GovLoop
APRIL 19, 2023
Today’s technological landscape looks drastically different than it did as recently as three years ago. The remote work scenario that hastily came together during the pandemic is now the norm, with most agencies offering hybrid work options — a cultural perk but a cybersecurity challenge. “How do you make sure you’re protecting your most coveted resources within your agency?
Open Access Government - Technology News
APRIL 18, 2023
Jonathan Patrick, CEO of Consultant Connect, discusses what it will take to save the NHS and the realities behind a tech revolution Consultant Connect’s technology has sparked an NHS “tech revolution” – but is it enough to save the NHS? Jonathan Patrick explains that Consultant Connect creates software that allows an NHS consultant to reduce a hospital waiting list from hundreds of miles away.
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Next City
APRIL 17, 2023
Residents and activists Robeson County are drawing attention to those still struggling to recover from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.
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Dive into the world of playground safety with this complimentary guide. It offers a detailed exploration of essential practices to ensure the utmost safety for children. Delve into inspection techniques, from assessing equipment conditions to evaluating surfacing materials. Gain insights into maintenance strategies to keep playgrounds in top-notch condition year-round.
GCN
APRIL 17, 2023
With their advanced simulation and predictive analytics capabilities, digital twins can give responders a common operating picture with real-time, integrated information.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
APRIL 17, 2023
Business transformations are designed to boost overall performance through increased revenue, lower operating costs, and better customer satisfaction and workforce productivity.
Public Administration Today brings together the best content for professionals in the public administration field from the widest variety of thought leaders.
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 19, 2023
Sustainability is now an integral part of business strategy, even as the sustainability landscape is continuously evolving. Technology, data, and innovation play a fundamental role in helping governments, organisations, and society address sustainability-related challenges. At the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Day 2023 held in London , public sector leaders gathered to learn and share how technology can help organisations achieve more with less in solving sustainability challenges.
State Tech Magazine
APRIL 20, 2023
End-user experience was a top priority for the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology when it deployed Okta Workforce Identity Cloud to more than 8,000 employees in early 2020. The Illinois state government faced employee challenges as the world shut down during the pandemic. With nearly everyone working remotely, the department needed a quick and seamless way to secure employee access to critical applications, says CISO Adam Ford.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
APRIL 21, 2023
A recent McKinsey survey shows broad, unmet consumer demand for climate-linked financial products—but will financial institutions provide the education consumers require and the differentiated offerings needed to win this space?
Disaster Zone blog
APRIL 20, 2023
Evidently, there is no room for error in Florida.
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Local governments and municipalities serving populations under 200,000 face distinctive challenges in delivering efficient and effective services to their communities. To overcome these challenges, many rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems tailored to their specific needs. Not all ERP systems are created equal, and some may hinder progress rather than support it.
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced additional resources and funding for communities under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) that are particularly geared toward smaller communities.
State Tech Magazine
APRIL 19, 2023
Identity and access management bundles two critical components of every organization’s security architecture: authentication, in which a user or computer proves its identity; and authorization, which maps users and groups to organizational assets, defining what level of access is allowed for every identified entity. Although IAM has been around in some form for decades, the recent emphasis on zero-trust security architectures has brought IAM to the forefront for many IT teams.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
APRIL 20, 2023
Even with recent industry layoffs, the tech talent shortage shows few signs of abating. To attract this critical segment, it’s important to understand what they want (hint: it’s not just compensation).
FedTech Magazine
APRIL 17, 2023
Agencies are implementing multifactor authentication as part of the federal push toward zero-trust architectures. For staff, the common Personal Identity Verification card gets the job done. Yet, things get complicated when agencies need to onboard contractors, who by some estimates account for up to 40 percent of the federal workforce. “Not everyone who needs to access a federal information system is PIV-eligible,” says Grant Dasher, architecture branch chief in the Office of the Technical Dire
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PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 21, 2023
Michael Crain, councilmember for Fort Worth’s third district, takes pride in the city’s small-town feel, despite being the third fastest growing city in the U.S. Fort Worth’s million or so residents enjoy abundant arts festivals, entertainment and dining scenes, which keeps the city lively.
GCN
APRIL 18, 2023
COMMENTARY | True end-to-end encryption services are robust and hardened enough to meet the complex and stringent security and privacy requirements most government enterprises demand.
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 18, 2023
Demand for cloud computing continues to grow rapidly, and alongside that, the demand for individuals with the right technical skills to build applications and services in the cloud and also build and maintain the core infrastructure that keeps the internet running smoothly. Plus, the need for future-ready workers with specialized tech training is growing along with it.
