'City Governments' Blogs
New York Just Banned Large Data Centers, and It Won't Be the Last State to Try
New York just signed the nation's first large data center moratorium, and local fights are erupting nationwide. A new category of government decision-maker just got created.
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The Chief AI Officer Role Has Appeared in Hundreds of Local Governments in 18 Months -- and Most of Them Have No Idea What They Are Supposed to Be Buying
More than 400 local governments have created Chief AI Officer or AI Governance Director roles in the past 18 months. Most are in unprecedented territory with no established playbooks, no peer networks, and no vendor relationships yet
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The GovTech Startup Wave Is Producing Real Wins for Local Government -- and the Officials Championing These Tools Are Becoming the Most Interesting Buyers in the Public Sector
A new generation of local government officials is piloting and adopting GovTech tools at a pace that would have seemed implausible five years ago. These officials are the most enthusiastic and forward-leaning buyers in the public sector right now.
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Government Email Marketing Has a Timing Problem That Almost Nobody Has Solved, and the Solution Is Simpler Than It Looks
Government officials have the most predictable email engagement patterns of any B2B audience -- and most vendors completely ignore those patterns. Budget cycles, grant windows, and election transitions create calendar-predictable peaks that most campaigns never account for.
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The Election Cycle Just Changed Who Controls Billions in Local Government Technology Budgets -- and Most Vendors Have Not Updated Their Contact Lists to Reflect It
Even-year elections turn over a meaningful share of local government leadership. New officials spend their first 90 to 120 days building vendor relationships from scratch. Most government mailing lists do not catch this window before it closes.
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How Government Workforce Data Is Transforming Public Sector Outreach, Sales, and Hiring
Government workforce data is transforming public sector outreach by enabling precise targeting of decision-makers across city, county, state, and federal agencies nationwide.
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