The COVID-19 pandemic forced state and local government agencies to accelerate their digital services strategies to keep vital programs and services running. These efforts strengthened resiliency -- and they offered convenient new digital service options that were embraced by constituents, creating expectations for more. Join Government Technology for interactive conversation on the future of digital government services in Oklahoma. We’l...

How can state and local governments embrace and accelerate digital innovation to reimagine their traditional IT operating model and deliver superior value to constituents? Join Government Technology on December 6 at 11 a.m. Pacific/2 p.m. as we discuss how government can offer services and experiences as efficiently as possible and move at the speed of their constituents. We’ll cover: How key technologies will help you rapidly modernize...

2021 has been a year of starts and stops. Will 2022 be any different? Join State of California IT and business leaders and get the inside scoop on California’s $14 billion state and local IT market at Techwire’s State of Technology, December 3, 9:00 AM - 11:15 AM. This half-day virtual event will feature leading CIOs and executives and focus on current and future initiatives influencing IT across the state. Attendees will: Get acti...

Open to Public Sector only. The 20th Anniversary CUNY IT Conference will take place virtually on December 2 & 3, 2021. This year’s conference theme is: Technologies for Teaching, Learning and Working at the Future CUNY – Utopias and Dystopias. In considering this year’s conference theme, we ask ourselves these questions: Artificial intelligence is here (again). What can it do for workflows in our offices? What can it do f...

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the strategic value of making data-driven decisions in a rapidly changing environment. It also highlighted the challenge of pulling timely and meaningful data from siloed systems in disparate departments to have real impact. Join Government Technology for an important conversation with State Chief Data Officers on modernizing data systems and ultimately transforming how public agencies use information to addre...

The cybersecurity landscape is changing by the day. The security environment continues to expand in the hybrid workplace. Employees’ use of personal devices continues to create significant security gaps. And malware and ransomware attacks against public agencies are getting more sophisticated all the time. Numerous organizations are conducting internal security audits and attempting to address their security shortcomings. One important p...

Infrastructure is what makes cities livable and prosperous. It’s the roads, bridges, buildings, stoplights, schools, broadband lines and more that make communities work. These critical assets impact our lives every day and connect us in ways large and small. What if your city could gain a deeper understanding of the infrastructure it has today and what it needs to build tomorrow? On Nov. 30, Government Technology will host a live webcast...

Everyone knows technology alone cannot keep organizations safe in the face of a cybersecurity attack. Human risk and human error still represent the biggest security gap for state and local governments. And it’s getting harder and harder to close that gap. Adversaries have grown increasingly sophisticated in their efforts to exploit users in phishing attacks. Social media and other technologies provide a wealth of publicly available info...

The Center for Digital Government (CDG) surveyed state and local government leaders and found that nearly half of employees nationally are working in a hybrid environment and half plan to continue to do so at least for the next two years. However, the top challenges respondents face when working from home include background noises and distractions and people not turning on video in meetings, while nearly 50 perent of those working in the offic...

It’s an exciting time for urban transit. While the early disruptions of the pandemic decimated transportation networks in many cities, transit leaders are ready to build back stronger and smarter. They’re eager for new solutions and new technologies that can transform the urban transit experience, making it safer, more effective and more efficient. But transit agencies face numerous obstacles in maintaining and improving transporta...