Industry Insight

Assistive AI can revolutionize public safety collaboration

Cloud-based collaboration supported by artificial intelligence can generate the insights that help multiple agencies operate efficiently across routine and major incidents.

  • By Kalyn Sims

3 applications driving 5G in public safety

5G’s network capacity, internet-of-things support and low latency will power the emerging technologies responders have been waiting for.

  • By Thomas Rehberg

How agencies can help constituents find accurate information quicker

COMMENTARY | With AI-enabled answer engines, users can ask complete questions and get the correct answer regardless of how they phrase the question.

  • By John Reuter

A new federal program looks to connect smart buildings with smart policy

COMMENTARY | Buildings drive a third of the nation’s emissions. Smart buildings can change that with the right policies and programs in place.

  • By Bentham Paulos and Elizabeth Stuart

Long-term digital solutions can offset workforce shortage gaps

COMMENTARY | User-friendly technology platforms can help under-resourced agencies decrease their administrative burden and attract digital-savvy employees.

  • By Bob Ainsbury

How blockchain can improve digital evidence collection and collaboration

Blockchain offers an immutable chain of custody that guarantees data integrity, prevents fraud and provides a transparent, auditable system of record for digital assets related to investigations.

  • By Kevin Doubleday and Buck Flannigan

Tech layoffs have opened the door for IT talent. Now governments must close the deal.

COMMENTARY | Human capital management solutions can improve candidate experience and help agencies streamline the hiring and onboarding processes.

  • By Stefan El-Loubani

Work with what you’ve got: Accelerating zero trust deployments

COMMENTARY | Because zero trust is founded on cybersecurity tenets like segmentation and identity management, state and local governments can adopt the strategy quickly and effectively.

  • By Jim Richberg

Building scalable, cost-effective application security

COMMENTARY | Automated scanning and remediation platforms can identify, fix and prevent security gaps and vulnerabilities at the software application and development levels.

  • By Mark Townsend

Understanding why government automation projects fail

COMMENTARY | A deep, data-driven analysis of workflows will give agencies a true, accurate and unbiased picture of actual operations and show where automation can streamline processes.

  • By Brian Hettinger

Getting started with targeted public health interventions

COMMENTARY | Data sharing that supports more granular analysis into the social factors that drive health inequities will help public health agencies offer targeted interventions to address them.

  • By Sarah Samis

How states can prepare for the rise of cryptocurrency

COMMENTARY | By clarifying crypto tax requirements and thinking longer term about blockchain use cases, states can be ready for the distributed, decentralized internet.

  • By Nathan Jones

How fleet management can boost overall data security and integrity

COMMENTARY | Cloud-based fleet management can provide actionable insights into productivity-related metrics, expenses and asset ROI.

  • By Rachael Plant

From silos to seamless: How state governments deliver personalized services

COMMENTARY | By harnessing existing data, agencies can deliver best-in-class experiences that enable residents to get the most out of their government interactions.

  • By Robert Knapp
Featured eBooks

The future of identity is reusable and distributed

New distributed digital identity solutions give users greater control over their personal information and ensure much needed services reach the people they're intended to help.

  • By Mike Engle

3 ways governments can regain citizens’ trust

Transparency, efficiency and accountability are the key ingredients to rebuilding confidence.

  • By Rajiv Desai

Ransomware attacks may be tough to stop, but here’s how to recover

Agencies must deploy forward-thinking, proactive data protection plans that are adaptable to constantly changing operational conditions.

  • By Gil Vega

Defense against file-based malware

Content disarm and reconstruction technology essentially shifts the focus from file-based malware detection to prevention by applying a zero-trust framework to data.

  • By Dan Turner

The front lines of government cybersecurity defense

Because employees can be an agency's weakest link or strongest cyber advocate, repeated emphasis on cyber risks and mitigation practices helps build a culture of cybersecurity.

  • By Karen S. Evans

Open-source intelligence: The new frontier of digital investigations

End-to-end open source intelligence solutions that can automatically collect, analyze and structure information in a user-friendly way can help investigators get actionable insights from mountains of online data.

  • By Yossi Ofek

Harnessing data can help cities reduce homelessness

By leaning into digital and focusing on unlocking their data, governments can more easily connect individuals with the resources that keep them from sliding into homelessness.

  • By Andrea Danes