State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

These attacks impact the security of sensitive data and can also cost millions of dollars — at a time when states and cities are already facing tight budgets. Since last year, cyberattacks against local governments increased by 70 percent. One ransomware attack on Baltimore, Md., last year reportedly cost at least $18 million.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Investments in technology can become outdated, forcing state and local agencies to spend more in the next budget cycle. For IT decision-makers, this pressure can manifest as capital expenditures (CAPEX) to acquire technology with long-term lifecycles. Obsolescence is the obvious risk here.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

Last year, the Office of Management and Budget released FedRAMP guidance intended to make it easier and faster for federal agencies to put cloud solutions to work. Since the establishment of FedRAMP in 2011, cloud solutions have exploded, and they continue to grow exponentially.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The White House recently released a memo directing agencies to align part of their fiscal 2026 budgets with the five pillars of the National Cybersecurity Strategy, as part of its response to escalating…

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State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Agencies must contend with budget constraints, organizational complexity and staffing issues when looking to modernize IT systems. The National Association of State Chief Information Officers lists both legacy modernization and IT consolidation/optimization among state CIOs’ top 10 priorities for this year.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 1, 2023

Clark previously served as state chief security officer, rising through the ranks of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget since joining in 2001. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Laura Clark as state CIO in October 2021.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With smaller technology teams and modest budgets, state and local governments face a never-ending battle when it comes to IT modernization. According to NASCIO, legacy modernization is a top priority for state IT leaders in 2023, trailing only concerns about cybersecurity, digital government and the workforce.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

As CIO, Clark works as a government official in the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Speaking Monday at the midyear conference of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, Michigan CIO Laura Clark shared the three primary ways that her state funds IT projects.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

IT spending represents a significant part of the budget for many government agencies. Technology is no longer just a tool for driving efficiency; rather, it can help state and local agencies create value and improve citizen services.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

Some specifically mentioned that they had experienced budget uncertainty and restrictions… A third of the government technology and security professionals who participated in a recent survey conducted by CDW say that their organization’s approach to cybersecurity doesn’t include sufficient budgetary resources.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2024

They said that the CISO role has been embraced more in the past two years, and that cybersecurity budgets have grown. At the NASCIO 2024 annual conference Monday, state CISOs discussed the 2024 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 24, 2024

But even with that budget allocated, government agencies still face significant challenges, such as…

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Another is that rearchitecting mainframe applications and data can be costly, and many state and local IT departments simply lack the budget. One is that if a system functions well for a given purpose, then there’s a business case for prolonging that ROI. A third factor in the mainframe’s favor is its legendary…

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

Government agencies often face funding challenges to obtaining a desirable level of cyber resilience, but all organizations may experience similar budget crunches. Cyber resilience is the capability of any organization to weather and recover from a cyberattack with the goal of minimum disruption to daily business.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

However, agencies need buy-in, budget and strategic planning to make their city visions come together. To meet constituents where they were, state and local governments needed to modernize citizen resources and services quickly and accept emerging technologies.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 3, 2025

The government fully recognizes this need, so in July, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum acknowledging that agencies must

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 28, 2016

The Center for Priority Based Budgeting 2016 "Prioritized World" (Un)Conference is just over a month away. Opinion Data Take-Away Tom Miller, NRC President & CEO Keynote speaker Mark Funkhouser, former mayor of Kansas City and publisher of Governing magazine, revealed how leaders should first consider the results from opinion data.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

MAY 5, 2017

The City of Branson was the first city in Missouri to implement Priority Based Budgeting. Branson was among the first communities to truly recognize the power of PBB to unify and fortify budgeting with strategic planning. This year Branson created a Budget Magazine to compliment their budget book.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2025

