CHICAGO (Sept. 7, 2017) – Acting Secretary and State CIO Hardik Bhatt will be leaving the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) after leading the digital transformation in state government for more than two years. Hardik is returning to the private sector to lead smart cities and transportation technology business for a large multinational U.S. company.

SPRINGFIELD (Sept. 6, 2017) – Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, several state agency officials, stakeholders, and advocates today helped release the State of Illinois Opioid Action Plan. A coalition of state agencies has developed a strategic framework that outlines what Illinois needs to do to address the opioid crisis and why it needs to be done.

CHICAGO (Sept. 6, 2017) – Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed Executive Order 17-05, creating the governor’s Opioid Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force. 

Trip honors longstanding relationships with Japan and China

CHICAGO (Sept. 6, 2017) – Gov. Bruce Rauner will be making an eight-day visit to Japan and China, marking the first international trade mission for the administration.

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