Oct 23 2025

NASCIO 2025: State CIOs Highlight Agentic AI Use Cases

Artificial intelligence was a hot topic at NASCIO 2025, and state IT leaders had plenty to say about agentic AI in particular. 

From training AI bots to identify malicious code snippets, to explaining complex regulatory language to employees, states are actively preparing for and exploring meaningful agentic AI use cases.

Participants

    Alan Fuller, CIO, Utah

    Mike Watson, CISO, Virginia

    Amanda Crawford, Executive Director, Texas Department of Information Resources, and Texas CIO

    J.R. Sloan, CIO, Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology

Video Highlights

  • Utah, Virginia, Texas and Arizona are all either exploring or already using agentic AI to assist government employees.
  • Data sources, information and analysis must be well understood for agentic AI to offer real value to operations.
  • State IT leaders agree that human review must remain central to any use of agentic AI in the public sector.