Official Insights: Modernizing Government | Mike Baca

In this interview, we speak with Mike Baca, CIO for the New Mexico Tax and Revenue Department. For Mike and state employees, the pandemic forced “a true paradigm shift” in how projects were imagined and implemented. Mike shares that keeping citizens and employees safe during the pandemic was the impetus behind their new, “revolutionized” approach to adapting and delivering government services for online distribution. Mike also provides his perspective on what customer services should look like in good government and the importance of data security in an increasingly digital landscape.