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...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – July by Ward Zerbe, Vice President & Ozette Brown, Sr. Customer Success Manager, Infotech       When state agencies make the transition from paper bidding to electronic, it can feel like a switch is getting flipped. Everything from filing cabinets to postage stamps instantly feel like an artifact of the past. But while the benefits of      e-bidding are sudden, the process of instituting it is often less so. As we look back at the previous two decades of electronic bidding in New Jersey, we see major milestones...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – June by Ferlanda Fox Nixon, Esq., Chief of Policy & External Affairs for African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ       “For the past 15 years, the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (AACCNJ) has sought to economically empower and sustain African-American communities through entrepreneurship and capitalistic activities within the state of New Jersey and via interaction with the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc.,” states John E. Harmon, Sr., IOM, the AACCNJ’s Founder, President, and CEO....

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – May by Raj Juttukonda, Right Angle Solutions       It is no small task to measure, track and compare investment requests for programs that are supported by taxpayer’s levy or other grant sources. There are numerous steps required for approvals many of which are validated only at the end of the cycle.    Especially when Counties rely on spreadsheets to manage the process the accuracy of the data and the ability to retrieve information is challenging. Fortunately, technology is now at a mature stage that allows Coun...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – April by Tiffany McClary, Director of Communications, Marketing & Outreach, New Jersey State Library       The New Jersey library community strives to fulfill the information needs of a vast and varied customer group — from pre-Kindergartners on the brink of emergent literacy, to students on the path to graduation and early careers, to disconnected individuals of all ages on the far side of the digital divide. To support our efforts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the New Jersey State Libr...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – March by Joanne Goodstadt, Marketing Manager for PKA Technologies       Technology underpins much of government’s relationship with its constituents. However, outdated systems make it difficult to deliver essential services efficiently and securely. Many state and local governments spend as much as 80 percent of their technology budgets on operating and maintaining legacy IT systems, some of which are decades old. The cloud is one possible path to increased IT resiliency, scalability, flexibility and speed. In a n...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2022 – NJAC County Biz – February by Linda Heiss, GEA Grants Program Manager for SHI International       The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is not only an investment in our nation’s infrastructure, but also an investment in innovation and technology. The legislation allocates $550 billion in new federal spending, while redirecting other federal funds to improve the nation’s infrastructure. Infrastructure funding includes competitive grant programs and allocations based on factors such as population. How (and ...