In the Office of the Federal CIO 2024 Impact Report, the Office of Management and Budget touted the accomplishments of the Technology Modernization Fund, a federal investment program that awards agencies additional allocations to implement IT projects.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As supplemental federal COVID-19 funding runs out and inflation makes it increasingly more expensive for state and local governments to borrow money, department budgets will remain tight. More than ever, it will be vitally important for state and local jurisdictions to take advantage of funding opportunities to bolster their cyberdefenses.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Agencies want to know they’re getting maximum returns on their digital initiatives because IT spending represents a major portion of their budgets. The key here is value-based budgeting,” says James Watczak, a finance and technology business consultant with CDW.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2023

Specifically, state CIOs are concerned about cybersecurity “governance, budget and resource requirements, security frameworks, data protection, training and awareness, insider threats, [and] third-party risk.” While state government leaders recognize the need to prioritize cybersecurity, they often lack the…

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Agencies’ cybersecurity budgets continue to increase to help them better prevent evolving threats to sensitive data and systems.

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Super Library Marketing

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

” “We hired Andrew Klein to oversee the robust work that department does, as well as to lead the revamp of our Compass magazine. Over the past 4 years, we’ve expanded to a 24-page magazine that tells the library’s story. The studio was reorganized into a new marketing department.”

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

As state governors set their technology agendas for 2023, many are seeking to capitalize on available budgets with incremental IT modernization initiatives. One such example is the governor of Washington’s request that state agencies pitch “a short-term, low-risk, high-reward project idea to update outdated applications.”

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

A lack of skilled staff, budget constraints and outdated technology all contribute to the vulnerability. State and local governments often bear heavy burdens when it comes to ransomware: Only 20 percent were able to stop an attack before their data was encrypted, according to Sophos, and only 58 percent of encrypted data was recovered.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Agencies can struggle to stick to recommended three- to five-year IT refresh cycles due to their large install bases, tight budgets and legacy technologies that are not interoperable with newer ones.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2024

NASA has more programs today than at any time in the agency’s history, but budgets haven’t kept up. To streamline projects, keep track of data and prevent the need for rework, the agency’s teams leverage model-based systems engineering methodology.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Office of Management and Budget Memo M-22-09 requires them to meet zero-trust objectives by the end of fiscal year 2024. “Because if you tried to do it sequentially — maybe networks first, then data, then identity — it would take too much time.” And for federal civilian agencies, the clock is ticking. That includes…

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 8, 2024

This can include current information from smaller governments, remote geographic areas, groups of people whose sentiments or lives tend to go undocumented, or magazines, newspapers and journals that no one has ever made available in digital form. We’ve always made it a point to talk about “performance-informed” budgeting.

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Let's Talk Parks

JULY 15, 2020

Together, IPRA and IAPD have a joint conference and a joint magazine, but most of the time we each serve the members in separate ways. So, the impact to our agencies from the pandemic and the state shut down is extensive and we’ve heard that some agencies in our state are facing budget cuts of up to 50%.

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Super Library Marketing

MARCH 11, 2024

” “One relationship I have with a local magazine was the result of a media kit I sent to our local partners and media outlets about a big event a few years back. The magazine owner liked it so much that she sent an email about it to my library director who then arranged a meeting for us. “I ” P.S.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Agencies looking to establish hybrid data centers need comprehensive security strategies that set realistic time frames and are mapped to their respective budgets. These strategies should identify desired security tools and practices such as cloud environments and ways to continuously monitor them.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I don’t have the budget that industry has. Kevin Kennedy, commander of Air Force Cyber. Unless it’s an offensive capability — offensive cyber would be the example for us — it’s unlikely we’re the innovators. I want to be an early adopter.” Intelligence…

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Those agencies also manage vast amounts of sensitive data while faced with challenges related to legacy systems, bureaucratic processes and budget constraints, so it can be difficult for them to maintain adequate cybersecurity defenses against identity-based attacks such as Kerberoasting.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

The National Archives and Records Administration and the Office of Management and Budget jointly set a deadline of June 30, 2024, for all federal agencies to manage all permanent records in an electronic format. While some agencies are…

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