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• Increasing Financial Empowerment
• Financially empowered citizens are the key to the nation’s economic health. Many state and local governments are rightfully concerned about and working toward helping the “unbanked” and “under-banked” build the personal and financial resources they need to achieve self-sufficiency.

• America’s Critical Caseload: Innovation and the Future of Health and Human Services in State and Local Government
• Join the Governing Institute and the Center for Digital Government as we present a live webinar on our findings regarding the need for a resource for leaders as they grapple with increasing caseloads and fewer workers, and look to technology to help remedy these issues.

• Fighting the New Fraud: Survey Insights from Governing
• No two fraud attempts are ever the same and ingenious fraudsters are always looking for ways to outsmart government agencies. With billions of dollars and the soundness of our reputations at stake, governments are taking decisive action. Peter Budetti, Director of the Federal CMS Center for Program Integrity described the size and the importance of the problem this way: “For me the number one way of knowing we have a lot of fraud is that whenever we look, we find more.”

• Moving Out of the Red: Improving Government’s Collection of Delinquent Receivables
• Delinquent receivables owed to governments have increased at rapid rates in recent years and tax revenues from most sources have also declined due to the great recession. This scenario, coupled with consumers shifting viewpoints on how they manage their finances have put increased pressures on governments to provide services with constrained budgets. Currently, there are several hundred billion dollars of delinquent receivables, especially aged receivables, owed to governments that could be collected and used to provide valuable services to citizens.

• Big Data: Big Innovations for State and Local Government?
• Join GOVERNING’s editorial staff on Wednesday, October 17 at 2 p.m. ET for a live, interactive online forum as we discuss the purpose of big data and how state and local governments are putting it to use.

• Hot Off the Press…The Research Is In: How to Keep Public Sector Employees Connected and Committed
• In the wake of the Great Recession, many have asked how increased workloads and decreasing budgets may be affecting the engagement and satisfaction of over 19 million employees within the state, local and education markets.

• Streamline Budgeting: Break Free from Outdated Processes
• Budgeting in the Public Sector can be described as complex, complicated and all budget drafting documents are politically driven. There has been a need for a simpler solution to budgeting in the public sector for some time. Are there viable solutions in the marketplace already? This webinar will answer that and more.

• Replacing Paper Tax Refunds with Debit Cards
• For the 2012 tax season, many Americans who were owed refunds didn’t receive a familiar check in the mail. They got a prepaid debit card instead. At least six states issued their tax refunds on debit cards, in a move they say will save money for both the refund recipients and the government.

• Applying Smart Technology to Municipalities….and Beyond!
• In today’s world, city leaders look at their municipalities in terms of both the big picture and the individual citizens that comprise it. Cities across the country spend a significant amount of time auditing businesses for correct licenses, permits and paperwork. What if this process could be automated to streamline, harmonize and improve citizen services?

• ERP That Works: Breaking News and Survey Insights on ERP Modernization
• The Center for Digital Government has just completed a comprehensive national survey on ERP modernization in government, and the results just might surprise you. At all levels of government and in all regions of the country, CIOs are making the move to better solutions for finance, accounting, human resources, and much more. Thanks to the input of your public sector colleagues, we can now provide a 360-degree view of the state of the art in public sector ERP.