Cutting Through Complexity to Deliver Clarity for Actionable Insights Public sector data professionals have tremendous influence in shaping an equitable society. Whether this means properly contextualizing public health statistics, analyzing demographic data, or identifying economic disparities, the power of data is revolutionary. If, however, the public sector operates without coordination, meaningful progress can be challenging. How can publ...

Recentering Service Delivery on the Citizen As the primary means by which citizens engage with the public sector; service delivery is essential to the trust and level of engagement between governments and citizens. As such, citizen-centric design, development, and delivery is critical in facilitating that trust and increasing access to essential services. As service delivery moves further into the digital realm, a strong digital transformation...

In an increasingly digital world, government leaders need tools and systems that allow them to move expediently and collaboratively. These leaders also need to ensure that their citizens can access their services, particularly in underserved communities. The fact each government agency often determines its own operational strategies, however, presents an enormous roadblock. Scattered, piecemeal technological implementation has resulted in agen...

Redefining the Workforce & Workplace in an Age of Uncertainty  Human Resource professionals are the public sector’s secret weapons. From recruiting and hiring to retaining the best talent, harnessing HR best practices can solve countless challenges that government faces today. But too often, people ascribe a false, unfair image of HR’s role. How can government HR transform this misperception from that of paper pushers to...

The Public Sector often relied on one-off IT projects and applications to address their states’ needs. In today’s rapidly changing landscape government must learn to navigate such challenges as building capabilities, modernizing platforms, leveraging data/ analytics, citizens ever changing needs and a culture to support innovation. For departments, agencies, and localities around the State of California it is important to drive the...

Cutting through Complexity to Deliver Clarity for Actionable Insights Everything we do as citizens of the 21st century generates data. The strategic and responsible harnessing of this data could play a key role in the public sector’s ability to solve countless societal challenges. The mission of modernizing data however—digitizing it, storing it, sharing access to it, and ensuring its safety—is no small feat. How can public a...

Registration for this event is now closed Transforming Government through Technology Based Initiatives By taking a citizen centric approach to information technology, public sector leaders can deliver services in a fast, more secure, and reliable manner. While many see the value proposition in investing in information technology there are barriers to adoption. These include security, compliance, budgetary realities, and existing roadmaps. Info...

Connecting Leaders & Ideas to Build a Better Public Service As we begin to break free from the confines of COVID; a “renewed normal” has begun to take shape across the country. Now, more than ever, public sector innovation is a must. By leveraging new approaches to old problems – from policy design to service delivery, new technologies and improving the use of data – we stand to improve the performance and responsiv...

Registration is Now Closed Safeguarding Data and Mitigating Risk through Comprehensive Data Governance Frameworks Data has become ubiquitous. It surrounds us in every step of our daily lives and permeates what were once mundane, uninteresting tasks. Whether in the private or the public sectors – data has changed how we engage, how we work, and how we think. Leveraging that data, harnessing it and putting it to work for the benefit of all...

Over nearly two years we have been involved in the largest remote work experiment in human history. While largely a success, one of the ongoing challenges faced by leaders across the public sector is designing coherent and comprehensive Learning & Development programs for the “Next Normal”. Quickly evolving environments, a diverse, multi-generational workforce, and the digitization of information and services have placed a trem...