Shifting to cloud services has brought new resiliency to state and local governments’ IT operations, making essential systems location-agnostic and enabling far more affordable continuity-of-operations planning. Cloud comes with risks of its own, however, and data protection in particular can vary widely. To ensure real resiliency, government agencies must choose and configure their services carefully, and craft a cross-service strategy...

As the global pandemic continues and countries wait for a vaccine, estimates about when federal employees will return to their offices in force range from Summer 2021 to Never. Many organizations have discovered the advantages of telework and now plan on expanding its use, even when there is not a snowstorm or health crisis. Although some jobs require on-site personnel, the Office of Personnel Management said that 42% of federal employees are...

Innovations in “fintech” could impact everything from regulatory compliance to financial inclusion. It is vital that financial-sector agencies take the plunge and champion modernization efforts that introduce new tools to improve capabilities and efficiencies. Financial services and systems utilize critical infrastructure and large swaths of high-priority data. But how are agencies ensuring that this information remains secure and...

It’s been one year since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. In that time, state and local leaders have faced their greatest challenges to protect the health of residents while also dealing with serious economic turmoil and uncertainty of what lies ahead in a post-pandemic world. In this town hall, we will explore the grave toll the pandemic has taken and how states, cities and counties plan to move forward in a way that makes them m...

The Oracle One Federal virtual event series offers public sector agencies the opportunity to explore transformational technology innovations as they focus on 2021. These webcasts, available on-demand through August, offer real-world scenarios from government leaders along with insights from Oracle’s experts and world-class partner community.

To ensure the government can continue its critical mission during unprecedented times, it’s clear that it must modernize legacy systems, accelerate cloud adoption, strengthen cybersecurity posture, automate processes, move services online and more. But how will agencies quickly and securely make these transitions, ensuring data remains protected and citizen-facing services continue being delivered? In this first event in a year-long seri...

As both government agencies and those who wish to threaten them evolve and adapt to the prospect of long-term telework during and after the pandemic, the distributed workforce is more vulnerable to cyberattacks than ever before. Be it phishing scams or a network breach at home, telework has expanded the battlefield by which employees and the work they do can be targeted for malicious ends. As these attacks grow, it is crucial that our governme...

Does your agency’s current solution for managing finance, budget, and human resources meet the ongoing demands of ever changing regulations, technology, and workforce trends? Are you faced with aging infrastructure, disparate systems, or manual processes? With today’s scalable Cloud technology, small and medium sized local governments can take advantage of a top tier, innovative, secure, and proven platform that was previously unaf...

In an age of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news, how do we maintain, foster, and promote greater trust? It appears that nothing is off-limits; be it our elections, our courts and judicial systems, our supply chains or information technology systems. Our adversaries are learning to exploit any and all vulnerabilities in our society. What’s changed and how did we get here? And what needs to change to combat seemingly eroding tru...

In October of 2020, then-Defense Secretary Esper defined defense readiness as "our military’s ability to answer the nation’s call, and to fight and win, anytime, anywhere. … The question we must answer is this: if called upon to fight tonight, are we ready?" Ensuring that answer is "yes" demands change in every corner of the Department of Defense, and especially in the technology that will power tomorrow's military. Cybersec...