Google Public Sector
APRIL 21, 2023
If there is one thing that the government has a lot of, it’s paper. Every year, the federal government processes more than 106 billion paper forms from 10,000 unique templates. In 2021, Americans spent 10.5 billion hours on government paperwork at an estimated cost of $117 billion to the public and nearly $39 billion to the federal government. Government workers and constituents alike are spending exorbitant amounts of time completing and processing documents by hand, which can drive exhaustion
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Unlock the potential of sustainable facility management! This guide empowers small local governments to lead with climate-resilient infrastructure, energy efficiency, waste reduction, and more. Elevate your community's resilience, reduce costs, and embrace eco-friendly practices. Discover the role of facility maintenance teams in green cleaning, sustainability analyses, and infrastructure upgrades.
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 20, 2023
Most people would consider sewage sludge an unlikely source of clean energy. However, with new federal dollars available to localities under the Inflation Reduction Act’s energy investment tax credit (ITC), wastewater could become a key tool in helping localities achieve their sustainability goals. According to the most recent U.S.
GCN
APRIL 18, 2023
NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research Division is looking for an affordable solution that will give public safety drone operators accurate indoor positioning and high-quality 3D digital mapping in real time.
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 17, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Maybe this is just a library thing, but practically every time I leave the house, I have a book in my hand. Doctor’s appointments, salon appointments, a quick trip to pick up a prescription from the drive-thru pharmacy (WHY is the line so long??), the airport, a car trip… I must take a book with me.
State Tech Magazine
APRIL 18, 2023
In the past, the city of San Diego relied on a range of vendors to support ticketing, service-level agreements and asset management for a variety of solutions. Today, the city has consolidated all of that into ServiceNow, a cloud computing platform that helps to manage digital workflows. “The biggest gain that we’ve seen has been developing our own processes,” says Ritchie Dioneda, the city’s service management office manager.
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Discover comprehensive strategies for optimizing operations and achieving cost efficiency! This document offers insights into efficient inspections, data-driven decision-making, goal alignment, and resource optimization. It empowers local governments and maintenance departments to streamline operations and ensure significant cost savings. From aligning maintenance goals with community needs to leveraging data for strategic planning, this guide provides a roadmap for smoother, more reliable opera
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 20, 2023
Communities across the U.S. are grappling with simultaneous and compounding crises: climate-driven disasters, the systemic and long-running disinvestment in communities of color, a growing mental health crisis (particularly among teens) and more.
GCN
APRIL 20, 2023
As many as 6.5% of employees have pasted their organization’s data into ChatGPT, and 3.1% have copied and pasted sensitive data to the program, recent research showed.
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 16, 2023
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited ( AsiaSat ), a leading satellite solutions provider, together with its subsidiary One Click Go Live (OCGL) use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for live streaming and to roll out new applications and services swiftly without the need to worry about infrastructure stability and scalability. Using AWS, OCGL provides innovative and highly reliable services to global customers and enhances real-time viewing experiences.
The City Fix
APRIL 19, 2023
Indore is known as India’s cleanest city, having secured the title seven years in a row in Swachh Bharat National Cleanliness Surveys, and it is now determined to clean its air too.
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This comprehensive article delves into the transformative trends reshaping local government facility maintenance in anticipation of 2024. From embracing smart technology for efficient management, sustainability's pivotal role to data-driven decision-making, workforce upskilling, and predictive maintenance strategies, each aspect is explored. Insights into outsourcing collaborations, digital twins, safety enhancements, and the broader industry evolution highlight the critical adaptation needed.
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 19, 2023
“Racism has no home here” is the leading declaration on the home page of the Just Deeds project website. To stand behind this statement, a number of cities in Minnesota have launched a collaborative project to take action.
GCN
APRIL 19, 2023
Thanks to its detailed data on household internet availability and speed, Colorado has been able to make the most of federal broadband funding opportunities.
GovLoop
APRIL 18, 2023
Moving to the cloud doesn’t mean having clouded vision. In fact, it should mean the opposite — more visibility into what’s happening in your system, more ability to monitor data and user activity. That’s where the observability company SolarWinds comes in. Brandon Shopp, Group Vice President of Product at SolarWinds, has seen agencies struggle to migrate from on-premises systems to the cloud, and he has four suggestions to help them transform responsibly and with agility.
State Tech Magazine
APRIL 17, 2023
Below Virginia’s Arlington County, an extensive fiber network initially built to link its facilities and school buildings with high-speed broadband connectivity is enabling design plans in the county’s National Landing district. Encompassing three neighborhoods, the district is the future site of several prominent properties, including Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus, a computer science and engineering-focused learning and research center, and Amazon’s much-publicized HQ2 second headquarters.
Speaker: Alan Kavanaugh, BA, CRM, CCPI Director of Loss Control & Risk Management
This session is designed to unveil the transformative potential of digital solutions in reshaping conventional practices, offering a roadmap towards greener and more efficient facilities regardless of municipality size. Attendees will learn: Insights into cutting-edge trends and strategies in sustainable facility management. Practical knowledge to effectively incorporate digital solutions for operational efficiency.
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