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Steve Monaghan

Steve Monaghan was Nevada County’s chief information officer for almost 23 years before being named director of the county's Information and General Services Agency. He is also the Nevada County Emergency Services chief and the county purchasing agent. Monaghan is a member and past president of the California County Information Services Directors Association (CCISDA), through which he created and helps lead training programs for current and emerging leaders. Monaghan also serves on the Rural County Representatives of California’s Broadband Advisory Committee and on the Cybersecurity Program Advisory Board at California State University at Chico, where he received his bachelor’s degree in computer science.

“Many IT leaders struggle to find time to develop the necessary skills to focus on organizational maturity. ... This lack of focus is a significant barrier to innovation and IT risk reduction,” writes Steve Monaghan.
“These truisms are not searchable via Google or AI platforms; they are gleaned from the front lines of government IT management,” writes longtime technology leader Steve Monaghan, director of Nevada County’s Information & General Services Agency.
“The unrelenting rise of SaaS is catapulting local government IT spending toward an imminent fiscal precipice,” writes Steve Monaghan, director of Nevada County’s Information and General Services Agency.
“While IT has always been a central component in government agencies, recent developments have intensified the need for robust IT leadership,” writes Steve Monaghan, Nevada County’s Information & General Services Agency director and former CIO.
“The genie is out of the bottle, and there is little time to waste before county organizations are thrust into a full reactionary mode of dealing with this unavoidable AI-driven local policy topic,” writes Steve Monaghan, Nevada County’s agency director of Information and General Services.
Nevada County's chief information officer, Steve Monaghan, offers the last in a series of commentaries about how county IT leaders in California can function and lead their teams more successfully.
Steve Monaghan, the veteran chief information officer for Nevada County, has published the fifth in a series of six essays for Rural County Representatives of California, a service organization that advocates for policies on behalf of rural counties.
Steve Monaghan, the veteran chief information officer for Nevada County, has published the fourth in a series of six essays for Rural County Representatives of California, a 39-member service organization that advocates for policies on behalf of rural counties.
Steve Monaghan, the veteran chief information officer for Nevada County, has published the second in a series of six essays for Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC), a 38-member service organization that advocates for policies on behalf of rural counties.