State CIOs will stress cyber, info-sharing to feds in 2016

Statescoop: Cybersecurity remains the top issue state chief information officers say they’ll address with federal officials this year, with information sharing continuing to grow in importance.

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers announced its top-four federal advocacy priorities for 2016 on Tuesday. The group’s executive committee chose to keep cybersecurity atop the list, the same position the issue occupied in 2015. A push for flexibility in federal regulations and an emphasis on the construction of FirstNet, the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network, were listed second and third respectively.

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