The urgency of the pandemic has forced state and local governments to react when it comes to budgeting– making short-term reporting on an annual basis the focus rather than proactively assembling long-term strategic budget plans. This reactive approach creates redundancies, cost inefficiencies, and fails to set governments up for any potential future crises; and is especially detrimental when budget transparency and community impact are...

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November 2021, will unleash a flood of funding for a vast array of construction projects, including electric grid and energy improvements, roads and bridges, public transit, and water systems to name just a few. It is worth celebrating that so much will be repaired, replaced, or new-built. It also highlights a new opportunity to bring digitization to the construction industry, brin...

States, cities and counties across the United States trust Elastic, the industry leader in security, observability and search use cases, to solve their mission-critical problems with data-based insights.Elastic and Collin County took the virtual stage for a conversation exploring a real-world success story involving a single security use case that quickly expanded to other IT departments and personas. During the event, our featured speakers co...