Carl Smith is a Senior Staff Writer for Governing.com. He works with editors and staff writers to produce smart, high-value, high volume editorial content for the web and related products to make Governing the go-to source. He can be reached at Carl.Smith@Governing.com.

EasyVote Solutions provides software applications that streamlines the processes behind running successful elections. Our customers are city, county and state elections offices currently located in 18 states across the US. Our customers find that the EasyVote Election Management Platform excels at the following; reducing the time to perform election tasks, improving communication and accuracy between election officials and workers; and providing data, enabling election officials to make intellig

DocuSign helps organizations connect and automate how they prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements. As part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, DocuSign offers eSignature: the world's #1 way to sign electronically on practically any device, from almost anywhere, at any time. Today, more than 560,000 customers and hundreds of millions of users in over 180 countries use DocuSign to accelerate the process of doing business and to simplify people's lives. For more information, visit www.docusign.c

Miriam Barcellona Ingenito is the first director of the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) since its formal recognition as the Department of FI$Cal in July 2016. She began her tenure at FI$Cal in September 2015 with the benefit of 20 years of public policy experience in California state government. Her range of expertise includes legislative, fiscal, administrative and environmental issues.

Mimecast’s Email Security 3.0 strategy helps IT and security professionals achieve a new and more comprehensive form of protection against email attacks by advancing from perimeter email security to a comprehensive, more pervasive discipline. Our approach addresses threats in three distinct zones: at the email perimeter, inside the network and the organization, and beyond the perimeter. Mimecast will continue to incrementally build capabilities and integrate and connect with other security inv

Lauren Harrison is the managing editor for Government Technology magazine. She has a degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and more than 10 years’ experience in book and magazine publishing.

Governing: The Future of States and Localities examines what state and local government looks like in a world of rapidly advancing technology. Its website, newsletters and custom content are a resource for elected and appointed officials and other public leaders seeking smart insights and a forum to better understand and manage through this era of change. Governing is a sister publication to Techwire and both are produced by parent company e.Republic.

Governing Senior Staff Writer Alan Greenblatt covers politics as well as policy issues and is the co-author of a standard textbook on state and local governments. He previously worked as a reporter for NPR and CQ and has written about politics and culture for many other outlets, print and online.

For owner-minded leaders who are accountable to $10M+ technology programs, HiPER Solutions is an advisory company with a proven leadership playbook. HiPER Solutions helps ensure the success of these high-stakes programs. We assess the people dynamics and provide a data-proven playbook to address your people puzzle for a high-functioning team, so you can reduce the risk of surprise costs, failed programs and wasted time.

Kronos’ modernizes critical workforce processes such as timekeeping, scheduling, and leave management which are the core of the most effective workforce management solutions. Kronos has the privilege of working with a variety of key state departments, cities, counties, public school districts and university systems within California to address all levels of workforce complexities and challenges. The solution is purpose-built for Government to help drive business outcomes by engaging employees,

Founded in 1983, Forrester Research, Inc. is an American-based, publicly traded (NASDAQ: FORR), independent research advisory firm that provides forward-thinking research and advice to leaders of public sector agencies. Forrester’s unique insights are grounded in annual surveys of more than 690,000 consumers and business leaders worldwide, rigorous and objective methodologies, and the shared wisdom of our most innovative clients. Forrester offers a wealth of engagement strategies designed to i

OpenGov is the leader in cloud-based solutions for government. The OpenGov Cloud™ is the only integrated cloud solution for budgeting, performance, communications and reporting. This multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) solution connects stakeholders to the budget process, engages them for real-time feedback, accurately forecasts personnel costs, and integrates with key government systems, resulting in improved outcomes, enhanced internal efficiencies, and more time for strategic

LightBox is a leading provider of location intelligence, due diligence, risk management, and workflow solutions, serving local, state, and federal governments across North America. Combining proven brands like SmartParcelsⓇ with new core business capabilities, the company’s mission is to enable the most successful decisions in real estate.

Ciena is a networking systems, services and software company. Ciena supports 85 percent of the world’s largest service providers as well as cloud and regional service providers, enterprise networks, financial services, healthcare, utilities, media and entertainment, retail, public sector, and all levels of education.

Janet Rae-Dupree wrote this article for California Healthline.

Elastic is a search company that powers workplace search, observability, and security solutions that can be deployed on premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments. Elastic helps government and education professionals make data actionable, increase visibility into their infrastructures, build better citizen experiences, and securely move to the cloud.

Where is your organization in your Digital Transformation journey? Within government entities, regulations and compliance requirements often give rise to complex workflow processes that put a strain on staff time and budgets. If your department is tasked to do more with less and deliver faster results, meet today’s challenges by converting paper documents to electronic files and automating the processes surrounding them. Using Digital Content Services and SharePoint solutions from Konica Min

Patrick Groves is a staff writer for Government Technology magazine. Previously, he worked for five years at newspapers in Washington state, Idaho, Florida and Northern California.

Entisys360 is an award-winning IT consultancy specializing in advanced IT infrastructure, virtualization, security, automation and cloud first solutions. Through state-of-the-art methodologies and broad solutions and services offerings, Entisys360 expertly solves its clients’ most pressing IT and business challenges.

DXC Technology is the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company. We help government clients innovate and transform their digital services, capitalizing on disruptive technologies and ensuring citizen-centric services for better business outcomes.

Adobe Digital Government solutions enable agencies to make, manage, mobilize and measure the information, experiences and knowledge needed to achieve their missions. Government agencies use Adobe technology to power digital content creation and management that most effectively engages citizens; deliver rapid forms creation, secure document workflows and unbreakable digital signatures needed to increase business process efficiency; create, manage and share knowledge that agency teams need to acco

Tony Batalla is the Chief Technology Officer for the city of San Leandro, overseeing the Innovation Office and Information Technology Division. He has worked in IT since 2007, first in the private sector as a systems administrator, systems engineer and IT manager, and since 2014 for the city. He was promoted to the newly created CTO position in April.

Jed Pressgrove, a staff writer at Government Technology magazine, has been a writer and editor for about 15 years. He received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in sociology from Mississippi State University.

Global Touchpoints, based out of Roseville, CA, through its services offerings has secured and maintained its position as a leader in helping state and local governments meet both their enterprise and domain-specific IT needs.

Angelica "Angie" Quirarte is the Assistant Secretary for Digital Engagement in the state Government Operations Agency. She's also the founder and executive director of Nxt.gov.org.