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On this week\u2019s Priorities Podcast, Maryland Chief Technology Officer Eric Bathras explains his role in Maryland\u2019s Digital Infrastructure Group<\/a>, which Gov. Wes Moore created this month with an executive order<\/a>. Bathras says he and Maryland Chief Information Officer Katie Savage presented the idea of the group to the state\u2019s leadership last year. He says it was born from a need to get more state agencies involved in planning broadband expansion. Ahead of incoming federal broadband grant dollars, Bathras says DIG provides the best opportunity for collaboration across the state\u2019s agencies to maximize resources. \u201cWe have this unique opportunity to be able to blend our fiber and our wireless assets together and really move the state forward in terms of broadband expansion across the state in the coming years,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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