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New Research Reveals Surprising Trend for Funding Innovation
Listen to an informative discussion with Digital Communities members to learn how you can use your IT savings and efficiencies to do the new things you have been waiting to do.
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WEBINAR: Secure, Nationwide Networks for Government: New Trends in 4G/LTE Adoption and Use
Join Emergency Management and Government Technology to hear from your peers on issues and trends in the adoption and use of nationwide mobile networks.
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Continuity with Cloud Solutions
Cloud solutions provide agility, flexibility and scalability to government agencies. In an emergency situation where an agency’s infrastructure and resources are impacted, prioritization and restoration become critical elements of a disaster recovery plan. The flexibility of cloud services helps agencies make adjustments to processing capacity on demand.
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Agencies Strive for Greater Visibility into Cloud Service Options and Tradeoffs
Utah state government's migration to cloud migration to cloud based services allows officials to rethink and improve security.
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Migrating Your Applications to the Cloud
White paper: Migrating Your Applications to the Cloud: How to Overcome Challenges and Reduce the Costs
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Economic Game Changer: Powering the Next Generation Government
By the Center for Digital Government
Download this white paper to find out how realizing technology’s total economic impact can help governments develop a game-changing economic strategy to better quality of life for constituents and improve communities.
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State of Nebraska At Forefront Of Modern Communications
Learn how two of Nebraska’s key public service agencies joined forces to bridge communication gaps with a statewide interoperable communication system that improved safety and service, and increased savings.
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The interoperable microwave and MPLS communications network will be a unique achievement for the region.
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In order to make the most of cloud computing technology, organizations need to lay a solid foundation of network infrastructure.
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County of San Diego Improves Mobile Work Force
The County of San Diego is known for its beauty but the topography presents a challenge to keep technology running and workers productive. By utilizing a mobility VPN solution, local agency employees had a constant network connection that enabled them to be more productive and efficient.
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The Future of the Desktop in Government
Until recently, there was no alternative to the familiar desktop computer, and its expensive upgrades and maintenance requirements. For cash-strapped local governments, the desktop computer is quickly becoming an unsustainable option for future progress. Now, a technology known as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offers an alternative. It can be significantly more affordable than buying individual computers for every employee, and it provides similar capability. This paper shows how VDI is the future of the desktop and is a game-changer for local governments.
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The New Reality of Stealth Crimeware
Take the stealth, creativity, and patience of Stuxnet. Add the commercialism, wide distribution, and easy-to-use tool kits of Zeus. Consider that despite more than years of activity, as of May 2011, neither of these cyber criminal teams has been exposed. You now understand the recipe—and potency—of today’s malware. Start planning now. It will take more than signatures and operating system-level protections to protect your intellectual property and other assets against criminals wielding these weapons.
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Using Wireless Technology to Manage and Optimize Government Fleets: Saving Money, Generating Revenues, and Increasing Safety. The paper discusses the challenges federal, state and local government agencies currently face with their government fleets; how mobile technology can help; considerations when selecting a mobile solutions partner; and the benefits of choosing Sprint. Specifically, Frost & Sullivan highlights Sprint’s fleet expertise, its powerful networks, and advanced partnerships that work in concert to provide government fleets with the ability to: Save money, Generate new revenues, Enhance safety, Help the environment, Increase the availability and transparency of information to the public
Digital Communities Exclusive
The Best Practices Guide for Local Government
The inaugural Cities and Counties Best Practice Guide was created in direct response to the interest in collaboration and desire by the local government community to share best practices with each other, and find out how others are coping and overcoming the recent seismic shifts in the economy. Local government best practices are highlighted throughout seven major categories of service delivery, that will open the door to collaboration and spur innovation throughout the country.
Webinars
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Active Directory Disasters: Are You Prepared?
Active Directory (AD) disasters can happen – do you have a recovery plan? Join Digital Communities and Quest Software for an audio only discussion to gain insight about the types of situations that can cause failure and how you can keep your enterprise services running smoothly when an AD disaster strikes. Are you ready for that dreaded day? The day where your entire organization grinds to a halt because of some unforeseen Active Directory disaster?
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Identity and Access Management Considerations
Gain insight into enterprise identity and access management (IAM) trends and a unified approach that can simplify identity and access management before, during, and after your organization implements cloud-based services.
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Is Your Organization Able to Predict Events and Respond Quickly?
Join Government Technology and IBM for a special free webinar that will show you how an IOC can fundamentally transform the way you see and manage the systems that make up your city.
