Artificial intelligence holds transformative potential for state and local government functions, offering opportunities to streamline operations and enhance decision-making processes. By embracing AI and automation, government leaders can optimize resource allocation, improve efficiency, and ensure data security in an increasingly digital landscape. Join Government Technology and Softdocs for a live webinar to explore the latest strategies for...

Get ready for the 2024 Digital Cities Survey! The Center for Digital Government is thrilled to offer city IT organizations a platform to showcase exceptional achievements, compare progress among peers and uncover emerging trends for the future. This year's survey will reflect the current and anticipated technology landscape, producing insights on how cities can best prepare for the future. Center for Digital Government Senior Vice President Te...

Embarking on an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system migration is no small feat. Greensboro, North Carolina, knows this all too well. By moving systems to the multi-tenant AWS cloud, Greensboro has been able to boost its ERP to better support its thriving community. The migration is helping residents enjoy the city's many offerings, from science and history centers to city gardens and boardwalks – all with a more seamless and intuit...

In every industry, unprotected network printers are an easy target for cybercriminals. These devices store critical information and integrate with line-of-business systems, yet they often aren’t secured in the same way as laptops, desktops and other IT assets. This live webcast will give IT leaders actionable advice on addressing print security vulnerabilities and improving their overall security posture. It will cover: The benefits of m...

Tax collection and compliance are paramount to ensuring the efficient operation of our local governments, but the processes for doing so are often complex and present many challenges for under-staffed, under-resourced taxation departments. Join Governing and GovOS for a live webinar where we'll explore how embracing the right technology can not only address these challenges but also deliver significant returns on investment in multiple areas....

Introducing "State IT Vendor Payments," the newest feature in our state and local government and education (SLED) market intelligence tool, GovTech Navigator. We’ve analyzed 53 million lines of vendor payments across 28 states to provide you with nearly two million IT-specific transactions with vendor attribution spanning two years of purchase activity. During this live event, Joe Morris, Chief Innovation Officer, and Mike Driessen, VP o...

Achilles Systems, a fictitious IT service provider to human resources teams in medium and large businesses, has fallen victim to an attack in which sensitive customer data and, potentially, customer networks, have been compromised. Achilles has a small security team who has historically focused on basic controls and compliance. However, it seems clear this attack was the work of a sophisticated adversary capable of circumventing the controls i...

Human error has long been the preferred weak spot for cybercriminals to attack. As the threat landscape evolves, attacks increase in sophistication, and the attack surface expands, organizations should shift their focus to empowering and securing workforce identities. This will help in addressing immediate risks and foster a proactive culture of security awareness and resilience. These weak spots may come from an unaware employee falling victi...

In today's digital landscape, content marketing is crucial to establish trust, credibility and build relationships with state and local government and education (SLED) decision-makers. Join our team of seasoned content experts to get actionable insight on how to leverage content marketing to reach public-sector buyers faster and more efficiently at our LIVE webcast on May 1 at 9 AM Pacific/12 PM Eastern. One of the most common challenges of co...

The number of cloud security breaches in the headlines have been staggering lately. It seems like a week cannot go by without a massive amount of sensitive data being leaked from either AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. One example that would be funny if it were not so sad is the September 2023 incident where the Microsoft AI team leaked 38TB of sensitive data, including employee workstation backups and 30,000 internal Teams messages, due to a misc...