D.C. CTO proposes 'cluster-based' IT inspired by pandemic

StateScoop: Washington, D.C.’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer is planning to reorganize the way government employees train, handle service requests and invest in new technology to adapt to a more digital post-COVID-19 world.

The plan, proposed by CTO Lindsey Parker during a city council budget hearing last week, would see OCTO work with clusters of agencies, like those that support education, economic development or public safety, rather than nearly 100 different individual agencies. The cluster-based approach, Parker said, will encourage agencies to invest in enterprise contracts, rather than one-off procurements like they do now.

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