Paul W. Taylor
Govtech.com
Folsom, CA, United States
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Rethinking Agency Organization and Productivity Post-COVID
The relative success of remote work has proved that in many cases government staff are just as, if not more, productive when they work away from the office. More agile structures like holacracy might be ones to model. → Read More
Streaming Live: The Derek Chauvin Trial in Minneapolis
The trial of the former city police officer has become a proxy for the state of racial tension in America, and perhaps the impetus for completing what the civil rights movement began in the 1960s. → Read More
The Important Role of Public Affairs TV in Volatile Times
C-SPAN and its state-level equivalents have been around for decades, quietly transmitting the minutia of government. But with statehouses still in lockdown, public affairs television is more significant than ever. → Read More
Tackling Policy Lag in Unprecedented, Challenging Times
A new book from Harvard Business Review provides practical advice to policymakers for those times when residents don’t do what you thought they would. → Read More
The Case for Embracing Video Technologies in Government
From police body cameras to virtual city council meetings to deepfakes, video wove its way through the many technology stories of 2020, and state and local IT agencies need to embrace it in their portfolios. → Read More
Closing the Policy Lag in Changing and Challenging Times
A new book from Harvard Business Review provides policymakers with practical help on how to catch up with and adapt to rapid change in democratic capitalism at the end of a weird year. → Read More
How the Kennedy Election Started Big Data and Voting Blocks
Jill Lepore’s new book, “If Then” explores the men and the machines behind the rise of modern computing, data analytics and the dark impact of technology on politics, elections and democracy itself. → Read More
Big Data and Voting Blocks Date Back to the Kennedy Campaign
A new book by historian Jill Lepore explores the early days of using big data in politics and how presidential campaigns used unprecedented technology to measure and connect with the American voter. → Read More
Five Changes Facing Public Employees When They Return to the Office – If They Do
Automation and AI are expected to both displace routine work and create specialized work. What are the implications for the future of work inside and outside of government. → Read More
Reopening the Economy Under COVID-19: States Plot a Way Back
(UPDATED DAILY) Governing is building a 50-state map to visualize the changes underway to declare states “Open for Business” even as the coronavirus remains at large across the country. → Read More
Curiosity and Humor Key to Keep Driving Tech Forward
Disruption has long been a cornerstone of technology innovation, and new “hacks” to old problems remain essential to dreaming up and creating what’s new and what’s next — and asking whether we even need it. → Read More
GovTech360: Expensive Hacks, Better Bathrooms and GT Abroad
On this episode of GovTech360, a postmortem on Baltimore’s costly cybersecurity fail; a startup with a better way to find a public bathroom; and a first-person preview of GovTech’s adventures in China. → Read More
GovTech360 Data Dive: The Changing Face of Government CIOs
GT editors looked at data on more than 200 state chief information officers to find out average tenure, gender balance and what their resumes have in common. Tune in for our insights on surprises hiding in the data. → Read More
GovTech360: Blockchain, Broadband from Space and Biased AI
In this episode of GovTech360, the Rapid Round format offers quick hits on a new blockchain hire for Colorado; a space-based solution to rural broadband; and a new, gender-neutral take on virtual assistants. → Read More
Confronting the Ethical Perils of Emerging Technology
Technology is evolving faster than ever before, from autonomous vehicles to facial recognition and beyond, but the charge of technologists to ensure they’re introduced ethically is by no means new. → Read More
GovTech360: Agile Millennials and American-Style Privacy
The debut episode of GovTech360 features two GT Doers, Dreamers and Drivers. We talk to Nebraska Chief Information Officer Ed Toner and Seattle Chief Privacy Officer Ginger Armbruster about their award-winning work. → Read More
The Tech Companies Helping Government Meet Its Mission
The fourth annual GovTech 100 list will be released this week. → Read More
Analytics Startup Uses Robots to Improve Wastewater Systems
Wastewater can be a rich source of data on a region’s health, and Biobot Analytics has created small robotic devices that travel through sewers and capture real-time data on chemicals, pathogens and more. → Read More
Making the Most of Data-Driven Government
It's not enough to simply produce data — what that data shows must track with residents' lived experience. → Read More
Governments Don't Always Pay Hackers, but What If They Did?
Going against the FBI's ransomware advice is one way state chief information officers are thinking for themselves. → Read More