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In 2011, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley asked Joanne Hale, a professor of management information systems at the University of Alabama, to serve on a commission focused on improving state government IT resource utilization. Among other things, the commission recommended that the CIO position be made part of the governor’s cabinet. “Previously IT was buried several levels down in the state government, which meant that despite all the best efforts and intentions, IT-related issues were rarely discussed around the cabinet table,” Hale recalled.
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