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Fed’s Authentication Service Comes to State, Local Gov The General Services Administration is now offering login.gov, an authentication and identity verification service, to state and local governments. Some restrictions do apply. Fingerprint Flickr/CPOA Some state and local governments can now take advantage of login.gov, an authentication and identity-proofing service developed by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).  According to the GSA blog, the service will be provided to a “limited number of state and local government partners” th...

Legacy ERP Systems Get Upgrades Amid the COVID Pandemic Enterprise resource planning systems are foundational to efficiently run government organizations. Here’s how three jurisdictions navigated their modernization plans through COVID-19. Shutterstock.com It’s no small feat to overhaul a major government system. And an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is at the heart of an organization’s operations, fundamental to smooth day-to-day functioning. An ERP upgrade can take six months to a year, Oracle reports. It requires significant time and resources to modernize sy...

Alan Fuller to Lead Utah Dept of Technology Services as CIO Gov. Spencer Cox has nominated former Oracle executive Alan Fuller to serve as the chief information officer for the Utah Department of Technology Services. Fuller replaces Mike Hussey, who left the post in January. Utah CIO Alan Fuller Courtesy State of Utah Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has nominated former Oracle executive Alan Fuller as the new chief information officer for the Department of Technology Services. Fuller brings a background in the private sector, most recently working as the senior di...

Mayors and others involved with local government from across the globe convened online this week for the preeminent local government conference, during which equity was perhaps the most omnipresent focus of attention.

What’s New in Civic Tech: Harvard Unveils Local Gov Center Plus, Philadelphia’s Digital Literacy Alliance has announced its winter 2020 grant cycle recipients, NYC overhauls its online vaccine finder platform and NYC releases a new broadband-related RFP. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Shutterstock/mark reinstein Officials have announced the creation of the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, which aims — in the simplest terms — to strengthen local government performance the world over. At this week’s Bloomberg CityLab...