For the past decade, we’ve been talking about how cloud technologies can revolutionize the way government works - from improving efficiency to storing data. While the cloud has delivered many benefits to government, it has also brought new challenges. Agencies must always be thinking about security. In an effort to streamline and ensure consistent security, many agencies have turned to security platforms that can fully protect their clou...

A new paradigm is emerging for government leaders driving their organizations’ shift to cloud computing. Early adopters of cloud technology solely focused on leveraging the cloud for basic tasks such as email and file sharing. Now, government leaders face a more difficult challenge: how to shift their large, enterprise-wide IT portfolios to the cloud. This endeavor requires a comprehensive cloud strategy covering diverse data sets, secur...

Legacy systems plague government agencies that are hoping to modernize and transform. These large and cumbersome systems are expensive, difficult to manage and outdated -- and moving off of them is no easy feat. Join Christopher Dorobek and his panel of experts on Wednesday, February 14 at 2 pm ET/11 am PT, as they discuss the challenges and opportunities of IT modernization. Specifically, you’ll learn: What agencies have done to success...

Health and Human Services employees certainly have a seat at the table when confronting catastrophe. However, there’s a natural tendency to turn to first responders to plan and respond. Should the role of HHS professionals be elevated? Simple answer: Yes. Health risks identified after natural disasters and health epidemics demonstrate a need for Health and Human Service involvement, and geographic information systems can help HHS profess...

2017 was quite a year. There were major innovations in procurement, automation blockchain and so much more for governments across the country. So what were the biggest innovations? And what are the trends we should be prepared for in 2018? Join Christopher Dorobek and his panel of experts on Wednesday, Dec. 13th, at 2 pm ET, as they uncover what made 2017 stand out and predict the future of government innovations. You will learn: About the big...

One of the biggest challenges government agencies face today are slow manual methods and lack of technical expertise. This leaves agencies unable to keep pace with the myriad of workflows and processes required by today’s technological innovations, which leads to constant firefighting, fines, increased cost and loss of accountability. Yet, organizations must be nimble to protect against cyber attacks by quickly addressing risks. With suc...

More Americans die every year from drug overdoses than they do in car crashes – and most of those overdoses involved opioids. The escalating opioid epidemic is just one of many serious health threats that are impacting communities all over the country. Fortunately, geographic intelligence can help communities address severe health threats like the opioid epidemic but also things like health care fraud, trafficking, gun violence and crop...

Could technology make a difference in speeding up how we respond to social inequities? The answer is yes. Governments around the nation are faced with issues like homelessness, blight, opioid addiction, access to care, veterans’ services, access to transit, and many more. New technology innovations, like GIS, big data and analytics, can bridge the gap between resources and the less fortunate, shorten the cycle to solve inequities and bet...

The way government communicates with citizens has fundamentally changed. Gone are the days when visiting the actual government office was the only way citizens could interact with and access information about citizen services. Now a huge portion of those services are done online. However, posting information online without a strategy is not useful. When a citizen visits a government website, they are usually looking for something very specific...

Your community counts on you to have a winter maintenance program in place that keeps them moving. This burden is growing as expectations of the public grows. They expect public works and DOT’s to be using more modern methods from informing the public and putting the right resources at the right location. Geographic information systems (GIS) is a common tool in planning and responding to whatever winter may bring. What you may not know i...