State Lotteries Make a Safe Bet With Cloud and AI
U.S. state lotteries, which have generated more than $644 billion for public programs, are rapidly digitizing through cloud platforms and artificial intelligence. Agencies like the Virginia and Arizona lotteries have moved core systems to AWS GovCloud and Google Workspace, gaining redundancy, easier maintenance, and the ability to scale during jackpot spikes. AI tools now power chatbots, predictive analytics, and internal Copilot assistants, helping operators personalize player outreach, detect problem‑gambling, and streamline compliance. These technologies are reshaping a historically cash‑centric industry into a data‑driven, resilient operation.
Observability Is the Foundation of Trust in Modern Government
State and local governments face increasingly intricate IT ecosystems that blend legacy platforms, cloud services, security tools, and emerging AI. Traditional monitoring only flags failures, while observability delivers real‑time insight into system behavior, root causes, and future risk. By correlating...
How State and Local Governments Are Securing the 2026 Midterm Elections
Los Angeles County processed roughly one billion network events during the 2024 election, leveraging AI to filter threats and enforce a zero‑trust, air‑gapped architecture for vote‑counting machines. The county also deployed Cradlepoint E3000 routers with NetCloud Manager to create secure, carrier‑agnostic...
Data Security Posture Management Has Become Essential for Governments
State and local governments are rapidly expanding multicloud environments and adopting generative AI, yet many lack clear visibility into where sensitive citizen data resides. Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) emerges as a solution, continuously discovering, classifying, and monitoring data across...
Review: Rubrik Security Cloud Helps Agencies Build Data Resilience
Rubrik Security Cloud offers state and local governments a zero‑trust, immutable backup platform that combines data‑observability with rapid cyber‑recovery. Its architecture stores unalterable backups, detects anomalies across on‑prem, cloud and SaaS workloads, and automates restoration of clean data. The solution...
5 Questions About the Role of Code in Modern Government IT
Modern code practices are reshaping state and local government IT by introducing modular, cloud‑ready architectures that boost scalability, security, and innovation. Agencies can rapidly expand capacity during emergencies, embed DevSecOps and AI‑driven code assessments to curb vulnerabilities, and leverage low‑code...
Q&A: Hartford CIO Charisse Snipes on AI, Language Access and Building a Smart City Culture
Charisse Snipes, Hartford’s Chief Innovation Officer, says the city prioritized AI governance before rollout, embedding data ownership, security and cross‑department training into its framework. Partnering with Google Cloud, Hartford added real‑time, two‑way translation to its 311 system, supporting up to...
How State and Local Agencies Balance Digital Transformation With Printing
Cerritos, California, is modernizing its municipal operations while maintaining a fleet of 112 printers to support essential paper‑based workflows. The city standardized on HP all‑in‑one multifunction devices for speed, security and low waste, and has reduced print volume through digital...
Review: Google Workspace Secures Data and Scales To Meet the Moment
Google Workspace, formerly G Suite, is praised for its ease of deployment and robust collaboration tools that help government employees work across dispersed locations. The suite combines Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Chat and AI‑driven features like Gemini and Notebook LM, delivering productivity...
Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange: Smarter Patching for State and Local IT Teams
The Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) is a machine‑readable format that lets software vendors declare whether a CVE actually affects a product. By delivering exploitability data—affected, not affected, fixed, or under investigation—VEX enables state and local government IT teams to filter...
Government IT Efficiency Starts With Rethinking Code, Infrastructure and the Edge
State and local governments can boost IT efficiency by overhauling three pillars: legacy code, infrastructure spending, and edge computing. Outdated, siloed applications inflate maintenance budgets, while open‑source and platform consolidation can slash costs and improve citizen services. Flexible cloud governance...
How AI Is Transforming the Modern Firewall for State and Local Government
State and local governments are adopting a hybrid‑mesh firewall model that spreads enforcement across branch offices, cloud workloads, data centers and remote users. AI is being embedded directly into these firewalls to govern generative‑AI usage, enforce data‑loss‑prevention, and automate rule‑set...
Camera Registries Can Support Public-Private Collaboration
City officials and private businesses are adopting camera‑registry programs to streamline video evidence collection for investigations. Registrants voluntarily share camera locations, enabling police to map assets and request footage through secure cloud portals. Coupled with digital evidence‑management platforms, agencies gain...
What Is Continuous Threat Exposure Management? A Risk-Driven Approach for State and Local Agencies
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is emerging as a risk‑driven framework for state and local governments, shifting focus from sheer vulnerability counts to business‑impact exposure. CDW outlines a five‑stage process—scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization—that integrates asset inventory, threat data,...
Phoenix Taps Adobe DX To Unify Websites, Streamline Services
Phoenix consolidated 44 department websites into a single phoenix.gov portal using Adobe Experience Manager, completing a four‑year transformation that shifted the site to a resident‑first model. The new platform lets roughly 60 departments manage content directly, cutting page‑update times from...
