{"id":1629,"date":"2013-10-21T20:21:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T03:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2013-10-21T20:21:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T03:21:59","slug":"might-professionals-help-overcome-greatest-threats-local-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/might-professionals-help-overcome-greatest-threats-local-government\/","title":{"rendered":"How Might IT Professionals Help Overcome the Greatest Threats to Local Government?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/might-professionals-help-overcome-greatest-threats-local-government\/attachment\/secured-data-transfer\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1631\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1631\" alt=\"Secured data transfer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/information.technology.security.jpeg\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/information.technology.security.jpeg 859w, https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/information.technology.security-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/information.technology.security-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>There are a number of threats that face local government today.\u00a0 The public sector is dealing with spiraling pension costs, annual increases in healthcare expenses for active employees and retirees, and other employee-related expenditures that continue to rise.\u00a0 At the same time, revenues are down or at best flat. \u00a0Then, to add insult to injury, many of the legislative bodies (e.g., councils, boards, etc.) are finding themselves unable to generate consensus because of the impact of special interest groups. \u00a0The final blow comes as the global economy continues to sputter along desperately trying to emerge from the most dramatic financial crisis since the Great Depression.\u00a0 Now is the time for serious innovation, entrepreneurial vision, and the strategic implementation of new and improved service models.\u00a0 These solutions must leverage technology, be cost effective, and not only provide reductions in costs, but also bring opportunities for revenue enhancement.\u00a0 Up until now, these areas were not on the radar of your typical public sector leader.<\/p>\n<p>Given the rough road toward fiscal health that most California cities must travel, it will take a new cadre of professionals that are quick studies, highly flexible, and easily adaptable to change, as the internal dynamics are in constant flux.\u00a0 These professionals will need to have a strong analytical sense and the ability to look outside the proverbial box for solutions\u2014what worked yesterday may not work tomorrow.\u00a0\u00a0 Furthermore, the municipal leaders of tomorrow will need to make use of diplomatic, innovative, and creative approaches to problem solving while having a solid appreciation for serving in a political environment.\u00a0 To accomplish this, they will need IT professionals that are flexible enough to work in different areas of the organization and leverage their technical know-how to streamline, optimize, and automate the various areas of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The old clich\u00e9 that an organization must do more with less is just that\u2014an old clich\u00e9.\u00a0 The truth is that an organization must find new ways to consolidate services with other jurisdictions in ways that are not only cost beneficial, but also revenue positive.\u00a0 The best people for this mission are clearly those technology-savvy individuals who can find ways to combine common business processes together among perhaps disparate jurisdictions in an effort to reduce costs and generate revenue.\u00a0 How is this possible?\u00a0 It\u2019s actually quite simple.\u00a0 Local governments need to stop looking at their operations simply as cost centers and instead look at them as areas for revenue generation.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s better for multiple jurisdictions to contract with a larger neighbor for a given service, and by each of them paying for their share plus a small administrative charge, they can get the same or better service for less money than doing it themselves.\u00a0 Plus, the entity providing the service not only covers their internal costs, but they also generate a small amount of revenue that can be used to offset other costs within the organization.\u00a0 This is what is known as the Government-to-Government (G2G) shared services model.\u00a0 This is the direction of the future, and now is the time for private sector IT professionals to 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