| Pensacola Recovers Last week, a cyberattack downed networks, including phones and email at Pensacola City Hall. To make matters even worse, the attack came just hours after a gunman killed three people before being shot and killed at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Government Technology’s cybersecurity writer Lucas Ropek covered the incident. The C-Suite Shuffle Continues This week offered no break in the steady stream of C-suite career changes. Incoming Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear selected Ruth Day, a certified public accountant, to replace CIO Chuck Grindle. Beshear, who had formerly served as the state attorney general, had publicly voiced concerns about Grindle’s salary. Meanwhile, Iowa tapped its first chief data officer in Matthew Rensch, who had been serving as the director of the highway support division within the Department of Transportation. Chief data officers are increasingly being hired to manage state data and the policy that comes with it. You can find out more about which states have data officers here. All In a Week’s Work Assistant Web Editor Zack Quaintance was busy this week on two top-ranking stories. The first was focused on how data is informing Pennsylvania’s reaction to the ongoing opioid crisis. State officials reported an 18 percent drop in opioid related death, attributing the success to better data sharing between agencies. In his coverage of another hugely important topic, the 2020 U.S. Census, Zack shared his findings from a Census Bureau demo day. Officials unveiled new tools to help engage — and ultimately count — communities in the first heavily digital Census. | 