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Smart Cities Connect 2023: Navigating the Digital Transformation Process

State Tech Magazine

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. The panel —…

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Cleveland’s new strategic plan focuses on making city government work better

American City & Country

The mayor’s purpose that day was to introduce his new 10-year operational strategic plan to an audience of some 500 employees—a plan intended to modernize the way government works, make services more accessible, empower the city workforce and improve the city’s financial outlook.

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Government Strategic Planning 2022: Examples & Helpful Tips

GovPilot

When it comes to getting things done as a local government, two of the most critical variables are budgets and timeframes.

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Boosting Agility for State and Local Government Finance & Budget Offices

Government Technology Insider

Despite the abundance of modern solutions for transforming financial planning practices, agency finance and budget offices have been some of the last areas to modernize. This increased visibility enables informed decision making, organization-wide strategic planning, and collaboration both within and between agencies.

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HELPING LOCAL FINANCE LEADERS RATE THEIR BUDGETING PRACTICES

Barrett & Greene

At the end of November, a survey was released that investigated how local government finance leaders feel about their current budgeting practices and their readiness to embrace modernized approaches. One cautionary note, according to the report which was titled Rethinking Budgeting: Results from the Local Government Budget Survey.

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DHS Brings New Discipline to Cyber Planning

GovLoop

UCMM has proven invaluable when talking about cyber investments not just with IT experts, but with chief financial officers, budget examiners and lawmakers, he added. Indeed, the department plans to give the model an increasingly larger role in IT and budget planning, according to DHS’s Information Technology Strategic Plan (FY 2024-2028). “To

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Community Engagement for City Budgeting

zencity

When it comes to creating a city or county budget , there are many ways to move forward: whether it’s taking the previous year’s budget and adapting it as necessary, or throwing it all away and starting with a blank slate. There’s no “right” choice when it comes to budget type—only what’s best for your jurisdiction.