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Q&A: Jefferson County, Colo., Innovation Program Manager on Digital Transformation

State Tech Magazine

Innovation Program Manager Marlin McDaniel heads a team focusing on technology projects that could improve the lives of county citizens and digitalize processes for county employees. StateTech Managing Editor Mickey McCarter interviewed McDaniel about ongoing initiatives and measurable success in his county’s innovation efforts.

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States Improve Unemployment Insurance Systems with Cloud Solutions

State Tech Magazine

The DWS moved its UI system to the cloud in 2018 using federal funding from the U.S. Today, they call it WYUI, and it’s working even better than the agency expected, says Jeff Eckhart, Wyoming DWS IT manager. Department of Labor. Our old system was on an IBM…

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TAGITM 2024: Seguin’s Partnership with Extreme Networks Pays Off

State Tech Magazine

When Shane McDaniel became CIO of Seguin, Texas, in March 2018, he was surprised at the state of the city’s legacy network infrastructure. “It It contained things that I truly did not know still existed,” McDaniel told a panel at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Government IT Managers on Thursday.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). From memory he recited to me a catalogue of omissions, oversights and failures in managing the risks. These are rather ambiguous bodies.

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What New Federal Digital Experience Guidance Means for Agencies

FedTech Magazine

“Delivering a Digital-First Public Experience,” the guidance released by the Office of Management and Budget, serves as a framework for agencies, offering actions and standards for modernizing websites and other digital services.

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New Jersey CTO Chris Rein Explains Why Hybrid Cloud Is Helpful for State Agencies

State Tech Magazine

New Jersey CTO Chris Rein has served as chief of the New Jersey Office of Information Technology since 2018 when he was appointed by Gov. Phil Murphy. He produces and supports strategic policies, standards and requirements for the technological environment across all state agencies.

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Prepare Against Being a Prime Target

GovLoop

Here are a few numbers for your agency to consider when it comes to ransomware: 330 individual ransomware attacks on government organizations took place between 2018 and October 2022. $5 17 days was the average downtime government organizations lost, varying from six days in 2022 to over 20 days in 2018.

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