The report breaks down where state IT leaders will be focusing their attention in the coming year.

A proposed bill to no longer require local governments to publish IT bids in local newspapers has been rejected by the Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee.

The Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology will soon name its first "Blockchain and Distributed Ledger (BDL) Solution Architect," the state's chief technology officer announced.

A newly signed law gives the Information Technology Department the authority to define cybersecurity for all public entities within the state.

Proposition would make it illegal for state entities to "acquire, possess, access, or use any biometric surveillance system."

The nation's governors are laying out policy priorities for the coming year, some for the first time. Many are focused on technology-driven economic and workforce development as paths to prosperity.