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2011 Digital Counties Winners Webinar
Digital Communities, The Center for Digital Government and Government Technology invite you to listen to this special webinar featurng the 2011 Center for Digital Government's Digital Counties Survey Winners.
White Papers
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Economic Game Changer: Powering the Next Generation Government
By the Center for Digital Government
Download this white paper to find out how realizing technology’s total economic impact can help governments develop a game-changing economic strategy to better quality of life for constituents and improve communities.
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LTE Device Management: What You Need To Know
This white paper explains how to plan for this new wave of innovative devices and how to take advantage of built-in management and security features that ease deployment and increase security.
Digital Communities Exclusive
The Future of the Desktop in Government
Until recently, there was no alternative to the familiar desktop computer, and its expensive upgrades and maintenance requirements. For cash-strapped local governments, the desktop computer is quickly becoming an unsustainable option for future progress. Now, a technology known as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offers an alternative. It can be significantly more affordable than buying individual computers for every employee, and it provides similar capability. This paper shows how VDI is the future of the desktop and is a game-changer for local governments.
Digital Communities Exclusive
CIOs Redefine Local Government and Industry Relations
Based off of discussions of the Digital Communities Large Jurisdiction Chief Information Officer (CIO) Working Group, this white paper aims to answer the question, "In today's economic, political and business environment, what constitutes a successful relationship between government and industry?" Cause for Optimism identifies and clarifies the issues that separate government and industry, and begins to find an answer to the question necessary for both to enjoy a successful and prosperous future.
Best Practices and Case Studies
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Living in a Smart City: Chattanooga, TN
The only one Gigabit broadband service in the United States for residential and business customers is now available citywide in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Let's meet people who live and work in one of the smartest city: what services do they embrace today, what is their vision for the future, and what kind of culture do they think makes this all possible and what's their definition of a smart city.
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Creating Your Smart Grid: A How-To Guide
The smart grid promises to bring unprecedented opportunities for both utilities and consumers, improving safety, reliability, efficiency and security. The latest communications technologies will greatly improve awareness of grid conditions – in real time – for better control, management and decision-making.
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WHITEPAPER: D Block Spectrum Act and the FirstNet Broadband Network. What does it all mean?
On Feb 22, 2012, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 was enacted into law. This law will ensure the establishment of a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network in every state and territory in the U.S. Learn about the new law and what you can do to prepare for it now.
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Continuity with Cloud Solutions
Cloud solutions provide agility, flexibility and scalability to government agencies. In an emergency situation where an agency’s infrastructure and resources are impacted, prioritization and restoration become critical elements of a disaster recovery plan. The flexibility of cloud services helps agencies make adjustments to processing capacity on demand.
Books
GOVERNING Management Series
The house of government is broken, and it needs a serious makeover from top to bottom. In his latest book, management expert Ken Miller discusses how the processes of state and local government became so complicated and inefficient – and how to start cleaning up the mess. This book reveals the tips, strategies and hiding-in-plain-sight secrets for making government work better.
GOVERNING Management Series
Written for middle- and senior-level managers in state, city and county government, We Don’t Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep Government from Radically Improving explodes the myths that prevent dramatic improvement in government operations. If you’re interested in a new way of thinking about what you do, who you do it for and why you do it, this book — part of the Governing Management Series — is for you. Read it and manage with the best!
GOVERNING Management Series
Now available: a new, updated edition of the book that started it all — in government, anyway. Nearly a decade ago, the first edition of Measuring Up took an irreverent, entertaining approach to introducing public managers to a management tool with staying power: performance measurement. The new edition provides the same clear introduction to linking resources and results, while showing how managers, executives and policymakers at every level of government are putting the techniques to use to improve services across the board.
GOVERNING Management Series
Good Press, Bad Press, De-Pressed
The latest book in the Governing Management Series is a roadmap for public officials who want to do a better job of dealing with the media in all its forms, from getting the word out when good things happen to avoiding becoming media roadkill when something bad happens. Author Jonathan Walters is in a unique position to help public officials understand how the press works and how to cope with it: In addition to being a veteran journalist, he is also a public official. And he brings the same irreverent approach to De-Pressed that made his Measuring Up books best-sellers.
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Featured White Papers & Reports
The Future of the Desktop in GovernmentUntil recently, there was no alternative to the familiar desktop computer, and its expensive upgrades and maintenance requirements. For cash-strapped local governments, the desktop computer is quickly becoming an unsustainable option for future progress. Now, a technology known as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offers an alternative. It can be significantly more affordable than buying individual computers for every employee, and it provides similar capability. This paper shows how VDI is the future of the desktop and is a game-changer for local governments.
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