Budget & Finance

Enhancing the Tablet Experience in Federal Government

June 18, 2013 - Find out how peripheral keyboards can bring added functionality to tablet operations at minimal extra cost, helping federal government users operate more efficiently and productively than ever before.

Top Strategies for Government Enterprise Mobility

June 3, 2013 - Mobility isn't a one-off pilot project or a string of siloed initiatives. It's a mindset and it requires comprehensive, strategic planning to succeed. Find out how to move from mobility rollouts to results in this Center for Digital Government/Public CIO Special Report.

The Ongoing Fight Against Fraud

May 23, 2013 - Discover how governments are improving efficiency and fighting fraud through the use of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software.

New York City Wants to Open its Checkbook (App)

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - The comptroller wants to give software behind its transparency site to other state and local governments, which he hopes will create a community of users that constantly adds improvements and develops new features.

Government-to-Government IT Services: What Works and What's Left to Work Out

May 17, 2013 - This paper offers some best practices for shared government-to-government services, but also points out challenges that government and industry still must overcome before this model gains widespread adoption.

Secure Mobile Productivity

May 9, 2013 - Government Technology surveyed state and local government IT professionals to gather their perspective and ideas on the topic of workplace mobility and productivity.

Engaging the Connected Citizen

May 3, 2013 - Discover how to utilize social media, mobile apps and new website capabilities to effectively engage your citizenry.

Modernization as a Service: Acquiring IT through Innovative Procurement

April 29, 2013 - To capitalize on innovative technologies and spend “smarter,” state and local agencies are looking to the cloud, consolidation and virtualization. As a way to accomplish this, they are shifting some IT expenditures to monthly or recurring services rather than treating them as fixed hardware costs. While IT funding continues to become elusive, extended payment plans enable agencies to acquire IT goods and services with less upfront investment and negotiable payment terms, often leveraging operational expenditure (opex) funds to realize a rapid and demonstrable return on investment.

States Expand Lotteries, Online Gambling

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - All but six states offer lotteries for citizens, and many states are also looking to make money with online games.

Study: Citizen Budgeting Related to Better Outcomes

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Inviting public comment early in the budget process, and doing so in multiple ways, is closely associated with better performance outcomes, according to a new study.

Disaster Recovery

April 9, 2013 - A fundamental shift in thinking has to take place in the minds of state and local IT leaders. Having a plan of action in case of disaster has to not only be realized but met with urgency. Agencies must consider all these facets of their organization as well as update and practice their plan if they want to maximize their recovery after a disaster.

Desktop Virtualization

April 3, 2013 - Learn how leveraging desktop virtualization, remote access and mobility capabilities in the public sector can increase the productivity and efficiency of government work.

Digital Cities & Digital Counties Survey: Best Practice Guide

March 27, 2013 - This Best Practice Guide helps address some of these weaknesses by highlighting the best practices displayed by cities and counties that are managing to move the needle and innovate.

Top 10 Organizational Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore

March 26, 2013 - Ten trends agencies should focus on to increase operational efficiencies, close service gaps, and be able to quickly respond to change. By undertaking transformation projects, agencies can gain rapid cost savings, do more with less and achieve sustainable operational excellence.

The Real Impact of Big Data for Lean and Modern Government

March 25, 2013 - What is Big Data? What can it do for you?

Secure Access to Your Data in a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) World

March 22, 2013 - Governments are embracing mobility at a rapid pace, and adopting BYOD policies to empower their workers and improve productivity. The excitement over BYOD in government, however, is also being met with new security concerns. The old security model just doesn’t cut it anymore as mobile devices allow employees to drift outside the trusted perimeter. This Center for Digital Government issue brief introduces an innovative model that redefines security around the user identity, allowing governments the best of both mobility and security.

Industry Perspective: Putting an End to Public Pension Fund Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - The key to controlling the risks in benefit administration is knowing what to look for in the benefit payment data and choosing the right technology.

The Big Apple Enhances Financial Transparency

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - The upgraded Checkbook NYC 2.0 reveals where money flows within New York City’s $70 billion budget.

Governments, Data, Storage and the Cloud

March 4, 2013 - Discover strategies for alleviating the concerns of data security in the cloud shared by 83 percent of respondents to a Center for Digital Government survey.