4 Ways to Get Ready for AI in
Transportation Based on meetings that
involved public sector transportation leaders, this thought leadership paper
covers the steps transportation agencies need to take in four areas: data,
workforce, cybersecurity and collaboration. DOWNLOAD
A Guide to
the NYPD Written and Oral Psychological Exam Pre-employment
evaluation – psychological disqualification – NYPD appeal– forensic assessment
– police psych exam disqualifiers. Continue Reading
A Look at Government Cyber Insurance
Prospects in 2024 To reduce risks,
cybersecurity insurers have often raised premiums, asked for more information
about applicants and tightened the sublimits on the kinds of cyber incident
coverage they offer. READ MORE
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Reasonable Disciplinary Penalty Under the Circumstances A concise guide to penalties that have been imposed on public employees
in New York State
Are You Prepared for
When (Not If) the Cyberattack Comes? Cyber threats escalate quickly, expedite by having a
pre-planned response on deck. CONTINUE
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Arizona Brings a Big Location Boost
to State 911 Calls
As part of its NG911 efforts, the
state can now fix the location of mobile phone calls to within three feet.
Emergency calls from landlines also are getting better in a project that could
offer lessons for others. READ MORE
Arizona City Adopts
ITIL for Improved IT Service The City
of
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BEAD Buildout
Expected to Continue Under New Administration A former federal
telecommunications official said it is unlikely Broadband Equity, Access and
Deployment program funding will be clawed back and work disrupted.
Infrastructure could, however, become more tech-neutral. READ MORE
California’s Approved Low-Carbon
Transit Rules May Raise Gas Prices
Can Agrivoltaics Grow With the
Arkansas Delta Solar Boom? The Mississippi River Delta
region is ripe for on-farm solar production, but must overcome hurdles. READ MORE
Can North Carolina’s Child-Care
Infrastructure Recover Post-Helene? Hurricane Helene put
rural
Championing Economic Mobility Through Education and
Innovation The Gates Foundation’s Allan Golston outlines a
vision for equitable opportunities and the future of the American dream. As the
transformative power of generative AI becomes clear, equitable access to
education and jobs remains crucial. READ MORE
City of Goodyear
Sees 75% Self-Service Portal Adoption Using the portal, the
Cloud-Smart Strategies for IT Infrastructure
Modernization The need to update digital infrastructure is
more urgent than ever. To improve cybersecurity, meet residents' evolving
expectations, and alleviate workforce pressures, local governments must have
modern, efficient systems. This thought leadership shares the steps that
agencies need to take to guide their modernization efforts and simply cloud
adoption. It also draws data from a recent Center for Digital Government survey
to inform its advice. DOWNLOAD
Colorado Police Must Now Use Common
Law for Lawsuit Protection Sweeping police reforms in
2020 stripped
DHS Issues Guidance on
Adopting AI in Critical Infrastructure A new series of recommendations from the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security is designed to enable cloud providers, AI developers, public-sector entities and others to integrate
AI while balancing risk and opportunity. READ MORE
Ed Tech Confronts GenAI, Cybersecurity and Tech Use
Issues Generative AI, cyber threats, TikTok and phone bans
are some of the major issues that impacted ed tech in 2024. In the new year,
school boards need to determine how to move forward. READ MORE
Empower Your Team with Automated Security Operations This
paper explains how agencies can take strategic steps to incorporate AI-driven
automation into routine security operations. DOWNLOAD
Envisio Names Gov Tech Vet Craig Ross as CEO Co-founder
Mike Bell will have a seat on the board of the Canada-based firm, which sells
performance management software to public agencies. Ross’ leadership experience
includes jobs at Euna and eCivis. READ MORE
E-Scooter Operator Turns to AI to Ensure Parking
Compliance Veo, a shared, electric scooter and bicycle
provider in numerous cities around the nation, is using technology from Captur
to ensure its devices are parked properly. The process is customized according
to local regulations. READ MORE
Expanding Digital Services Remains a
Priority for State and Local Govts
Food and Agriculture Sector Eyes
Cybersecurity Threats The director of the sector’s ISAC
spoke recently about ransomware and other threats. Plus, a tabletop exercise
revealed ways to improve public and private response to a major attack on the
sector. READ MORE
From Cybersecurity
to Smart Tech: Insights for Event-Ready Cities Is your city prepared to manage
cybersecurity risks for large-scale events? As the world turns its focus to the
