How the Cloud Powers Consolidation With Data Lakes, Data Hubs

For a growing number of agencies, cloud computing provides the elasticity and scale needed to correctly consolidate data.

The Long Road to Modern Payment Processing

State and local governments are trapped in the past by a mix of compliance, monetary and resource constraints when it comes to payment processing.

Gaining Insights into Your Employee-Initiated Spending

Employee-initiated spending involves any purchase an employee makes on an agency’s behalf without a traditional purchase order process.

Modernizing the Citizen Experience

Governments can catch up to the private sector by modernizing their online services, web presence and communications strategies.

Informed Decision-Making Leads to Smart Infrastructure Investments

Communities need to learn to think GIS first to drive long-term decision-making and planning by implementing data-driven decisions and collaboration with geodesign.

Taking the Right Cloud Journey for You

Cloud isn’t one-size-fits-all for governments. State and local agencies, for example, often have distinct budgets, needs and workforces.

How the Right Chatbot Can Streamline Your Procurement Process

When creating a procurement chatbot (or any chatbot, for that matter), you need to have specific end goals in mind. We had three main goals for our IT procurement chatbot, PAIGE, that was designed to streamline the procurement process for state and local governments.

What to Consider When Innovating Your IT

Everywhere you look, government agencies are juggling a number of IT modernization initiatives. Introducing new technology is exciting and leads to better services for constituents, but it can also be extremely challenging to implement for many reasons.

Big Data Comes With Big Promises, Untapped Potential

Governments of all sizes have created data and analytics departments to assess what they have, coordinate communication between agencies and report stories that the numbers show.

Strengthening Security Through State and Local Partnerships

This article is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent report titled “Your Guide to Key Advancements in Government Cybersecurity.” Download the full report here. A cyberthreat against one is a cyberthreat against all, especially for state and local governments. They are increasingly uniting against their common enemies to boost their mutual cybersecurity postures. And the foes areRead… Read more »