Government Technology

Election cycles can reshape government technology priorities before new leaders officially take office. Changes in governors, mayors, legislators and other elected officials may influence agency leadership, policy priorities, funding decisions and technology initiatives, creating new risks and opportunities for companies selling into state and local government (SLG). 

For sales and marketing teams, the challenge is not simply tracking election results. It is understanding which accounts may be affected, where demand could emerge, and how outreach, campaigns and pursuit strategies should adapt before new procurement plans take shape. 

In this webinar, attendees will see how Industry Navigator helps go-to-market teams turn election-driven change into actionable market intelligence. We’ll explore how early opportunity signals, jurisdiction profiles, budgets, verified contacts, buyer intent and procurement intelligence can help teams identify shifting priorities, focus resources and engage target accounts with greater relevance. Built on proprietary intelligence, expert analysis, and information verified by teams that understand the public-sector market, Industry Navigator gives vendors a more complete and trusted view of what is changing, why it matters, and where opportunities may be forming. 

Attendees will learn how to: 

• Identify jurisdictions where leadership changes may affect technology priorities, budgets and purchasing plans 

• Monitor strategic initiatives, funding signals and Developing Opportunities before formal RFPs are released 

• Distinguish meaningful market signals from the noise of scraped or disconnected public data 

• Help marketing refine account segments, campaign themes and messaging around emerging government priorities 

• Help sales prioritize accounts, map buying committees and prepare more relevant outreach 

• Align sales and marketing around shared account intelligence and early market signals 

• Use Industry Navigator’s latest enhancements to research accounts, connect insights and receive synthesized answers faster 

Industry Navigator combines proprietary research, curated early-stage intelligence, verified contacts, buyer intent, and expert market context across the procurement lifecycle, together in one platform. By understanding where change is occurring and what it could mean for government technology demand, sales and marketing teams can coordinate earlier, build credibility with the right stakeholders and create stronger pipeline before the market becomes crowded.

Cybersecurity remains the top priority for state and local governments as emerging technologies — especially AI — create a more complex and volatile threat landscape.  Government agencies face increasingly sophisticated attacks, including AI-enabled tactics used by malicious actors and nation-states. At the same time, powerful tools continue to emerge to automate threat detection, streamline response and support agencies operating under significant resource constraints 

The Center for Digital Government Cybersecurity Summit will bring together chief information security officers and senior cybersecurity leaders from state, county and city governments. The Summit provides a trusted environment to collaborate, share insights and shape strategic approaches to today’s most pressing cyber challenges. We will explore the impact of emerging technologies and evolving threats while jointly developing best practices and addressing persistent workforce and skills gaps. 

The goal of the Summit is to create a friendly and engaging environment to build and foster relationships with your peers and technology partners 

Please join us in San Antonio!  Stay tuned for more information.  This is an invitation only event.

The Mississippi Digital Government Summit is where innovation meets impact!

Bringing together the brightest minds in state and local government, this summit empowers public-sector leaders to explore cutting-edge technologies, modernize operations, and solve pressing challenges. From cybersecurity and AI to data governance and digital service delivery, sessions are designed to spark insight, foster collaboration, and accelerate real-world results. Whether you're shaping strategy or implementing solutions, the Summit delivers valuable peer connections and actionable guidance to help move your mission forward.

Open to Public Sector only.

The public safety agency of the future isn't defined by a single technology. It's built on connected systems, resilient operations and the ability to adapt as new capabilities reshape emergency response.

Join Government Technology and Octave for an interactive virtual summit exploring how forward-looking public safety agencies, particularly emergency communications centers, are preparing for what's next.

Through real-world customer stories, expert presentations and live discussions, we'll examine how agencies are modernizing 9-1-1 dispatch, integrating AI into everyday operations, strengthening cross-agency collaboration and rethinking how mission-critical technology is managed.

This  summit will include:

• How modern public safety agencies are applying AI and emerging technologies to improve emergency communications
• Lessons on change management from Guilford Metro 911 in North Carolina
• Actionable strategies for building more connected, resilient public safety operations
• Live Q&A with industry and technology experts

You'll leave with tactical insights, implementation lessons and a clearer roadmap for building the public safety agency of the future.

Join the live summit to obtain your complimentary certificate of attendance!

The Ohio Digital Government Summit is where innovation meets impact!

Bringing together the brightest minds in state and local government, this summit empowers public-sector leaders to explore cutting-edge technologies, modernize operations, and solve pressing challenges. From cybersecurity and AI to data governance and digital service delivery, sessions are designed to spark insight, foster collaboration, and accelerate real-world results. Whether you're shaping strategy or implementing solutions, the Summit delivers valuable peer connections and actionable guidance to help move your mission forward.