2026 World Cup, local governments hosting or supporting big gatherings face
heightened security demands DOWNLOAD
FYLD Raises $10M for Utility
Fieldwork Tech and U.S. Growth The British company is bent
on expanding in North America — including the U.S., where recent federal
funding of infrastructure could provide ample gov tech opportunities. The
company’s CEO explains their vision. READ MORE
Gov. Gavin Newsom Calls to ‘Protect
California Values’ in the Wake of Trump’s Win Less than 36
hours after Trump’s resounding victory, the California governor called to
bolster the state’s legal resources with the aim of protecting reproductive
health care, climate policies and immigrant communities in California. READ MORE
Gov. Hochul Proposes Modifying
Manhattan Congestion Pricing to $9 a Day The New York
governor proposed a 40 percent cut in the already-approved toll pricing with
the expectation that the toll will ramp up to the original $15 base toll over
the course of several years. READ MORE
How Are States Using Generative
Artificial Intelligence? Many state governments are
implementing AI technologies. A new NASCIO report offers insight into current
use cases, the role of state CIOs and recommendations for states exploring
generative AI implementation. READ MORE
How Does Dallas Plan to Hire 900
Police Officers?
How Lansing,
Michigan Empowered Residents to Eliminate Over $13 Million in Debt As low-income residents struggled to make ends meet,
How Philadelphia
Helped Over 20,000 Immigrants Find Jobs and Start Businesses Immigration strengthened the local economy but employers
still faced a “skills mismatch.” One program aims to close this gap by
integrating immigrants into the workforce. LEARN MORE
How State Government Can Keep Pace
With Artificial Intelligence While generative AI is still
in the early days of government implementation, it's important for
public-sector leaders to lay groundwork for successful use and adoption. READ MORE
How to Implement AI in State
and Local Government Artificial
intelligence (AI) holds limitless potential for agencies when it comes to
enhancing operations, managing data and improving constituent experiences, but
many governments don't know where to start. This issue brief explains how
agencies can start using AI, why the cloud is important, and what needs to be
done around data governance. DOWNLOAD
LLM on a Budget: How
Small Cities Are Leveraging AI One
Macomb
County, Mich., IT Seeks to Add Staff, Replace Laptops The Information Technology Department is looking to
increase its budget by $2 million, or 11.6 percent, which would include adding
one IT staffer each to the Clerk and Prosecutor’s offices. Also included is
replacing hundreds of employee laptop computers. READ MORE
Make Data Your Generative AI
Differentiator Learn how to build the
right data strategy that gives you a strategic advantage with generative
artificial intelligence (AI). DOWNLOAD NOW
Maryland Hires
Poverty Expert as Chief Innovation Officer Francesca Ioffreda has a long list of job experiences that
include consulting and economic development. She will lead a team funded by
Bloomberg Philanthropies — an effort her new employer expects other states to
imitate. READ MORE
Maryland Faces $2.7B Budget Deficit,
‘Worst Situation’ in 20 Years The
five-year budget outlook is poorer than the one the state faced in the Great
Recession and, without any changes, Maryland will only be able to cover 84
percent of planned spending through the 2030 fiscal year. READ MORE
Nebraska Innovates IT Through
Reorganization, Modernization State CIO Matthew McCarville said he believes the state’s
information technology reorganization and modernization efforts have laid the
foundation for innovation, capacity building and cost savings. READ MORE
New Abortion-Rights Measures Could
Trigger Legal, Legislative Challenges State constitutional
amendments that voters approved in seven states last week are vulnerable
to federal moves that could essentially override them. READ MORE
NYPD Using Drones to Respond on ‘Select Priority’
Calls The Drone as First Responder
program, piloted earlier this year, is now operational in five command areas of
the New York City Police Department. The devices are intended to assist police
in responding to shots-fired calls, robberies and other crimes. READ MORE
Officials Redraw Underwater
Texas-Oklahoma Boundary to Secure Water Supply for 2 Million The
new boundary officially returns the pump station on one of the nation’s largest
manmade lakes fully back into the Lone Star State. READ MORE
Officials
Redraw Underwater Texas-Oklahoma Boundary to Secure Water Supply for 2 Million The
new boundary officially returns the pump station on one of the nation’s largest
manmade lakes fully back into the Lone Star State. READ MORE
One County’s
Approach to Training Latinos in Tech Latinos make up ever increasing shares of student bodies and
the workforce but lag behind white Americans in science and technical
education.
