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While today’s students can now gain instant access to knowledge beyond their textbooks with websites, apps and other digital tools, the digitally connected classroom also introduces risks. Like many education communities, the Marple Newtown School District in Pennsylvania used multiple cybersecurity solutions to handle these risks – while one solution fixed one problem, another would inevitably arise. To remedy this, district leade...

Change is an inevitable part of governance and state and local government leaders know this all too well. The way public-sector agencies operate, how their employees work and what constituents expect from them remains in almost constant flux, which means government leaders must frequently adapt to a new normal. A prime example of this is the labor shortage. Due to societal changes like the pandemic, social justice movements and the global slow...

State and local governments have long relied on last year’s budget to make next year’s budget – historicalprecedent is the primary determinant of how much money is allocated to each line item. The simplicity of thisapproach to budgeting has advantages, but it’s backward-looking, not forward-looking, and can make governmentsslow to adapt to change and potentially lose touch with the needs and priorities of their communit...

Skills-based hiring is on the rise, especially for digital skills. In fact, 81% of employers now think they should look at skills rather than degrees when hiring. This is a major development as more than 60% of Americans ages 25 and up do not hold a bachelor’s degree. Recent studies show that skills-first hiring criteria is a better predictor of job performance than educational background or work experience, which is leading to both priv...

Budget leaders serving state and local governments and school districts face more demands than ever. In addition to creating efficiencies in performance and ensuring financial compliance, budget leaders are tasked with: Providing increased levels of transparency Meeting non-financial goals around priorities like equity Legacy budgeting approaches fall short of helping organizations meet these new demands. To meet this moment, budget leaders ar...

Open and timely communication between government and constituents is critical to community success. Whether for planning budgets, measuring program impact or enhancing emergency response, a dedicated public participation platform is the best way to identify and address community needs. Community engagement software can help agencies create a central database to personalize communications for hard-to-reach residents. And purpose-built reporting...

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...

The long-term shift to remote and hybrid work means government agencies need to view virtual collaboration in a new light. The first step was supporting virtual connections among employees and their supervisors to keep critical government functions operating during the pandemic. Now, the next challenge is enabling cross-functional teams to seamlessly collaborate on everything from project management and project deliverables, to complex procure...