Articles By Karen J. Bannan

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Karen J. Bannan is a freelance writer and editor who has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time and CIO.

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Paula Richardson, Assistant IT Director of Wake County, N.C., sees county employees take joy in finding new ways to solve old problems

Management

Local Governments Experiment with Innovation Labs

Whether administered by counties, cities or nonprofits, innovation labs provide a means to apply new tech to old problems.

Mike Morrow (right), Manager of Technical Infrastructure for Ottawa County, Mich.,

Data Center

Offsite Data Storage Helps Local Agencies with Disaster Recovery

After seeing video walls in the airports of Singapore and South Korea, CIO John Newsome realized he had to improve the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s game.

Hardware

Digital Signs Point the Way to a Brighter Future

Woman walking into a polling place to vote

Security

How States Can Guard Against Threats to Election Vendors

Matt Emmons, Illinois State Board of Elections IT Director

Security

State Elections Agencies Focus on Voting Security Ahead of Midterms

Security

Security Solutions Fight Spam and the Threats It Brings to Local Government

Public Safety

Connected Tech Keeps Officers Safe and Ups Department Trust

Collaboration

Lean Initiatives Kick-Start Cost Savings and Superior Services

Security

How 3 Local Governments Mitigated Ransomware Attacks

Security

How Smart Cities Can Protect IoT Devices from Ransomware

Cloud

Cloud Solutions Simplify GIS Data Management for States

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