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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media ContactTSS [email protected] Little Rock, Arkansas — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has named Jay Harton as Director of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services (TSS) Division of Information Systems (DIS). Harton has served as Interim Director since February 2024. “Jay’s leadership has been essential in implementing Arkansas Forward and ensuring Arkansans are
March 06, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced Arkansas has blocked the Chinese-based platforms DeepSeek, RedNote and Lemon8 across executive branch devices. “My administration is taking the appropriate steps to ensure Arkansans are protected from the Chinese Communist Party,” said Governor Sanders. “China is only looking to advance their country’s interest by accessing highly
February 07, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today received a report from the AI and Analytics Center of Excellence outlining recommended policies and programs to adopt artificial intelligence across Arkansas state government. Governor Sanders launched the working group in June to study and offer recommendations for the safe use of artificial intelligence
Newton County Times LITTLE ROCK – Law enforcement is predominately a duty of local governments, and the overwhelming majority of police officers in Arkansas work for cities and counties. However, state government does have 1,299 employees in the Department of Public Safety. There are 897 people working for the State Police. The Division of Emergency
by Roby Brock / Talk Business & Politics April 16, 2023 On her first two days in office in January, Gov. Sarah Sanders issued a number of executive orders for state agencies to provide reports to her within 30, 60 or 90 days. A Talk Business & Politics review of three of the major executive orders finds
Little Rock, Arkansas–Governor Asa Hutchinson announced today that the State of Arkansas has kicked off a project with Google.org with the goal of increasing access and utilization of government and community-based programs. The state will deploy CiviForm, an open-source tool that makes it easier for residents to apply to programs online. A team of 12
Written by Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Democrat Gazette Arkansas has joined other states in banning the use of the social media app TikTok on state-owned devices and computers as two Republican legislators filed legislation to put the prohibition into law. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday tweeted out a Dec. 8 memo issued by Jonathan Askins,
by Will Moclair, KNWA/Fox 24 March 22, 2022 “It’s really all about a team of a lot of people doing everything they can to make sure we’re protected,” says Jonathan Askins, chief technology officer for the Natural State. President Joe Biden recently announced a cyber attack from Russia could be coming. A cyber security agent
by Michael R. Wickline, NWA Democrat-Gazette December 21, 2021 Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday signed an executive order creating a 14-member Governor’s Infrastructure Planning Advisory Committee to recommend the best uses of federal funds under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden last month. It was one of three executive
