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Despite advances in public finance, many government organizations are constrained by a persistent "manual gap" — where modern cloud systems coexist with outdated, spreadsheet-driven processes. This disconnect limits transparency, creates data silos across systems like utility billing and permitting, and forces finance leaders to rely on summarized data that obscures critical detail. The result is higher audit risk, slower reporting and diminished confidence in decision-making.

Join us to learn how the cities of Escondido, California, and Charleston, South Carolina, are shifting toward a more intelligent approach. This session will explore how public sector finance teams can move beyond the month-end scramble by adopting automated, continuous reconciliation practices that enhance visibility, strengthen internal controls and support real-time audit readiness.

You’ll find out how modernizing finance operations can eliminate single points of failure, reduce audit anxiety and empower leaders with the clarity they need to make informed, high-stakes decisions.

Federal IT isn’t standing still, and neither are the rules, priorities, and playbooks shaping it.

Shift Happens is a one-day MeriTalk forum where government and industry leaders examine what’s changing in how agencies fund, buy, secure, authorize, and scale technology – and what those shifts mean in practice.

Candid, policy-forward conversations will explore the shift in approach across AI, cybersecurity, quantum, acquisition, cloud authorization, and digital services, focusing on practical implications, implementation realities, and what comes next.