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AI fatigue

This blog is a repost from route-fifty.com. As if out of nowhere, artificial intelligence is everywhere and found in everything. It is in all our electronics, from the latest laptop and software offerings to cars, washing machines and smart robotic vacuum cleaners....

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CrowdStrike Debacle Underlines Single Point of Failure Risk

This blog is a repost from route-fifty.com. COMMENTARY | As our dependency on technology and energy increases, state and local leaders need to take a hard look at their disaster recovery and business plans. At the height of the summer travel season last month,...

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AI and the power of intelligent voice

This blog is a repost from route-fifty.com. COMMENTARY: The new category in artificial intelligence, conversational AI, has governments captivated. Here are some of the ways they are thinking of using AI-powered voice communications. In its day, the company Voice...

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Identifying and mitigating third-party IT risks

This blog is a repost from route-fifty.com. COMMENTARY: Transparency, accountability and collaboration with vendors can help agencies reduce the risks associated with third-party contracting. Having just started a new job as chief technology officer at a well-run...

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Local Governments Are Developing Early AI Use Cases, CIOs Say

This blog is a repost from statetechmagazine.com. A Public Technology Institute conference panel expressed concerns about employee skills and funding. Local government CIOs agreed that artificial intelligence has great potential for staff augmentation but noted that...

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A glimpse at the ‘human-machine partnership’

This blog is a repost from route-fifty.com. Lots has been said about the ways in which artificial intelligence may augment employees’ work. But first, local governments will need to successfully manage the learning curve. When Tempe, Arizona, released its policy last...

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State and Local CIOs Expect AI to Benefit Digital Services

This blog is a repost from State Tech Magazine. Artificial intelligence is very much top of mind for state and local government CIOs, and they may well examine how AI can accelerate digital services for citizens, note the National Association of State Chief...

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Overcoming CIO irrelevance

This blog is a repost from American City & County. Being the leader of the IT organization has never been easy, whether one’s title is director of information services or chief information officer (CIO). Some senior managers have come to question the relevancy of the...

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2023 Local Government Cybersecurity National Survey

Local officials have spent the past year digesting the details of the federal government’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP). In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing $374.9 million to address cybersecurity...

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)—Project or Program?

This blog is a repost from American City & Country Written by Dr. Alan R. Shark. To anyone outside of tech, the term ERP might suggest something akin to ESP—extra sensory perception. Whether ERP is a noun, verb or adjective, the acronym represents an arduous but...

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2023 State of City and County IT National Survey

By PTI - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - This is the 10th year that the Public Technology Institute (PTI) has conducted the State of City and County IT National Survey. Every year, including 2023, cybersecurity/data loss prevention has ranked as the number one priority for local...

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Cybersecurity and Elected Leaders

By PTI - HOW A RANSOMWARE ATTACK IMPACTS YOU - Local governments are prime targets for a ransomware attack. Every day your government’s IT systems are probed by individuals and organizations looking for a weakness, an opportunity to gain entry to your computer systems...

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Zero trust is a great strategy but a terrible name

This blog is a repost from American City & Country Written by Dr. Alan R. Shark The monthly town hall meeting was going well until they got to the agenda item called “zero trust.” What was to be a routine request for additional funding to implement a zero-trust...

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