Governments are turning to hybrid cloud to meet some of today’s most pressing challenges, and it’s working. Agencies nationwide have made major improvements to mission-critical operations like public service delivery and emergency response as a result of hybrid cloud adoption. But to ensure continued success, governments need hybrid cloud strategies that address cloud costs. As agencies embrace the efficiencies that come with cloud...

Budget leaders serving state and local governments and school districts face more demands than ever. In addition to creating efficiencies in performance and ensuring financial compliance, budget leaders are tasked with: Providing increased levels of transparency Meeting non-financial goals around priorities like equity Legacy budgeting approaches fall short of helping organizations meet these new demands. To meet this moment, budget leaders ar...

Open and timely communication between government and constituents is critical to community success. Whether for planning budgets, measuring program impact or enhancing emergency response, a dedicated public participation platform is the best way to identify and address community needs. Community engagement software can help agencies create a central database to personalize communications for hard-to-reach residents. And purpose-built reporting...

The road to an efficient and effective cloud system has never been an easy one — and now that road often passes through multiple providers as more agencies adopt a multicloud strategy. While leaders continue to turn to the cloud, technologists are falling behind when it comes to learning new cloud technologies. The gap between what leaders want and what technologists can execute creates foundational obstacles to multicloud success. Learn...

Most undergraduate and graduate students’ academic trajectories will feature prominent online components by 2023, according to chief online officers responding to the 2022 Changing Landscape of Online Education survey. These officials also note that neither exclusively face-to-face nor online learning will dominate – instead, most students will take courses based in classrooms with significant digital components or classes delivere...

IT Leadership Forums bring together current and emerging senior-level technology leaders and the partners that serve them. These invitation-only events provide a space for leaders to collaborate and address the most important policy, management and leadership issues surrounding the future of digital government. Contact us if you’d like to join the conversation! This is an invitation-only event, open to Public Sector only. For more inform...

Open to Private Sector only. We’re going live again! The #1 market briefing event on the state and local government IT market: Beyond the Beltway 2023! The Center for Digital Government’s IT market analysts and key government leaders share insights into state and local business and technology priorities. This event will pinpoint opportunities to help you fine-tune your business strategies while validating your sales and marketing a...

The California Public Sector CIO Academy is the premier event for senior level technology leaders and upcoming leaders. The purpose of this invitation-only event is to foster discussion and dialogue on what it means to be a successful IT executive in the public sector and to provide tools and strategies to assist current and emerging leaders. This event is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for government and industry to collaborate and address the m...

It’s that time again to work with counties across the country to share the innovative work you all do! The Center for Digital Government’s Digital Counties Survey allows county information technology organizations to highlight the great work being done, benchmark with their peers and identify future trends. This year’s survey will inquire about current challenges, ongoing and emerging priorities, and the evolving and changin...

Navigating building permitting processes can be a challenge for both governments and constituents. There are digital solutions available that can help government agencies provide an effortless way for residents and contractors to submit, review and pay for permits, but deploying these solutions can be complex. Government Technology is bringing together industry experts for a panel discussion on how they worked through the complexity and succe...