{"id":71535,"date":"2025-06-17T17:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/?post_type=video&p=71535"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:58:11","slug":"oklahoma-cio-dan-cronin-2025","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/video\/oklahoma-cio-dan-cronin-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Data enablement’ helps Oklahoma take care of its citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since he was named Oklahoma\u2019s chief information officer<\/a> at the beginning of the year, Dan Cronin said, he\u2019s been evaluating how the state\u2019s government can use its data to better take care of its citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cronin, whose background is in leading digital transformation and process improvement efforts across large companies, told StateScoop that one of the challenges he faced coming into the CIO role was how to pick up where other CIOs for Oklahoma have left off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this process has included evaluating the state\u2019s digital government offerings, but also taking stock of state data and how it can maximize its usefulness for residents. This process, which Cronin calls \u201cdata enablement,\u201d involves determining how to make data more accessible and usable for making decisions and setting policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’ve got a large amount of data in the state of Oklahoma, and so we’re looking at data enablement,\u201d Cronin said. \u201cAs we think about digital government, we understand what our citizens’ needs are, how do we couple those pieces together to provide a service to them that’s fast and effective and efficient, that meets their needs 24\/7, and so we’re trying to get that in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cronin said Oklahoma is also migrating some of its old systems to the cloud. All of this work, he said, is helping Oklahoma turn its eye to the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost governments have a lot of legacy applications, and so we’re evaluating that,\u201d Cronin said. \u201cWe’re doing a rationalization effort to understand what’s required and what’s needed going forward, and really it’s about the future strategy. Where do we want to be in the next couple of years?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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