| MOST POPULAR COMING, GOING, GONE
There were a lot of career moves on GovTech’s radar this week. Tuesday, we learned that Connecticut had hired it’s second chief data officer in Scott Gaul. He replaces long-time CDO Tyler Kleykamp, who left state service to work in the academic sector. That same day, we reported that Wyoming had quietly ushered in its first CDO in Drew Dilly, and that Florida’s Deputy State CIO Heath Beach was stepping down to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Then on Wednesday, our staff confirmed that Jeremy Goldberg would be stepping in for Joseph Rabito as the acting CIO for the New York Office of Information Technology Services. THE CASE FOR AUTOMATION
While some are concerned about an impending robot takeover, others argue the transition isn’t happening quickly enough. As Daniel Castro explains in this piece, automation could help to boost productivity and maintain a competitive edge in the global economy. Where government work is concerned, automation could lead to both better productivity and substantial cost savings, he writes. A LOOK AT 2019 IN STORIES
And lastly, we looked back at the smorgasbord of trends and issues that 2019 had to offer and put them conveniently in one place: Ransomware, Robotics and Representation: 2019 in Review. Our coverage this year ranged from the myriad ransomware attacks against state government and the consolidations of major state IT agencies to facial recognition systems and robots, just to name a few. | 
