View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2023 – NJAC County Biz – July by Gareth Lifton, Managing Director, ESG Climate Advisory Government Lead, KPMG LLP KPMG – Who we are? The KPMG LLP (KPMG) Regulatory Compliance and Infrastructure, Capital Projects and Climate Advisory (ICA) practice is a leading provider of advisory services for infrastructure owners in the U.S. and internationally. In the U.S., we have been a trusted advisor to state and local government agencies, water utilities, transportation agencies, cities, counties, and port authorities providing grants management, st...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2023 – NJAC County Biz – June by Steve White, VP Government Programs, Yorktel The case for a virtual desktop solution is stronger than ever in today’s hybrid workplace where cost-control, continuity, compliance, and cyber security are essential. Although thin-client and virtual desktop solutions have been around for decades, today’s cloud-based virtual desktop services offer new twists and merit broad consideration.  Hardware and IT infrastructure support costs are not necessarily most important reason to consider a virtual desktop solu...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2023 – NJAC County Biz – April by William Cherry, Director Public Partnership for three+one Public officials who are responsible for the safety and security of taxpayer funds that are entrusted to their custody can sometimes find it difficult to get a good night’s sleep—even in the best of times!  That is especially true right now, given the most recent upheavals in the banking industry and financial markets. three+one was founded by public officials and designed for public officials to provide them with the tools, knowledge, data, and co...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2023 – NJAC County Biz – March by PKA Technologies, Inc. Government agencies across the country are facing unprecedented technology challenges. Decades-old IT infrastructure often hinders efforts to support growing numbers of remote workers while also meeting increasing constituent demand for expanded online services. In a 2021 Accenture study, 75 percent of public-sector leaders agreed that outdated technology was holding them back. Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solutions create a path to IT modernization with flexible c...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2023 – NJAC County Biz – February by PSE&G PSE&G provides residential and business customers throughout the state of New Jersey with energy efficiency program offerings designed to save energy and money. Energy efficiency is the use of less energy to perform the same task and is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to reduce energy costs, lower greenhouse gas emissions, address climate change and impact economic health (through the creation of  clean energy jobs, leading to increased employment).  PSE&G’s $1 billion...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2023 – NJAC County Biz – January by Brad Fay, Chief Communications Officer for Somerset County Somerset County thinks of itself as the “crossroads of the crossroads of the American Revolution,” based on its rich history. That’s just one reason why the county in 2022 became the first in the nation to update and then combine its historic, open space, and farmland preservation plans into a single, comprehensive plan. Adopted by the Somerset County Planning Board in May 2022, the plan has already won two awards, from the New Jersey Planning O...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – December by Teresa Mask, AT&T Corporate Communications New portal is aligned with the Biden Administration’s efforts to address the climate crisis and make communities across America more resilient to climate change What’s the news? AT&T*, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) announced the launch of the Climate Risk and Resilience Portal (ClimRR), which advances access to cutting-edge science for climate projections to help...

  View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – November by Cameron Cushing, Intern Industry Marketing for UKG Awareness of the need for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI&B) initiatives has exploded in recent years, with the private sector leading the way on implementation.  But how can public sector organizations adapt to be more representative of the communities that they serve? And what’s the science behind DEI&B, both in origin and impact? The Need for DEI&B In a new webinar, Dr. Jarik Conrad – Executive Director of The...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – October by Teri O'Connor, Monmouth County Administrator & NJAC President It’s not common practice for county government and community stakeholders to come to the table to identify issues in their service network, and create and implement solutions for powerful collective impact. But Monmouth County Government is changing the status quo. No longer siloed, Monmouth County government departments and community organizations are working cooperatively with a simple goal: serving residents better, together.   ...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – August by David Cumbow, Principal Solutions Architect for Palo Alto Networks       New Jersey local government agencies have technical infrastructure that spans from regular business networks, to service provider offerings, to public safety and other critical services. When greenfield projects do come along, we tend to focus on applying our security frameworks with controls that are unique to that deployment. This results in a story that we are all familiar with – nonintegrated, siloed security solutions with vario...