Government IT is undergoing a fundamental transformation in how it operates, engages and serves citizens. New forces are driving CIO interest in modernizing legacy systems, consolidating and optimizing IT environments, strengthening data management and analytics capabilities, adopting cloud services, and improving security and risk management. This paper highlights the results from a research survey that used the NASCIO 2017 Top 10 Priorities for State CIOs as a framework to help determine IT leaders’ perspectives and priorities related to technology, procurement and planning as part of their IT transformation. In addition, it discusses how commercially supported open source technologies can support transformation and drive better performance and increased efficiency at a lower cost.