The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocates billions of dollars for state and local governments as they strive to close the digital divide.Though each state is promised at least $100 million, additional money will be distributed based on a complicated series of calculations and other information that applicants submit. Including all possible helpful data can give agencies a boost as they seek to unlock IIJA funding.During a li...

We know, we know. This is the 700th email you’ve gotten in the past month about maintaining collaboration in a remote work environment. There’s good reason for that: Remote collaboration is hard! Keeping your team members communicating and engaged with each other is challenging enough in a physical office. Enabling collaboration in a world of hybrid work is exponentially more difficult, and it requires continued attention, flexibil...

The opioid crisis is shifting, not ending. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics estimated that more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States between April 2020 to April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the same period the year before. As states continue to clamp down on abuse of legal prescriptions, the prevalence and variety of opioids and other illegal drugs continues to grow. These drugs and associated drug...

States are leveraging their purchasing power and implementing advanced alternative payment models to improve healthcare value. For example, the state of Texas offers an opt-in procurement collaborative across all school districts, Colorado created a private-public employer purchasing collaborative and its Medicaid agency is implementing mandatory payment models, and the state of Washington has a single Health Care Authority that oversees the s...

The nature of work changes all the time. Fax machines give way to email. Top-down edicts fall out of favor; collaborative teams take the stage. New technology makes it easier to work from home. Automation replaces menial data entry and frees employees to focus on strategic initiatives. But nothing in modern history has impacted the nature of work more than COVID-19. The disruptions of the pandemic uprooted everything we thought we knew about t...

Join us for a real-world conversation on how government finance is evolving — and how leading local government jurisdictions are responding to these changes. On May 11, Governing, Workday and Accenture will host a panel of public sector finance leaders to talk about how their organizations are meeting new demands today, how they’re preparing for the future and what role technology plays in supporting these efforts. Our distinguishe...

Boomers retiring. Gen Xers ascendent. Millennials stepping into new roles. Gen Z looking for the right skills to enter the marketplace. Workforce demographics are shifting rapidly across all industries, including state and local government. As agencies look to hire new employees – and keep current workers motivated and engaged – they need new strategies to address new challenges. In this virtual conversation on April 21, part of a...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been rescheduled due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 2021 This is a Paid, invitation-only event, open to Public Sector only. For more information or to request an invitation, please contact Jen Caldwell. Registration fee per person - $35. Registration by credit card only; no billing. If you represent a Private Sector organization and are interested in Sponsorship Opportunities, plea...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. This is an invitation-only event, open to Public Sector only. For more information or to request an invitation, please contact Jen Caldwell. If you represent a Private Sector organization and are interested in Sponsorship Opportunities, please contact Alison Del Real. The Pennsylvania IT Leadership Forum is the premier event for senior-level...

With a new state administration and its ambitious agenda, Governing’s California Leadership Forum is well-timed for important leadership and management discussions to help advance California forward. California’s elected officials, appointees, senior executives and managers must balance solving the state’s complex issues with meeting the demands of citizens and businesses who expect first class service, transparency and finan...