Following the February departure of Miami CIO Mike Sarasti, the city has appointed Deputy CIO Otto Contreras to serve in his place. The city has mounted a search for a permanent replacement.
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What’s New in Civic Tech: The Vaccine Rollout Goes Online
Plus, a new Kentucky state website allows visitors to test the speed of their connections, Miami has launched a new app to enable business licensing online via smartphones or computers, and more. Shutterstock/Haris Mm
Perhaps the most pressing and widespread work happening in American civic tech right now is an effort at all levels of government to better-manage the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
This effort is creating a mosaic of online resources many of which are born in or sanctioned by state, county and local governments with the express purpose of helping users get access to the COVID-19 vaccine. In some places, this work is manifesting in simple data maps, while in others it is taking the shape of online portals to determine official eligibility in these early stages of the rollout.