The pandemic has transformed the way we work. Remote work will play a permanent role for many employees in the state and local government workforce. The 2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) included billions for states and localities to help offset remote work and telework expenditures. Join us as we outline how Governments and Public Sector organizations are using those funds – and how they can make the best use of the billions of dollars still available.

• The American Rescue Plan and how it relates to stimulus funding State and Local IT funding priorities

• The funds that are available to be leveraged by states for IT-related projects

• How states have used the Coronavirus Relief Fund for IT initiatives and how to effectively leverage ARP spending to deal with the hybrid work environments to come

• Other major government initiatives in CARES/American Rescue Plan to improve service delivery at the State and Local level (Unemployment Insurance modernization, DotGov Act, etc.)

	Mike Hettinger, President and Founding Principal, Hettinger Strategy Group LLC
	Matthew T. Cornelius, Executive Director, Alliance for Digital Innovation
	Heath Beach, Former Deputy CIO, Florida
	Stephen R. Kovac, Vice President of Global Government, Head of Corporate Compliance, Zscaler, Inc.