Technology Leadership

Technology unto itself is but a set of tools that requires a high level of understanding and leadership that can no longer be delegated to a single person, support agency or department. Every day public administrators struggle to navigate the ever-changing landscape, trying to keep current with the latest trends and best practices.

Past Events

Standing Panel

State and Local Cybersecurity and Digital Risk: Strategies for Success in the Current Policy Environment

September 03, 2025 @ 02:00:00 pm - September 03, 2025 @ 03:30:00 pm
Eastern Time (ET)

As state and local governments face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats and rising digital risk, navigating the current policy and resource environment demands coordinated strategy, strong public-private partnerships, and adaptable governance models. The panel will examine how evolving federal guidance, grant programs, and threat intelligence will impact the focus on...

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Technology Leadership Standing Panel: Ensuring the Future of Federal Data

May 21, 2025 @ 02:00:00 pm - May 21, 2025 @ 03:00:00 pm
Eastern Time (ET)

The federal government's massive data collections, a critical national resource, are under attack from the Trump administration. Federal agencies have already removed thousands of web pages and datasets following the president’s directives on DEI, climate change, and “gender ideology,” and other data collections may be altered to align with political...

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Standing Panel on Technology Leadership: Digital Modernization for Government – Time for Action

March 12, 2025 @ 02:00:00 pm - March 12, 2025 @ 03:30:00 pm
Eastern Time (ET)

Currently, governments face unprecedented demands to increase efficiency through transformational digital technologies like artificial intelligence while maintaining or modernizing legacy infrastructure and applications. Many IT systems are built upon a patchwork that evolved from many different past technologies and strategies. In January, the IBM Center for the Business of Government...

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Celebrate the Love of Tech for Valentine's Day – Open Mic!

February 12, 2025 @ 02:00:00 pm - February 12, 2025 @ 03:30:00 pm
Eastern Time (ET)

Please join us on February 12, 2025, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, for a brainstorming and planning session for the 2025 NAPA Standing Panel on Technology Leadership activities. The session will start with a short overview of panel activities from the last couple of years to set the stage for...

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Standing Panel Charter

This charter governs how the Standing Panel operates.

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Steering Committee Members:

Alan Shark	Lee Feldman	Sunne McPeak
Theresa Pardo	David Gragan	Maria Roat
Wendy Chen	Jim Hendler	Doug Robinson
Ed DeSeve	Elaine Lu	Barry Van Lare
Barbara Dyer

Resources

Article

Making AI Better Than Us – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

March 15, 2024
It was not until the end of 2022 that ChatGPT entered the public domain, meaning...

Technology Leadership

Past Events

State and Local Cybersecurity and Digital Risk: Strategies for Success in the Current Policy Environment

Technology Leadership Standing Panel: Ensuring the Future of Federal Data

Standing Panel on Technology Leadership: Digital Modernization for Government – Time for Action

Celebrate the Love of Tech for Valentine's Day – Open Mic!

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Alan Shark

Theresa Pardo

Standing Panel Charter

Steering Committee Members:

Resources

Making AI Better Than Us – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Decision-Making and AI in Public Service

AI and Government Communications

How Can AI Improve The Regulatory Process?

Preparing for an AI Future: Cybersecurity Considerations for Public Service

Generative AI in Public Education

Navigating the Paradox: Restoring Trust in an Era of AI and Distrust

Solving the Data Problem for the Climate Crisis Part 2: Solving the Local Data Problem for Climate Action

AI Services to Citizens in 2023 and Beyond

Tech Leadership Standing Panel: Solving the Data Problem for the Climate Crisis Part 1

Making Government AI-Ready Begins with an AI-Ready Workforce

Artificial Intelligence and Public Service: Key New Challenges

A Call to Action: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Public Service

Standing Panel on Technology Leadership: Generative AI and Time for a Time Out?

Tech Leadership Feb 9 Standing Panel: Is Your Issue on the List?

Taking on the Heat with Tech: How Our Cities Are Responding: October 21, 2022

Technology Leadership July Standing Panel: Technology Policy and the NAPA Grand Challenges

Joint Intergovernmental Systems and Technology Leadership Standing Panel

Technology Leadership March 9 Standing Panel

Technology Leadership Oct Standing Panel

Technology Leadership Standing Panel September Meeting

Technology Leadership Standing Panel August Meeting

Technology Leadership Standing Panel: Artificial Intelligence in Government and Beyond – Where Are We Now?

Technology Leadership February Standing Panel

Joint Panel Session between the Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance and the Standing Panel on Technology Leadership

Joint Panel Session between the Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance and the Standing Panel on Technology Leadership, on “Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Fairness and Equity of G

Joint Panel Session between the Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance and the Standing Panel on Technology Leadership: Can AI Be Used to Increase Fairness and Equity in Government Decisions?

CIOs Face a New Virus – COVID 19

Joint Session of the Standing Panels on the Public Service and Technology Leadership: Roundtable with Suzette Kent

Research on Artificial Intelligence

Tackling AI and Robotics at NAPA

Technology Forecast 2018 by NASCIO, PTI, and NAPA