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Chatbots Stay On Top for AI Use Cases

State Tech Magazine

About half of all states are using artificial intelligence for chatbots, according to a 2024 survey by the National Association of State Technology Directors. A new CDW AI Research Report finds that it is increasingly common for organizations across all verticals to use public-facing chatbots for customer interactions.

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The 2025 Modernization Playbook

GovLoop

Follow the Money The American Rescue Plan (ARP) injected $1 billion into the federal governments Technology Modernization Fund, with a focus on supporting four key areas.

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It’s Time to Think About Modernization in New Ways

GovLoop

For example, an agency looking to improve the performance of a public-facing application might find the outdated system architecture makes it difficult to incorporate new functionality or to integrate with other, more modern systems. We just need to protect that stuff and make sure its safe and secure. Modernize little by little.

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2024 Trends for Online Community Engagement

Social Pinpoint

This experience allows us to take a pulse of engagement strategies and outcomes across a variety of fields and reflect on emerging online community engagement trends for 2024. At Social Pinpoint, we see an increasing number of organizations designing participation strategies in this way and we expect this to trend up in 2024.

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Vertex AI Search and Generative AI (with Gemini) achieve FedRAMP High

Google Public Sector

Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs partnered with Google Public Sector and our partner TTEC to improve constituent experience on their largest public-facing website. After launching their online passport renewal in December 2024, they released their inaugural Agent Assist chatbot.

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Overcome Manual App Testing Challenges to Drive Modernization: Insights from California CIO Academy

Government Technology Insider

At the 2024 California CIO Academy conference, state and local leaders from California agencies came together to share best practices for understanding and integrating emerging technology into government services. Manual testing comes with its fair share of challenges; however, it is essential to modernizing public-facing applications.

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Knowing When, Where and How to Modernize

GovLoop

Clunky, old, public facing systems frustrate constituents and reduce engagement, she said. In some cases, agencies undertake a de facto modernization, driven by the sad truth that software and hardware don’t last forever. When software is no longer supported, an agency must replace it. But backend changes matter also.