Tornadoes and floods. Terror attacks and active shooters. Infrastructure failures, major cybersecurity breaches and public health outbreaks. No one knows when a major emergency is going to strike – but odds are that it will. According to an ICMA report, 76% of local governments have responded to a major disaster in the past 15 years. […]
Ransomware attacks are projected to occur every 14 seconds by the end of 2019, and government agencies remain a prime target for cyberattacks. 95% of CIOs expect cybersecurity threats to increase and impact their organizations in 2019. Is your agency prepared?
According to the UN, two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050. North America is currently the most urbanized region in the world, with 82% of the population living in urban areas. Globally, there are 33 megacities with over 10 million residents, and that number is expected to jump to […]
When government agency assets are not proactively managed, it just takes one infrastructure issue for a situation to escalate. Downed powerlines are credited for igniting the catastrophic California wildfires in 2017 that killed 46 people and caused upwards of hundreds of millions of dollars in damage – 10,800 homes and buildings destroyed and 1.2 million […]
The Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) is one of the largest suppliers of geographic information system (GIS) software to organizations around the globe. Esri provides a critically important service because location intelligence is everything when it comes to running a community, city or county successfully. Many of the functions within local government and public […]
4 in 10 citizens are still not satisfied with digital services from government. What is your agency doing to improve? The Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved our expectations of the world around us. From personal assistants in our kitchens alerting us when to reorder groceries to video cameras pinging us when someone rings the […]
About one in ten U.S. counties grew in the fiscal year that ended last June 2018, according to the Wall Street Journal. That means more people are driving on your roads, paying taxes and utility bills, using public services and expecting even more from the government that serves them. Does your agency have a plan […]
Governments are running headlong toward big tech. Gartner research recently revealed that 18 percent of CIOs across all levels of government consider investing in technology and other digital initiatives as the number one priority for 2019. Survey data showed that governments are making deliberate progress toward designing and delivering digital services that will help improve […]
In 2000, the United States population was roughly 282 million. In 2019, it’s almost 329 million. As populations grow, so must the ability of local governments to serve them. In order for a local government agency to do so successfully, it must have the capability and room to develop better systems and services in response […]
The permitting process is notorious for inducing headaches in citizens and government employees alike. It can be long, slow and aggravating. But it’s also completely necessary, as permits are required for just about everything these days. Whether it’s building a fence, installing a new water heater, adding on a garage, a new roof, new parking […]
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