Shelby Switzer, director of Baltimore’s Digital Services Team (City of Baltimore) Baltimore’s new digital services director hopes to shift mindsets on tech’s role Baltimore's new digital services director talks about their hopes for changing mindsets on tech's role in city government. Jan 17, 2023 By Keely Quinlan
Priorities Podcast Minnesota’s Farmlink app bridges generations of farmers On the Priorities podcast, two Minnesota IT leaders outline their project to modernize an outdated social app for farmers. 5 days ago By StateScoop Staff
Tennessee Chief Information Officer Stephanie Dedmon addresses the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ midyear conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 2, 2023. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group) New NASCIO report examines 20 years of progress in digital government “Despite the progress we’ve made in 22 years, there is still more work to be done to realize the vision that so many state CIOs hold for… Sep 26, 2023 By Skylar Rispens
(Office of Gov. Josh Shapiro) Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro shares Community phone number Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is inviting the public to send him text messages after announcing a new phone number offered through Community. Sep 15, 2023 By Keely Quinlan
Priorities Podcast Governments can build trust with digital services, firm says On the Priorities podcast, the vice president of research at CivicPlus explains the latest research on building trust with digital services. Sep 14, 2023 By StateScoop Staff
Sponsored Driving innovation for emergency preparedness How Cal Fire harnesses AI and advanced technologies to protect lives and property in the face of natural disasters. Sep 14, 2023 By Scoop News Group
(Getty Images) CISA announces free security scans for public water utilities The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hopes to slash the number of vulnerabilities at critical infrastructure facilities. Sep 13, 2023 By Sophia Fox-Sowell
(Code for America) Code for America union agrees to new severance agreement after layoffs Union leaders for the civic tech nonprofit Code For America say they're celebrating a new tentative severance agreement. Sep 13, 2023 By Skylar Rispens
(Getty Images) Digital services key to boosting trust in local government, report finds A new report found that local governments that provide digital services and are transparent with their operations are more trusted. Sep 12, 2023 By Keely Quinlan
(Pepi Stojanovski / Unsplash) U.S. Digital Response calls for federal grant ‘Common App’ In a new report, the civic-tech nonprofit called for the development of a standard common application to all federal grants. Aug 29, 2023 By Keely Quinlan
Katie Savage speaks at CyberTalks 2022 in Washington. (Pepe Gomez / PixelMe Studio / Scoop News Group) Maryland building a ‘better digital backbone’ with 5 new tech hires With five new tech leads and a new digital experience office, Maryland's IT chief said she hopes to bring focus to the state's transformation efforts. Aug 16, 2023 By Keely Quinlan