{"id":230813,"date":"2026-06-12T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/new-california-cio-chris-given-wants-technology-to-be-an-enabler-not-a-bottleneck\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:30:11","slug":"new-california-cio-chris-given-wants-technology-to-be-an-enabler-not-a-bottleneck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/new-california-cio-chris-given-wants-technology-to-be-an-enabler-not-a-bottleneck\/","title":{"rendered":"New California CIO Chris Given wants technology to be an enabler, not a bottleneck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/new-california-cio-chris-given-wants-technology-to-be-an-enabler-not-a-bottleneck\/\">New California CIO Chris Given wants technology to be an enabler, not a bottleneck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/new-california-cio-chris-given-wants-technology-to-be-an-enabler-not-a-bottleneck\/\">https:\/\/statescoop.com\/new-california-cio-chris-given-wants-technology-to-be-an-enabler-not-a-bottleneck\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-12 14:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"statescoop.com\">statescoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chris Given has been appointed as California&#8217;s new chief information officer (CIO) and director of the California Department of Technology, succeeding Liana Bailey-Crimmins.<\/li>\n<li>Given\u2019s immediate priorities include tackling legacy technology systems, expanding digital identity services, and continuing California&#8217;s leadership in artificial intelligence (AI).<\/li>\n<li>He plans to implement incremental improvements over large-scale modernization projects due to tighter budget constraints.<\/li>\n<li>Given highlights the importance of shared services and consolidating technology operations to perform fewer tasks more effectively.<\/li>\n<li>Under Gov. Gavin Newsom, California has gained recognition for AI governance frameworks, broadband expansion, and digital identity initiatives, including the generative AI tool Poppy.<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility and inclusivity in government services, including digital identity, will play a significant role in Given&#8217;s agenda to ease service access for Californians.<\/li>\n<li>Given believes digital identity will be pivotal in meeting increased eligibility verification requirements for programs like SNAP and Medicaid.<\/li>\n<li>The aim of expanding Poppy from pilot to production status is to ensure the technology delivers meaningful and timely outcomes, without becoming a bottleneck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New California CIO Chris Given wants technology to be an enabler, not a bottleneck https:\/\/statescoop.com\/new-california-cio-chris-given-wants-technology-to-be-an-enabler-not-a-bottleneck\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/Chris-Given.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-230813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230815,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230813\/revisions\/230815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}