address after being sworn in as the 74th governor of Virginia on the steps of the State Capitol on January 15, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Virginia governor latest to sign AI executive order

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order outlining how the state will be allowed to use AI inside government agencies and education institutions.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on May 1 in Simi Valley, California. (David McNew / Getty Images)

Virginia to drop degree requirements for state jobs

Virginia's governor announced that degree requirements and preferences for the majority of classified state jobs will be dropped come July.
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Glenn Youngkin speaks during an election-night rally at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on Nov. 2, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Virginia Gov. Youngkin names transportation IT chief as CIO

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin named Robert "Bob" Osmond as the new statewide chief information officer after a four-month search.
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Virginia state Chief Information Officer Nelson Moe (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Longtime Virginia CIO Nelson Moe exits

Moe led the commonwealth's IT policy for six-and-a-half years, including a major transition from single-source procurement to a multi-vendor model.
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Glenn Youngkin speaks during an election-night rally at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on Nov. 2, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Youngkin picks former Fed CIO to oversee Virginia’s IT

Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin named Margaret "Lyn" McDermid to lead the Department of Administration, which includes the state's IT agency and elections department.
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