Alex Pettit

{{Short description|American public administration official}}

{{BLP primary sources|date=June 2020}}

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| name = Alex Pettit

| image = Alex Tech Picture.jpg

| caption = Alex Pettit, January 2020

| birth_date = 1966

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| office = Chief information officer of the State of Oklahoma

| governor = Brad Henry
Mary Fallin

| term_start = April 5, 2010

| term_end = January 3, 2014

| predecessor = Post created

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| office2 = Chief information officer of the State of Oregon

| governor2 = John Kitzhaber
Kate Brown

| term_start2 = January 4, 2014

| term_end2 = April 6, 2018

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Alex Pettit is an American public administration official who held office as Chief Technology Officer for the State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology.{{Cite web |title=Chief Technology Officer - Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology |url=http://oit.state.co.us/about/leadership/chief-technology-officer |access-date=2020-06-09 |website=oit.state.co.us |publisher=Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology |location=Colorado, U.S. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908153305/http://oit.state.co.us/about/leadership/chief-technology-officer |archive-date=2019-09-08 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Politics |first=Michael Karlik, Colorado |title=Pettit hired as state's new technology officer |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/pettit-hired-as-states-new-technology-officer/article_eb96539e-3704-11ea-ad09-4f582221fd20.html |access-date=2020-06-09 |website=Colorado Politics |publisher=Coloradopolitics.com |location=Colorado, U.S.}} Pettit was formerly the chief information officer for the State of Oregon. As State CIO, Pettit worked in the Department of Administrative Services and was responsible for all information and telecommunication systems for all state agencies.

Pettit was the first CIO for the State of Oklahoma, serving from April 2010 until January 2014. He resigned.{{Cite web |author=Staff reports |date=2018-04-26 |title=Former CIO: That's Dr. Pettit, please |url=https://oregoncapitalinsider.com/2018/04/26/former-cio-thats-dr-pettit-please/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=Oregon Capital Insider |language=en}}

In March 2014, Pettit was appointed interim CIO for Cover Oregon, the agency responsible for the implementation of the Health Care Exchange in compliance of the Affordable Care Act. Cover Oregon was deemed too costly, and scrapped in favor of the federal website.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-25 |title=Oregon decides to ditch its online health exchange for federal site |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/oregon-decides-ditch-online-health-exchange-federal-site |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=PBS News |language=en-us}} Due to accusations of fraud, an FBI investigation was opened into Oracle Corporation which was contracted for Cover Oregon.{{Cite web |last=Small |first=Leslie |date=2016-09-19 |title=Oregon, Oracle settlement ends fight over failed state exchange {{!}} Fierce Healthcare |url=https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/oregon-oracle-settlement-ends-fight-over-failed-state-exchange |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.fiercehealthcare.com |language=en}}

Under Petitt, the Oregon unit came under question, when an audit stated that "steps necessary to make sure the agencies are meeting federal cyber security requirements" had not been taken. There were 2 security breaches in 2014 and 2015.{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Hillary Borrud {{!}} The |date=2016-12-01 |title=Audit: Oregon's cyber security shortfalls leave state data vulnerable to hackers |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2016/11/audit_oregons_cyber_security_s.html |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}

Pettit was appointed to his position by Governor John Kitzhaber on January 6, 2014.