All year, we track chief information officers, data officers, security officers and more as they move in and out of government agencies at states, counties and cities across the country. Here's our 2021 roundup.<br/>
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April 9, 2021
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Mayor John Suthers announced today his appointment of Mary Weeks as the new Chief Information Officer for the City of Colorado Springs. This appointment is pending confirmation by City Council. Mary Weeks has been with the City of Colorado Springs Information Technology Department since 2013, most recently in the position of IT Business and Operations Manager. Prior to joining the City, Mary spent 24 years in Information Technology with HP and EDS in roles of senior program manager, team manager, project manager, business consultant, application developer and financial analyst.
Subscribe Mary Weeks has been an integral part of the City s IT team for eight years, with increasing amounts of responsibility and expertise, said Mayor John Suthers. She has the respect of her colleagues and an invaluable understanding of the City s IT and cybersecurity environments. We look forward to her leadership as we face the IT challenges of the
Mike Letcher, whose documentaries covered Alabama culture, dead at 71
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
Posted Feb 08, 2021
Documentary filmmaker Michael Letcher s work often highlighted aspects of life in Alabama.Courtesy of Dragonfly Public Media
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Michael Letcher, an award-winning writer, director and editor of documentaries that often addressed culture and race in Alabama, died over the weekend at age 71.
Letcher’s death was confirmed by author Frye Gaillard, whose collaborations with Letcher included work on his 2011 film “In the Path of the Storms.” According to information provided by Gaillard, Northport resident Letcher died after a brief illness unrelated to COVID-19.
“In the Path of the Storms,” which won a regional Emmy, examined life in Bayou La Batre in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Letcher also won a regional Emmy for “Tuskegee, Alabama: Living in Black & White,” which was not his only work to address race