State and local governments are experiencing unprecedented demands for services during the pandemic. That's why robotic process automation is becoming an essential tool to help agency employees keep up with the workload and the needs of citizens.

In this podcast, IT leaders from Texas, New Jersey and UiPath (a leader in RPA implementation) discuss strategies to include automation and agility into a broader IT modernization strategy.

The two state leaders also share the benefits their agencies are experiencing in workloads, and how they gained buy-in from executive leadership. Sponsored by UiPath.

Guests:

Jim Walker, Federal CTO and Director, Public Sector Marketing, UiPath

Jack McCarthy, CIO, Judiciary, State of New Jersey

Krishna Edathil, Director of Enterprise Solution Services, Cloud and AI, State of Texas

Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group

Look for more coverage of “IT Modernization in Government” on www.statescoop.com/listen

On this episode of GIS Addressed, Jake sits down with NSGIC's Molly Schar to overview the association's annual conference and talk about the role of GIS in COVID-19 response.

Minnesota CIO Tarek Tomes and Tennessee CIO Stephanie Dedmon discuss IT consolidation efforts in their states and how their organizations have managed recent events, including the coronavirus pandemic and a cyberattack. This episode is sponsored by Dell Technologies.

Amen Ra Mashariki, the former chief analytics officer for New York City, and Carlos Rivero, Virginia’s chief data officer, share their methods for improving data governance. Data governance, they say, is paramount during a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic.

Telework is here to stay for the foreseeable future and state and local agencies continue to build on their efforts to support the remote workforce. One of the security questions that should be top of mind for IT leaders is whether their employees are accessing critical applications from trusted devices.

In this podcast, security experts discuss how the pandemic is testing the boundaries of IT security, including authentication. Sponsored by Duo Security.

Guests: Sean Frazier, Advisory CISO, Federal and Bart Green, VP, State, Local and Education at Cisco’s Duo Security

Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group

Look for more from the "Speed to Security" series on www.statescoop.com/listen

The increase in cloud and application adoption is driving changes in network topology that require state and local IT leaders to rethink their approach to security.

As government agencies shift to software- and infrastructure-as-a-service platforms, they are realizing they no longer have direct control of their applications. That’s one reason why a security architecture known as secure access service edge (SASE) is gaining rapid adoption, according to Gartner, as a zero-trust solution at the application layer.

In general, compute is moving away from solely being within a data center. It’s more of a hybrid- and multicloud norm. And at the same time, users are coming from much more diverse locations. Gone are the days where you could assume that all your corporate users are going to be within the four walls of an office building. Sponsored by Akamai Technologies.

Guest: Patrick Sullivan, CTO, Security Strategy, Akamai Technologies

Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group

Look for more coverage of “IT Security in Government” on www.statescoop.com/listen

State and local government agencies continue to navigate through an onslaught of service demands while also supporting a workforce that must log into work from home. Fortunately, agencies that had already started embracing the cloud and other digital transformation initiatives prior to the pandemic were able to adapt quickly to meet those demands.

But now that agencies have scaled more IT operations to the cloud, leaders need to look at ways to better manage their cloud-based IT services in a hybrid environment.

“Agencies have already invested in a variety of infrastructure options. There is some footprint in public cloud, some in private data centers and a range of applications available to use,” says Nutanix's Wendy M. Pfeiiffer.

Guest: Wendy M. Pfeiffer, Chief Information Officer, Nutanix

Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP Content Strategy, Scoop News Group

Look for more coverage of “IT Modernization in Government” on www.statescoop.com/listen

The coronavirus pandemic — and the rapid shift to a remote workforce that followed — gave state and local governments the spark they needed to modernize systems in a more efficient way.

The timeline to modernize has been shortened, and leaders need to make employees can remain productive in uncertain work scenarios. For most, that means rethinking how to deliver new digital tools.

This podcast outlines how public sector agencies should take these transformations as a kickoff point for effective and efficient modernization over the long term. Sponsored by by Okta and Carahsoft.

Guests (left to right): Kelsey Nelson, Public Sector Product Marketing Manager and Keith Casey, Group Product Marketing Manager for Okta.

Host: Jake Williams, Associate Publisher, StateScoop

North Dakota Chief Information Officer and Utah CIO Mike Hussey review some of their innovative projects, from drones and precision farming to COVID-19 contact-tracing apps. The state IT officials also share why they believe innovation is important during a time of crisis like the current pandemic.

On this episode, Colin sits down with California's acting CISO Vitaliy Panych, Washington state CISO Vinod Brahmapuram and Tenable's Allan Wong to talk about cybersecurity. This episode is brought to you by Tenable.