Zoom’s unified video communications platform expanded civic engagement. But state CIOs also discovered how it helps them pursue their ‘Top 10 IT Priorities.’

Government, court and community officials are seeing how video communications became a catalyst for rethinking citizen engagement.

A grant program for state, local and tribal agencies will disperse $44.5 million in federal funding for telecommunications projects. But the deadline is June 4.

After the meeting capped at 500 participants, commissioners scrambled for a solution for nearly an hour before Zoom provided an emergency license upgrade.