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In this episode, Dallas County Clerk John Warren discusses the county’s journey from paper‑based record keeping to a fully digital, AI‑enhanced clerk’s office. He explains how early resistance was overcome by demonstrating efficiency gains, such as simultaneous access to documents, remote work capabilities, and disaster‑recovery redundancies. Warren highlights the fiscal impact, noting that staying paper‑based would cost the county an extra $600,000 annually, and emphasizes that technology serves to augment staff rather than replace them. The conversation underscores the broader shift toward modern, accessible, and resilient court operations.
In this episode, OPM Director Scott Cooper outlines a bold agenda to modernize federal hiring and build a high‑performance workforce. He highlights three core challenges: a demographic imbalance that leaves the federal workforce under‑represented among early‑career talent, outdated performance management...
In this episode, host Grayson Brulte talks with Gabe Klein, a former U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation executive and co‑founder of Adapt Impact and CityFi, about the shifting landscape of electric vehicle (EV) and autonomous vehicle development as...
In this episode, Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock Safety, explains how his company transformed neighborhood security by deploying license‑plate‑reading cameras, AI‑driven analytics, and drones that integrate with 911 calls to create a real‑time crime‑clearance operating system. He recounts the origin...
In this episode of Ask the CIO, Doug Robinson, executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, explains that artificial intelligence has surged to become the top priority for state CIOs in 2026, overtaking cybersecurity after years...
In this episode, Nash County Public Schools’ CTO Tremaine McQueen and Senior Network Engineer J.R. Williams discuss how they evaluated, selected, and rolled out a new remote support platform from BeyondTrust to serve over 3,000 endpoints across 24 schools. They...
In this episode, business administrator Christine Veda discusses how the Epping, NH School District transformed its operations by replacing manual, paper‑based processes with Tyler Technologies solutions. She highlights the shift toward automation in HR, finance, and onboarding, which improved accuracy,...
Reno County, Kansas officials County Administrator Randy Partington and Emergency Management Director Adam Weishar discuss the decade‑long effort to consolidate eight rural fire districts into a single, county‑wide fire service. They explain how volunteer shortages, inconsistent training, equipment disparities, and...
In this episode, NACIO policy analyst Kalia Young‑Gibson outlines how states can prepare for the DOJ’s upcoming accessibility compliance deadline on April 24, 2026. She highlights the recent accessibility officer summit, a forthcoming NACIO guide that maps policy through different...
In this brief episode, host explores the controversial use of Anthropic's Claude AI model in the alleged Venezuelan invasion, discussing legal and ethical concerns around its deployment in military operations. Guest Amos Toh, a researcher at the Brennan Center, explains...
In this episode, Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Guy Garwich and Todd Hansen explain how the Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP1) unifies block, file, object, and mainframe storage into a single data plane with a unified control plane, delivering high‑performance file services,...
In this episode, Michael Keegan talks with Andrea Bonime‑Blanc, author of *Governing Pandora*, about the unprecedented convergence of generative AI and other exponential technologies and what it means for leadership and governance. Bonime‑Blanc explains her "exponential governance mindset," a five‑part...
In this episode, AC Transit CTO Ahsan Baig and Hayden AI CEO Marty Beard discuss how AI‑powered, edge‑computing cameras mounted on buses detect vehicles illegally blocking bus lanes and stops, improving on‑time performance, safety, and accessibility. The system leverages NVIDIA...
In this episode, host Jason Mittler updates listeners on Fort Pierce’s fiber rollout two years after its launch, highlighting continued network expansion, the city’s smart‑city initiatives, and steady subscriber growth. He discusses targeted digital‑equity programs in the Lincoln Park neighborhood that aim...
In this episode, host Michael J. Keegan talks with Professor Bert George about the fundamentals of strategic foresight and how it can be woven into an organization’s strategic planning and management processes. George explains the core concepts of foresight, the...
In this episode, host Brett King chats with futurist Cecilia Tham about the convergence of science, design, and business to create products and services that don’t yet exist. Tham explains how Futurity Systems delivers Futures‑as‑a‑Service, helping corporations and governments move...
In this episode, Deputy Chief of School Planning Chyanne Eyde discusses the pitfalls of public outreach to historically marginalized communities in Washington, DC, highlighting how missteps have hampered school boundary planning. She outlines specific challenges—such as tokenism, limited access to...
TeleGeography’s podcast with Luis Colasante examines the emerging bottlenecks in AI infrastructure. He explains that AI‑driven data centers consume two to three times more power than traditional cloud facilities, positioning energy availability as the chief constraint on digital growth. The discussion...
In this episode, Chris Mitchell, Doug Dawson, and Sean Gonsalves dissect recent telecom mergers, examine Starlink’s attempts to influence the BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) funding rules, and discuss new research linking reduced competition to higher consumer prices. They...
In this episode, Maryland CIO Katie Savage discusses how the state is balancing the creation of centralized enterprise IT services with the need to empower individual agencies to retain specialized technology expertise. She outlines the strategies used to standardize core...
