LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Herschel Cleveland, deputy director of the Arkansas Department of Information Systems (DIS), submitted a notice of his retirement and resignation from the agency Friday, May 29. Clevelandâs retirement will be effective Wednesday, July 1. âI deeply appreciate the opportunities I have had to serve DIS and the state,â said Clevela…

A Message from the State Cybersecurity Office More than 200 billion emails are sent and received worldwide each day. That represents a lot of opportunity for phishing scams, in which scammers distribute emails that appear to come from legitimate organizations or individuals and try to entice the recipient into clicking on malicious links or attachm…

May, 15, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Janet Wilson, Public Information Coordinator Arkansas Department of Information Systems 501-683-1791 dis.arkansas.gov [email protected] LITTLE ROCK-- Cybersecurity will be the topic of a keynote address by Mark Myers, state chief technology officer and director of the Arkansas Department of Infor…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2015 CONTACT: Janet Wilson, Public Information Coordinator, Arkansas Department of Information Systems 501-683-1791 [email protected] DIS Waiver Request Granted by FCC Could Secure Millions in Federal Dollars for Arkansas LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Millions of dollars in federal E-rate funding could be received by th…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- A plan to improve the Arkansas Public School Computer Network (APSCN) to provide the stateâs K-12 students access to high speed broadband was announced Wednesday, April 22, by the Arkansas Department of Information Systems (DIS) and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). Over the last two years, numerous groups analyzed the…

MEMORANDUM From: Mark Myers, Director, Arkansas Department of Information Systems To: Agency CIOs and IT Planners Date: March 13, 2015 During a recent meeting of Governor Hutchinsonâs cabinet, the governor emphasized the importance of abiding by the statutory requirements relevant to information technology governance. In follow-up, I sent a letter …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (January 20, 2015)ââThe Arkansas Department of Information Systems (DIS) is pleased to announce that Mark Myers has been named by Governor Asa Hutchinson to join DIS as its agency director effective Monday, January 19, 2015. Myers previously served as director of strategic initiatives at the Arkansas Secretary of Stateâs Office. H…