it infrastructure

Microsoft unveils OpenAI service for government customers

Microsoft is opening up its commercial generative AI technology to public sector customers and partners.

  • By Frank Konkel

State scales up cloud workforce with free training for agency employees

Any employee at a Georgia state agency making the transition to cloud can now take an eight-week course through the Technical College System of Georgia and improve their cloud skills.

  • By Chris Teale

Lessons from ‘Star Trek: Picard’ – a cybersecurity expert explains how a sci-fi series illuminates today’s threats

Centrally administered systems offer cost savings and advanced capabilities, but could expose Earth-bound organizations to potential risks and vulnerabilities when used without proper precautions.

  • By Richard Forno, The Conversation

NASCIO’s game plan for enterprise portfolio management

The association’s playbook will help CIOs assess their current tech portfolio and determine how well the IT aligns with and supports financial, business and government values and goals.

  • By Susan Miller

State health data sharing limited by access to broadband, staff and funds

While some states have made strides advancing their health information exchanges, obstacles remain, especially for small and rural providers, according to the Government Accountability Office.

  • By Kaitlyn Levinson

Risk management through resilient technology

Resilient technology creates a more stable IT environment that saves money, increases cybersecurity and requires fewer resources to support it, a new report says.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

CISA releases updated guidance for zero trust security architectures

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is encouraging increased automation and enhanced security for access controls in its latest roadmap for agencies and organizations working to achieve zero trust.

  • By Chris Riotta

2 factors make shifts to remote work successful

Well-coordinated IT and HR systems can ensure remote work has no effect on staff workflow quantity or quality, a recent study shows.

  • By Pate McCuien, Futurity

Demand heats up for grants management solutions

With state and local entities having to track extraordinary numbers of grants, thanks to unprecedented amounts of pandemic-related federal funding, the search for software that can simplify grants management is on.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

CDC technology office plans roadmap for public health data interoperability

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance and Technology is aiming to expand public health data sharing and nationwide health equity over the next two years.

  • By Chris Riotta

How mainframe as a service eased end-of-life transitions

The cloud-based model allowed two Florida agencies time to better plan their systems modernization.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

States sketch out roadmaps for zero trust ‘journey’

As states experiment with zero trust, they are working out technologies, governance and procedures for securing IT infrastructure.

  • By Chris Teale

State looks to ‘unconventional’ tactics to find talent

The Indiana Office of Technology eliminated degree requirements for most jobs in 2019, and now it uses a work-based learning apprenticeship program to reskill employees keen to learn IT.

  • By Chris Teale

State details how agencies must apply TikTok ban

The Texas plan requires agencies to ban employees and contractors from downloading the app and other prohibited tech on connected state devices, identify areas where sensitive information could be exposed and implement network-based restrictions.

  • By Chris Teale
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4 reasons it's time to reassess your cloud architecture

COMMENTARY | Agencies should be sure their hybrid cloud strategies address future costs as well as performance, security and skills requirements.

  • By Larry Frazier

Report: 6 keys for successful government crisis contact centers

When natural disasters or emergencies arise, agencies must be able to respond effectively to public inquiry, and technology is key.

  • By Frank Konkel

Counties to field red team pen testers

The Atlanta Regional Commission wants help conducting penetration tests on local county IT systems.

  • By Susan Miller

Why cloud is a budget breaker

Misunderstandings about cloud security, scalability and storage has led to the vast majority of enterprises spending much more than anticipated, a new survey finds.

  • By Susan Miller

How to keep a complex cloud and on-prem ecosystem on track

Keeping to a true north, taking an open or closed approach and managing the change will help keep modernization projects under control, state and local CIOs advise.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz