After the most tumultuous school year in history, education systems –K-12 schools as well as colleges and universities – still face tremendous uncertainties in the months ahead. But one thing is for sure: remote or hybrid learning will be present in education from now on. It’s time for schools to develop a long-term strategy that reshapes IT infrastructure and solutions to better enable remote or hybrid learning. It means emb...

When the city of Ocala, Fla., took the unusual step of turning its electric utility’s fiber-optic network into a municipal broadband service, city leaders had no idea how vital those high-speed Internet connections would become during a pandemic. Join Government Technology and leaders from Ocala on June 30th to hear how the city’s municipal broadband network delivered more than enough bandwidth to support telemedicine, distance lea...

Gaining real-time visualization and situational awareness is critical for public safety organizations to make informed decisions. Like many agencies, the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) struggled to access and interpret non-stop information that was coming from more than two dozen unique data systems. APD deployed a cloud-based situational awareness platform to secure, enrich and connect its most important data sources and power its strate...

Open to Public Sector only. Government Technology's passion is promoting best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector – more important than ever in challenging times like these. The Virtual Digital Government Summit offers a unique opportunity to explore a variety of technology topics and possibilities. Please join us for a day of powerful sessions that provide inspiration, participation, education, and thought-provocation...

Today’s headlines are filled with reports of increasingly sophisticated and disruptive cybercrime. Government agencies have become primary targets for ransomware attacks that lock up vital systems and data. A new wave of supply chain exploits presents serious threats to public sector organizations that rely on growing numbers of partners and service providers to perform their missions. And, of course, many state and local jurisdictions f...

School districts across the country are working hard to transform public education, improve student achievement and become strategic drivers for change. Innovation, however, must take root beyond the classroom. Leveraging modern technology for business and operational processes can yield significant efficiencies so that school districts can focus scarce resources on the educational mission instead of administration. Join the Center for Digital...

During this four-part Master Class series, you will be joining Government Technology and Tanium to learn how to develop and deploy a future-proof cybersecurity strategy in state and local government. In this first session, Center for Digital Government Senior Fellow Deb Snyder and Tanium CISO Chris Hallenbeck will discuss the current cybersecurity national landscape and how to get started down the path of building a more robust cyber defense....

Open to Public Sector only. Government Technology's passion is promoting best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector – more important than ever in challenging times like these. The Virtual Digital Government Summit offers a unique opportunity to explore a variety of technology topics and possibilities. Please join us for a day of powerful sessions that provide inspiration, participation, education, and thought-provocation...

State and local governments face increasing cybersecurity incidents and many of them have challenges around disaster recovery. Ideally, IT teams should test recovery and backup systems regularly but become infrequent since processes are so laborious and time intensive. This leads to security gaps, the potential for significant data loss, and financial hardship if the agency falls victim to a ransomware attack or other cybersecurity incident. M...

Open to Public Sector only. Government Technology's passion is promoting best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector – more important than ever in challenging times like these. The Virtual Digital Government Summit offers a unique opportunity to explore a variety of technology topics and possibilities. Please join us for a day of powerful sessions that provide inspiration, participation, education, and thought-provocation...