Pandemic Funding for Remote Work and Telework: How States and Localities are Using Federal Funding to Offset Expenditures

The pandemic has transformed the way we work. Remote work will play a permanent role for many employees in the state and local government workforce. The 2.2 trillion CARES Act included billions for states and localities to help offset remote work and telework expenditures. Join us as we outline how Governments and Public Sector organizations are using those funds - and how they can make the best use of the billions of dollars still available.

• The American Rescue Plan and how it relates to stimulus funding State and Local IT funding priorities

• The funds that are available to be leveraged by states for IT-related projects

• How states have used the Coronavirus Relief Fund for IT initiatives and how to effectively leverage ARP spending to deal with the hybrid work environments to come

• Other major government initiatives in CARES/American Rescue Plan to improve service delivery at the State and Local level (Unemployment Insurance modernization, DotGov Act, etc.)