Open to Public Sector only.

Many financial and administrative processes in government still rely on manual workflows, paper forms, spreadsheets and disconnected systems that slow operations and create unnecessary burdens for employees and finance teams alike. In particular, travel and expense management involves some of the most frustrating processes across government. 

But with the right tools, agencies can turn a common headache into a massive advantage. Mobile, automated solutions make travel and expense reporting faster, easier, more compliant, and more useful for finance and compliance teams. 

Join us for a discussion on how public sector organizations can supercharge financial operations to improve efficiency, strengthen oversight and enhance employee experience. Whether you support finance, operations, administration, compliance or legislative affairs, this session will provide practical strategies for streamlining workflows, increasing visibility into spending, supporting audit readiness and reducing the administrative effort associated with routine financial processes.

You will learn about:

• Common operational challenges created by manual financial processes
• Strategies for improving efficiency while maintaining accountability and compliance
• How modern travel and expense management can simplify employee and approver experiences
• Ways to increase visibility into spending and support audit readiness

Attend the live webinar to obtain your complimentary certificate of attendance!

State and local governments are investing in more unified, constituent-facing digital experiences to improve their connection with businesses and residents.

While these efforts often begin with a portal or single sign-on, many agencies are discovering that truly seamless and secure digital service delivery requires more than simply connecting applications. It requires a trusted identity foundation that can support privacy, assurance, consent, delegated access and interoperability across a growing ecosystem of government services.

In this webinar, we will explore the evolution from traditional government portals to a modern identity-centered approach where the public can use one trusted account to access multiple services. At the same time, agencies retain flexibility in how and when they modernize.

Our industry experts will cover practical strategies for modernizing at your own pace through standards-based integration, APIs, and phased agency onboarding. You’ll get practical tips to avoid costly rip-and-replace initiatives.

Sign up now to learn more about how governments can prepare for emerging digital credential ecosystems while strengthening security, improving the constituent experience and creating a scalable foundation for future digital services. Attendees of this live event can receive a certificate of attendance.

Public-sector technology buying is shaped long before an RFP is released, through relationships, trust, market visibility, and early alignment with the priorities government and education leaders are actively defining. For companies selling into state, local, and education markets, knowing where to show up in 2027 is a strategic pipeline decision. 

e.Republic events are built differently. Curated in close partnership with state, local, and education leaders, these trusted environments bring public-sector decision-makers together with industry partners for conversations grounded in real priorities, not generic conference themes. Backed by decades of public-sector market expertise and a national events portfolio with more than 100 returning events in 2027, e.Republic gives sponsors access to the rooms where relationships are built, priorities are explored, and long-term market presence takes shape. 

Join Phil Bertolini, Chief Delivery Officer at e.Republic, and Erica Patterson, Vice President of Events, for an inside look at e.Republic’s 2027 events roster, including what’s returning, what’s new, what we’re seeing across the market, and how sponsors can use the portfolio to build visibility, strengthen executive relationships, support demand generation, and stay close to the priorities shaping future technology investments. 

Attendees will walk away with a clearer view of the 2027 event landscape, where market momentum is building, and why early planning matters for companies looking to grow their state, local, and education business. 

Everyone is talking about AI. Far fewer are talking honestly about what it takes to adopt it responsibly in government.

That’s why we’ve convened a special conversation with government leaders on the front lines of AI adoption. In this executive panel discussion, executive IT, finance and human resources leaders will share how they are evaluating opportunities, addressing concerns and preparing their organizations for a future in which AI becomes part of everyday operations.

What risks keep them up at night? Where do they see the greatest opportunities? How are they balancing innovation with accountability? And what steps are they taking today to ensure AI enhances public services without compromising trust?

What Attendees Will Learn

• How executive leaders across different areas are approaching AI adoption
• The biggest governance, ethical and operational questions organizations are wrestling with today
• Strategies for protecting constituent data while enabling innovation
• 5 practical steps government leaders can take to build a foundation for responsible, trustworthy AI

Bring your questions for our panel! This interactive discussion will move beyond the headlines and hype to explore the real-world decisions government leaders are making right now.

Governing in collaboration with the Center for Digital Government is hosting our first City Manager Innovation Summit in Pasadena, California. The Summit will bring together a group of city managers and members of their executive leadership teams—including deputy and assistant City Managers, CFOs, CTOs, chief innovation and performance officers, and other trusted C-suite advisors. The Summit is designed to foster candid dialogue, practical exchange, and peer-to-peer collaboration among leaders who are driving modernization efforts in their cities.

