State & Local Government Technology News and Trends
StateTech Magazine explores technology issues that state and local government IT leaders and workers face when they’re evaluating and implementing technology solutions.
How to Harden Public Sector Data Centers Against Climate Risks
Data center backup and recovery have been top of mind in recent years for state and local governments, and not just because of ransomware. In April 2023, Fort Lauderdale City Hall’s basement flooded after 26 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, knocking the government’s headquarters out of commission and causing IT outages. The city subsequently made it a priority to move servers out of ...
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Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies.
Law Enforcement Agencies Follow Different Paths to Optimize …
Many local and state governments have modernized and optimized their IT infrastructure to improve government services, and that includes ensuring law enforcement agencies have access to critical resources 24/7 and can share data when required.. Government IT leaders are deploying a mix of new data center hardware, virtualization software and cloud services to improve law enforcement workflow ...
NASCIO 2024: North Carolina CIO Jim Weaver Eyes Broadband …
Jim Weaver joined the N.C. Department of Information Technology in March 2021 as secretary and CIO. NCDIT oversees IT services for the state of North Carolina and is the primary IT service provider for state government agencies.
NASCIO 2024: MyTN Boosts Registrants and Participating State …
In February 2020, Tennessee opened the doors to its MyTN application, providing its residents with integrated access to an initial eight state services through an integrated, one-stop portal.. Today, the application offers access to an estimated 78 services, and it has registered about 300,000 users to date, said Jerry Imsand, executive director of …
NASCIO 2024: Enterprise Architecture Key to Addressing Priorities
In closing the programming for the annual conference of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers recently, state CIOs emphasized the importance of enterprise architecture in achieving their goals in burgeoning IT focus areas.. Speaking to challenges outlined in “The 2024 State CIO Survey: Building Blocks of the Next Generation CIO,” state CIOs linked generative ...
IoT Supports Fire Safety and Smart Buildings in Smart Cities ...
What Are Applications of IoT for Fire Departments? There are numerous applications for IoT in the context of fire safety. Low-power wide area networks or wireless cellular networks can transmit a wide range of data from IoT sensors to aid in fire prevention and response, as Analytics Insight notes. IoT sensors can integrate with “devices such as …
State and Local Government IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2024
As cutting-edge technologies, especially artificial intelligence, charge onto the scene, leading state and local officials have collaborated closely with private sector organizations to securely, compliantly and sustainability enhance citizen experiences while modernizing the back-office functions that support them.
State and Local Organizations Assess Using AI Responsibly
A few short months ago, Microsoft added Copilot to its commercial Windows 11 operating system. Copilot, a generative artificial intelligence assistant, aims to simplify workstation tasks. With this rollout, Microsoft becomes an even bigger player in the field of emerging AI tools, and likely the single largest one for many state and local government employees.