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State and local government IT officials have faced unprecedented challenges this year in trying to meet their constituents’ needs. As they expand digital service offerings, it is critical to invest in and modernize identity and access management solutions for citizens. Citizens expect access to services from any mobile device, says ForgeRock's Tommy Cathey. Moving away from traditional desktop bro...

In this episode, which Ryan Johnston guest hosts, we dive into broadband and wireless connectivity, and specifically what's going on in a COVID-19 world with municipal broadband.

State and local government leaders should lean on advances to cloud made during the pandemic to accelerate digital services that will provide additional benefits in a post-pandemic world, Okta’s Kelsey Nelson says. “Many of the IT leaders we talked to within state and local agencies had been starting along a lot of these modernization paths [before the pandemic],” says Nelson. “That idea of digita...

North Carolina Chief Risk Officer Maria Thompson and Pennsylvania Chief Information Security Officer Erik Avakian discuss their current cybersecurity initiatives.

Arkansas Chief Technology Officer Yessica Jones and Nevada Chief Information Officer Alan Cunningham discuss the cloud modernization efforts in their states. This episode is sponsored by eCloud Managed Solutions.

Shortages of talent continue to handicap the ability of state and local governments to keep up with growing security threats. The shift to a remote workforce has only expanded the daily onslaught of security threats just as agency leaders face looming budget pressures in the coming year. Government leaders are reconsidering the advantages of managed and professional service providers to bridge the...

On this episode of GIS Addressed, Jake revisits his 2019 chat with Jamie Chesser and Tammy Patrick to talk about Geo-Enabled Elections in a COVID world.

Ben Spear, director of the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center, and Spencer Wood, chief information officer for the Ohio Secretary of State's office, discuss the latest efforts to prepare the nation's election system for the 2020 presidential election.

On this first episode of the 2020 StateScoop 50 Awards miniseries, StateScoop Technology Editor Benjamin Freed sits down with the winners of the GoldenGov: State Executive of the Year Award to talk about the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic and what's next for them. Magic Mountain, The Wrong Way, Fireworks and So Easy by Jahzzar are licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License...

Tyler Kleycamp, director of the Chief Data Officers Network at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, talks data use by government during the pandemic. Jennifer Ricker and Tammy Roust from the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology also join to discuss their efforts using data in pandemic management.

State and local governments are experiencing unprecedented demands for services during the pandemic. That's why robotic process automation is becoming an essential tool to help agency employees keep up with the workload and the needs of citizens. In this podcast, IT leaders from Texas, New Jersey and UiPath (a leader in RPA implementation) discuss strategies to include automation and agility into...

On this episode of GIS Addressed, Jake sits down with NSGIC's Molly Schar to overview the association's annual conference and talk about the role of GIS in COVID-19 response.

Minnesota CIO Tarek Tomes and Tennessee CIO Stephanie Dedmon discuss IT consolidation efforts in their states and how their organizations have managed recent events, including the coronavirus pandemic and a cyberattack. This episode is sponsored by Dell Technologies.

Amen Ra Mashariki, the former chief analytics officer for New York City, and Carlos Rivero, Virginia’s chief data officer, share their methods for improving data governance. Data governance, they say, is paramount during a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic.

Telework is here to stay for the foreseeable future and state and local agencies continue to build on their efforts to support the remote workforce. One of the security questions that should be top of mind for IT leaders is whether their employees are accessing critical applications from trusted devices. In this podcast, security experts discuss how the pandemic is testing the boundaries of IT sec...

The increase in cloud and application adoption is driving changes in network topology that require state and local IT leaders to rethink their approach to security. As government agencies shift to software- and infrastructure-as-a-service platforms, they are realizing they no longer have direct control of their applications. That’s one reason why a security architecture known as secure access serv...

State and local government agencies continue to navigate through an onslaught of service demands while also supporting a workforce that must log into work from home. Fortunately, agencies that had already started embracing the cloud and other digital transformation initiatives prior to the pandemic were able to adapt quickly to meet those demands. But now that agencies have scaled more IT operatio...

The coronavirus pandemic — and the rapid shift to a remote workforce that followed — gave state and local governments the spark they needed to modernize systems in a more efficient way. The timeline to modernize has been shortened, and leaders need to make employees can remain productive in uncertain work scenarios. For most, that means rethinking how to deliver new digital tools. This podcast out...

North Dakota Chief Information Officer and Utah CIO Mike Hussey review some of their innovative projects, from drones and precision farming to COVID-19 contact-tracing apps. The state IT officials also share why they believe innovation is important during a time of crisis like the current pandemic.

On this episode, Colin sits down with California's acting CISO Vitaliy Panych, Washington state CISO Vinod Brahmapuram and Tenable's Allan Wong to talk about cybersecurity. This episode is brought to you by Tenable.

On this episode of Priorities, Colin sits down with Indiana CIO Tracy Barnes and North Carolina CIO Tracy Doaks. Jake Williams also chats with Cisco's Gary DePreta about the remote workforce. This episode is sponsored by Cisco.

On this episode of Priorities, Colin sits down with interim Texas CIO John Hoffman, Arizona CIO J.R. Sloan and AppDynamics' Matt Smith to talk about digital government. This episode is brought to you by AppDynamics.

Collaborative initiatives among state and local governments, aided by industry partners, are increasing agencies' ability to combat cyberthreats, according to a veteran IT expert. The growing level of cooperation reflects, in part, a shared need to overcome continuing shortages in technology workers — and cybersecurity expertise in particular. By joining forces, state and local IT leaders are also...

On this episode of GIS Addressed, Jake sits down with Montana GIS Coordinator Erin Fashoway and Atlantic's Kimberly Denney to talk about diversity in GIS and specifically NSGIC's GeoWomen program.

State and local agencies can make it easier and safer for their employees to work remotely, with identity and access solutions that validate the security of devices connecting to the network. Increasing the degree of visibility on how remote devices are configured will go a long way to reduce network risks, especially for those who may need to use their own devices, say security experts. Sponsored...