City managers are operating at a pace of change unlike anything in the past. Tight budgets, workforce constraints, and rising constituent expectations are forcing cities to do more with less—while maintaining trust and delivering high-quality services. To meet these demands, city leaders must strengthen policy decisions and operational performance and find new efficiencies to modernize long-standing processes. Technology—including AI, data-driven systems, and decision-support tools—can play a critical role in enabling that progress. City managers may not be technology experts, yet they are accountable for aligning policy, operations, and technology to move their cities forward.

The Summit is an opportunity for our Industry partners to participate as thought leaders to engage with city executives and sharing expertise to contribute to solution-oriented discussions. The goal of the Summit is to help shape actionable strategies, inform best practices, and support smarter, more secure technology decisions across cities nationwide.

This is an invitation only event.

COVITS is Virginia’s catalyst for government innovation.

Co-hosted with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), this reimagined two-day symposium brings together 600+ public-sector leaders to explore the bold ideas, emerging technologies, and strategic leadership driving Virginia’s digital future. From modernizing infrastructure to improving service delivery, COVITS delivers high-impact sessions, peer-led insights, and unmatched networking across all levels of government. Whether you’re shaping policy or executing transformation, this is where Virginia’s tech evolution takes center stage.

Government agencies are under growing pressure to modernize while protecting increasingly sensitive information. From cybersecurity threats and disaster recovery to Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) requirements and evolving compliance mandates, today's leaders must balance innovation with security — without increasing operational complexity.

Join GovTech and Laserfiche to learn how government organizations can confidently modernize mission-critical operations with a secure, cloud-based content management platform designed for today's security and compliance challenges.

During this practical session, you'll discover how agencies can strengthen cyber resilience, improve governance and protect sensitive information through advanced security capabilities, including enhanced encryption, configurable security controls, comprehensive audit visibility and multi-region disaster recovery. You'll also learn how organizations that manage criminal justice information can support CJIS-ready operational requirements while continuing to advance broader digital modernization initiatives across the agency.

In this webinar, you'll learn how to:

• Build greater resilience with enhanced disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities
• Strengthen security with advanced encryption, configurable controls and comprehensive audit visibility
• Support CJIS-ready operational requirements while accelerating secure cloud modernization
• Reduce IT complexity by consolidating information governance within a secure cloud platform
• Identify grant and funding opportunities that can help offset modernization investments

Whether you support public safety, enterprise IT, records management or digital transformation initiatives, you'll leave with practical strategies for secure modernization and future-proof operations. Register today and receive a complimentary certificate of attendance.

Bringing together the brightest minds in state and local government, this summit empowers public-sector leaders to explore cutting-edge technologies, modernize operations, and solve pressing challenges. From cybersecurity and AI to data governance and digital service delivery, sessions are designed to spark insight, foster collaboration, and accelerate real-world results. Whether you're shaping strategy or implementing solutions, the Summit delivers valuable peer connections and actionable guidance to help move your mission forward.

Open to Public Sector only.

As federal R&D funding declines, state and local governments face an important choice: absorb the loss, or seize the moment to strategically focus their resources on the innovation ecosystems where they can lead. States now have a valuable opportunity to complement remaining federal investment and gain more direct influence over what research happens in their region and which direction their innovation ecosystems take. By adding state resources on top of federal dollars, states can amplify impact in the research areas that matter most to their region. But with fewer resources than the federal government, states can't fund every priority equally, making it critical to know exactly where state and local dollars will have the greatest strategic return.

This webinar will show how state government leaders and economic development officials can use research intelligence to identify their region's competitive research strengths, understand the landscape of players and institutions already active in those spaces, and make more strategic decisions about where to direct limited public resources. Rather than spreading funding thin or guessing at priorities, attendees will leave with a clearer framework for turning federal funding cuts into a strategic opportunity for state-led growth.

By attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand the shifting R&D funding landscape and what declining federal investment means for state and regional innovation strategy
• Identify their state or region's comparative research strengths using data-driven intelligence
• Map the competitive landscape of institutions, researchers, and organizations already active in key research areas
• Develop a strategic framework for allocating state R&D and innovation funding

Join the live webinar to obtain your complimentary certificate of attendance!

The Louisiana Digital Government Summit is where innovation meets impact!

Bringing together the brightest minds in state and local government, this summit empowers public-sector leaders to explore cutting-edge technologies, modernize operations, and solve pressing challenges. From cybersecurity and AI to data governance and digital service delivery, sessions are designed to spark insight, foster collaboration, and accelerate real-world results. Whether you're shaping strategy or implementing solutions, the Summit delivers valuable peer connections and actionable guidance to help move your mission forward.