An Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework is a tool used to help organizations incorporate social good into the other work they engage in. Social good is already intrinsic to the mission of government agencies, but standardizing the tracking of these metrics with an ESG framework helps set clear goals, appropriately measure success and ensure accountability. Join us on Oct. 27 for Part Two of a two-part discussion to learn about...

Attracting and retaining talent is one of the biggest issues facing government leaders today. Join Government Technology Oct. 26 to hear how the state of Oklahoma is confronting this challenge and building its workforce of the future. We’re hosting a live webcast with state officials and experts from Workday to explain how Oklahoma is implementing an innovative statewide human capital management platform to support the broad transformati...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) frameworks have emerged in the private sector as a way to incorporate social good into the other work an organization is engaged in. It’s a lens that can enhance and inform the way a company thinks about risks, opportunities and outcomes. But when people think about improving their communities and addressing the major issues that impact daily life, they look to governments – not corporatio...

As the public embraces technology in their everyday lives, they want great digital experiences with the government, too. Local and state agencies are rapidly modernizing, but the transformation arrives with new opportunities for identity theft and fraud. However, with the right approach, agencies can deliver digital services effectively while mitigating risks. Modern identity technology makes it possible. Join our industry speakers for a webin...

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...