At a National Association of Counties conference, IT leaders shared the benefits and challenges of municipally owned fiberoptic networks.

Speakers at a county leaders conference also urged IT officials to find people in their own organizations who are equally serious about cybersecurity.

Mecklenberg County recovered without paying the ransom, but cyberattacks are evolving and ransomware is so last year, officials said at a D.C. cybersecurity conference.

Some county government technology leaders say millennials are a great asset to their changing work environments. Others remain cautious.

A new partnership to bring more advanced tech programming to local officials is "more than just the shaking of hands."

The former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore said a major impetus behind his presidential run was to bring county-style leadership to the federal government.

Working with IBM’s Watson, Miami-Dade County’s water and sewer departments have developed and are rolling out smart chat bots to help citizens on city websites.

Government IT systems are under rising attack from ransomware threats, security experts told executives at the National Association of Counties conference.

During a nearly four-hour brainstorm, county chief information officers, industry experts and representatives from the state information technology community discussed issues facing government IT officials.