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State Cybersecurity Team Moves To Arizona Department Of Homeland Security
PHOENIX Governor Doug Ducey today announced the appointment of Tim Roemer, Arizona’s Chief Information Security Officer, to Director of the state’s Department of Homeland Security.
Roemer will succeed Gil Orrantia, who last month informed Governor Ducey of his intention to retire as the department’s director after 11 years. Roemer will assume the post immediately.
In addition to the change in leadership, Governor Ducey announced that the cybersecurity operations overseen by Roemer in the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) will become part of the Department of Homeland Security.
Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday said Arizona is 100% focused on fixing the computer issues that have delayed payments to the caregivers of thousands of foster and adopted children and said payments will go out as soon as possible.
He acknowledged the frustrations of caregivers affected by the state Department of Child Safety s decision to block their access to the new computer system that, among other things, is supposed to process monthly stipends and subsidies to thousands of foster, adoptive, kinship and guardianship parents. We want to get those payments out, that s the word, the governor said. Pressed for when that would happen, he replied, As soon as possible.
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Longtime Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick announced Friday that she will not seek reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
TUCSON, AZ Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick announced Friday that she will not run for reelection in 2022.
Kirkpatrick, who was elected to the House of Representatives from Arizona s 2nd Congressional District in 2018, said that her decision to retire from politics was spurred by a desire to hand over the reins to a new generation of Arizonans. Every two years for the past 18 years, there has been an election in Arizona with my name on the ballot, Kirkpatrick said in a news release. Serving Arizonans has been my absolute honor and joy, but after much consideration, I have decided not to seek re-election in 2022. I will continue the good fight through this Congress, and when the term is up, I will hand over the baton.
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Choice, competition and jobs: A clean energy plan that works for Arizona
Over the past decade, the U.S. has undergone a revolution in the way we produce and consume energy. Breakthroughs in the production of traditional energy sources have ended our reliance on hostile foreign powers for oil and natural gas. At the same time, advanced technologies that produce and store clean energy, and use energy more efficiently, are dramatically cheaper than they used to be.
This means, for all intents and purposes, we are energy independent as a nation. But energy independence at the national level has another positive impact: It allows individual states to take control of their own energy needs and boost their own economies in the process.