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Explore the October 2024 content offerings below.
New Book from Dr. Alan Shark:
Artificial Intelligence – A Primer for State and Local Governments: Everything You Need to Know Since Yesterday
This primer was designed to serve as a comprehensive guide for state and local government officials, employees, and policymakers seeking to understand and leverage AI’s potential. We delve into the core concepts of AI technology, exploring its various applications within the government sector. Practical examples highlight how AI is already utilized to address real-world challenges municipalities and state agencies face.
PODCASTS & INTERVIEWS
Sharkbytes: Season 4: Episode 32: Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Part 2: Telling the Story of Your Organization’s Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Part 2: Telling the Story of Your Organization's Cybersecurity
From Public Technology Institute…
The Real Problem with Cybersecurity Awareness Month
This blog is a repost from nigp.org. Every October, we are reminded of the importance of cybersecurity awareness and the need to be ever vigilant. Cybercriminals are becoming more ingenious, requiring our utmost attention. Fancy phrases like “don’t be too quick to...
GOVERNMENT NEWS
Backup and Recovery Systems Augment Government Cyber Resilience
News content provided by statetechmagazine.com
State and local officials orchestrate multiple levels of defense for ransomware and other threats.
Small-Town Tech: How Modest Municipalities Do More with Less
News content provided by statetechmagazine.com
Cities and towns with smaller populations have unique ways of working around workforce gaps to take advantage of modernized IT.
Mapping Minnesota’s Future – A Commitment to Sustainability and Equity
News content provided by MNIT Blog
Governor Tim Walz recently addressed the Esri User Conference, highlighting Minnesota’s commitment to sustainable development, social equity, and the power of data-driven governance. His speech underscored the critical role of geospatial technology in shaping a future that prioritizes environmental protection and social justice.
Governments often struggle with massive new IT projects
News content provided by route-fifty.com
Culture, bureaucracy and serving a broad patchwork of agencies can make a comprehensive technology update a challenge, experts say.
Edge Computing in Local Government: Balancing Speed and Practicality
News content provided by statetechmagazine.com
Cities are made smarter by edge computing, but they’re made smarter in other ways too. It’s important to be strategic at the network’s edge.
Indiana’s new AI projects advertise importance of data quality
News content provided by statescoop.com
Indiana Chief Information Officer Tracy Barnes said the recent interest in AI finally gives technology leaders a chance to clean their data.
Columbus, Ohio, mayor says July cyberattack will ‘cost the city millions’
News content provided by statescoop.com
Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Andrew Ginther said the recent cyberattack against the city will cost millions of dollars to recover from.
CISA publishes cybersecurity checklist ahead of November election
News content provided by statescoop.com
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a checklist for election offices shoring up their offices ahead of the presidential election.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
What Have We Learned From the July 2024 CrowdStrike Disruption? Kicking Off Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Oct 1, 2024, 1:00 PM CST
Effective IT leaders use every negative technology incident as an opportunity to learn from and to strengthen their technology infrastructure and cyber practices. This is especially true when it comes to a major incident, like July’s CrowdStrike tech disruption that impacted thousands of individuals, organizations, and our transportation and networking systems.
The CrowdStrike disruption brought to national attention the fear of every technology leader: A single point of failure. During this discussion, we will explore some of the lessons learned from July’s disruption, to include how to avoid over-dependence on one vendor, and the importance of cyber collaboration, prioritization, communication, disaster recovery and continuity of business operations.
Discussion Participants:
Alan Shark, Executive Director, PTI
Nikki Milburn, CISO, Franklin County, Ohio
Ryon Saenz, Deputy Director, Information Technology Services, Alexandria, Virginia
Samantha Sendrowski, Director of IT Administration, City of Worcester, Massachusetts
Telling the Story of Your Organization’s Cybersecurity Strategy
Oct 23, 2024, 2:00 PM CST
With new security threats emerging, technologies being used in new or different ways to not only attack our cyber infrastructure but spread disinformation, it is imperative to show progression of your organization’s cyber strategy, to include the development of existing capabilities.
What is the story you want to tell and how can you tell it effectively within your organization?
How are you collaborating with other agencies in your organization? With neighboring communities?
Are you utilizing table top exercises to test and ultimately improve processes and the identification of critical systems and priorities?
How are you communicating with elected leaders about cyber threats, and perhaps most important, what is working and what is needed?
PublicTech JOB BOARD
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
CGCIO™ – Certified Government Chief Information Officer
A 12-month course for public sector CIOs, IT executives and practitioners that addresses the technology leadership and management challenges impacting the local government IT community. Presented with Rutgers University Center for Government Services.
CGDSP – Certified Government Digital Services Professional
A self-paced, online course for today’s government web manager who is transforming from serving as a technical resource to becoming a professional digital communications manager. Presented with Rutgers University Center for Government Services.
EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
NASCIO Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA, Sept 29 – Oct 2, 2024
Register by September 23
No exhibits or demos. NASCIO conferences are educational and networking based; they do not include an exhibit hall, trade show or demo times so that attendees may focus on discussing issues facing the field of information technology in state government.
GOVIT Leadership Summit & Symposium
Minneapolis, MN, November 19-21, 2024
New Format, New Location, New Content & Expanded Audience!
We are excited to announce a new chapter for the nation’s longest-running government technology conference. The Government IT Leadership Summit & Symposium, produced and hosted by the Public Technology Institute, combines two legacy events into one unique and not to be missed event for government technology leaders and their teams. Join us!