Partnerships Helped Secure Election
Day Against New Threats Election
officials and law enforcement worked together to fend off Election Day threats,
with a new tactic emerging: hoax bomb threats made against polling sites with
the aim to disrupt voting. READ MORE
Preparing for
Increased Fire Activity and Risk to Lives and Property Wildfire season is getting longer, more destructive, and has
secondary hazards: flooding, erosion, and mudflows. CONTINUE
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Resource Explores Local
Government AI Use, Offers Advice The National League of Cities released a report
this week outlining strategic ways municipalities are using artificial
intelligence to better serve constituents. An
accompanying toolkit aims to facilitate analysis. READ MORE
Sacramento Considers Emergency
Declaration Over Road Safety The city government will
discuss a proposed state of emergency over pedestrian and cyclist safety just
six days after the city’s 31st traffic death of 2024. READ MORE
Security Operations Management
Sessions See our virtual
trainings for best practices on centralized management, AI Powered detection
and incident response readiness. LEARN MORE
Should New Jersey School Districts
Merge to Increase Diversity? A 2018 lawsuit claims the
level of segregation in state schools violates students’ rights to integrated
schools. But a new poll found that most voters don’t know anything about the
lawsuit nor do they think the state is segregated. READ MORE
Texas’ Uneven Population Growth Is
Creating Ghost Towns Local leaders and rural revitalization
experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive despite a shift to urban and
suburban counties, but it will take investments. READ MORE
The Case for
Cooperative Procurement
The Governments We Will Need to Rely
On It will be the leadership of our states and cities that
will have the most direct impact on the issues that animated the presidential
campaign. READ MORE
The Public Leadership Role of Public
Universities When people think about higher ed, they
picture the Ivy League. But state officials are trained almost exclusively at
their own state’s schools. READ MORE
The Terrible Urban
Mistakes That All of America Made Thanks to a celebrated book, we know all about Robert Moses’
dictatorial misdeeds in
This Is an Obvious Time for a
Centrist Party in America Moderates have been largely
squeezed out of political relevance. There is room for a new party, and it
would have to start at the state level. It could bring pragmatic solutions to
critical problems the major parties avoid. READ MORE
Three Steps for Getting Started
with AI Chatbots Real-world government examples show how AI chatbots can transform
service delivery for constituents and improve efficiency for public sector
employees. DOWNLOAD
To Be Cyber Resilient, Put Critical
Infrastructure First Cybersecurity is
around-the-clock work, but panelists at the Southern Florida Digital Government
Summit offered several ideas for keeping operations secure. Generative
artificial intelligence, one official said, is moving humans away from
operations. READ MORE
Using HHS Data and
Best Practices to Change Lives This thought leadership paper covers three major best
practices, along with corresponding real-world examples, around how to use data
more effectively for health and human services programs. The paper also
explains the value of cloud-based tools for data transformation. DOWNLOAD
Using Technology to Protect
Responders and Residents — ICYMI ForceMetrics co-founder
and CEO Andre McGregor addresses the need for real-time, actionable insights
into critical risks for first responders to make them safer and more
effective. READ MORE
Va. Veterans Hub Is a Central Resource
for Health, Benefits A new state
online portal, the Virginia Veterans Network connects veterans, military
service members and their families with everything from health care to legal
and employment support. The site provides links to hundreds of organizations. READ MORE
Washington Voters Say ‘Yes’ to Taxing
Carbon Emissions An initiative to cut a carbon tax out of
the Washington Climate Commitment Act was soundly rejected by voters. Gov. Jay
Inslee sees the margin of defeat as an important message. READ MORE
What Factors Slow
Enterprise AI Implementations? Several
recent studies highlight what is happening in the public and private sectors
regarding artificial intelligence initiatives, along with detailing barriers
and cybersecurity challenges to address. READ MORE
What’s New in Digital Equity: Funding
for Native Hawaiians Plus,
Wrong-Way Cameras With AI Target Fatal Wrecks in
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