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This EMA white paper discusses the top findings of this study. It provides a snapshot of the key challenges and "must haves" associated with automating the management, performance, and availability of complex, modern applications, as voiced by the IT professionals themselves.

Learn the essentials of APM and build your case for adopting an APM solution in your enterprise

Key ideas of application performance management are discussed in this 6 minute conceptual video. Learn what makes a good APM tool, and what kind of actionable insight you can expect to gain from a good solution.

The rise of notification technology has coincided with an increase in citizen demands for transparent communications from their leaders. Residents are expecting immediate and accurate information about the events and issues that affect their community. As a result, mass notification systems have gained a significant foothold in local governments. It has now become the norm for local officials to reach out to citizens via phone, email, text – even social media – at a moment’s notice. With this new emphasis on transparent communications, local governments must carefully assess their methods for protecting increasing volumes of citizen information. What are the ramifications of this data falling into the hands of unauthorized parties? And how can government leaders ensure this personal information is protected? The risks and challenges cannot be underestimated. 

Develop and implement effective and efficient communication strategies before, during and after winter weather strikes.

In the era of Facebook and Twitter, people demand constant information in a real-time, easy-to-use package. Government leaders are held to especially high standards as public safety and fiscal health are often at stake. For most agencies, this means leading outreach through multiple communication channels – voicemail, text, email, social media, websites and news media – in order to effectively reach everyone in the community, wherever they may be, in a matter of minutes.

Learn safety and security strategy plus communication best practices for your state and local government to implement before, during and after a utility disaster.

When unseasonably heavy rains resulted in town-wide flooding, the Lincoln Police Department leveraged the Blackboard Connect platform to keep the community informed of both road closures and the availability of public safety resources.

Scott Ready, Blackboard’s accessibility expert, discusses the current landscape and ways to improve accessibility in government training and development programs.

Make online course content more accessible with Blackboard Ally. Using inclusivity, sustainability and automation as its key pillars, Blackboard Ally helps you understand and tackle accessibility in a way that benefits all employees.

Organizations across the world are seeing increasing employee expectations around accessibility, and as online training programs grow, organizations must provide both content and tools for employees with varying needs.

The Blackboard Learn SaaS deployment in AWS GovCloud provides a secure and reliable foundation for a world-class learning experience. With AWS GovCloud infrastructure, sensitive data and regulated workloads are hosted securely in the cloud.

Have a look at Blackboard's demo videos and see how Blackboard can help you and your organization.

Recent survey finds that government agencies involved in overseeing the construction of buildings or infrastructure are beginning to realize the importance and value of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Download our whitepaper and webinar to gain insights on the full survey results and FCW report: “BIM Poised for Greater Adoption”. Also listen to Autodesk’s David Fagerman PLS/RPLS and Chuck Mies LEED AP, Assoc. AIA as they discuss the growing case for BIM in government infrastructure and building projects in this on-demand webinar from Federal Computer Week.

Government agencies have stringent learning requirements with minimal budgets. Many are turning to Blackboard to find innovative ways to train their employees.