This is a premier event, focusing on strengthening Washington’s technology leadership community by cultivating trusted cross‑sector collaboration, advancing practical learning, and inspiring forward‑looking conversations that improve public outcomes.
This summit brings together IT leaders looking to redefine what’s possible. From scaling AI, simplifying infrastructure to unlocking data-driven decisions and leading with empathy, you’ll explore how to drive meaningful change across people, platforms, and performance – while keeping your organization resilient, agile, and ready for what’s next.
The Government Innovation Showcase Florida offers a unique opportunity for state agencies to highlight their achievements and dive into the strategies that contributed to their success. This event serves as a platform for agency leaders to showcase their innovative approaches and the operational improvements that have enabled them to excel.
By focusing on the methods that helped drive these successes, the summit aims to assist other agency leaders in replicating similar results. Attendees will gain insights into best practices around collaboration, technology, digital transformation, cybersecurity, workforce development, vendor collaboration, and procurement processes that have proven effective in advancing agency missions.
Join your fellow leaders to explore how Florida’s state agencies can continue to support one another in achieving shared goals for the benefit of all Floridians.
The Summer Higher Ed CIO Congress will focus on 75 c-level executives on the technology side of higher education (CIOs, CTOs and VPs of Technology). These leaders are mainly focused on cybersecurity, maximizing student success, and the quality and practices associated with undergraduate, graduate, and professional study at the college/university. Conference sessions will address how technology leaders can improve their institution’s technology programs, support services, and organizational design to drive innovation and help students from all backgrounds succeed.
Bringing together the brightest minds in state and local government, this summit empowers public-sector leaders to explore cutting-edge technologies, modernize operations, and solve pressing challenges. From cybersecurity and AI to data governance and digital service delivery, sessions are designed to spark insight, foster collaboration, and accelerate real-world results. Whether you’re shaping strategy or implementing solutions, the Summit delivers valuable peer connections and actionable guidance to help move your mission forward.
Join us at the Government Innovation Virginia 2026 to explore insights in data management, modernized infrastructure, citizen-focused digital services, digital inclusion, and inter-agency collaboration. This event will highlight Virginia’s innovative approaches and provide a platform for sharing ideas with peers across the state while addressing critical topics such as cybersecurity resilience, responsible AI and data stewardship, and workforce readiness.
This summit brings together IT leaders looking to redefine what’s possible. From scaling AI, simplifying infrastructure to unlocking data-driven decisions and leading with empathy, you’ll explore how to drive meaningful change across people, platforms, and performance – while keeping your organization resilient, agile, and ready for what’s next.
The ALB Regulatory Summit event series is dedicated to providing a forum for regional and global regulatory bodies and policymakers across industries with an emphasis on the financial services industry across the Asia-Pacific region.
Over the past few years, government agencies, counties and municipalities have accelerated modernization efforts through digitization and, in 2026, that momentum will only grow. The year ahead will usher in an automation-first era, where AI and intelligent content management play a central role in advancing transformation efforts and strengthening public trust.
By unifying fragmented data, addressing ghost content and embedding compliance-by-design, agencies can shift from reactive recordkeeping to proactive, transparent and data-driven governance. Below are three key predictions for the year ahead.
1. Automation-first will become the new standard for state and local government
In 2026, government agencies will begin looking at digitization more holistically. they will become the standard operating model for content management, with AI continuously identifying and classifying ghost content across legacy and siloed systems.
Agencies will leverage AI-powered content management to continuously identify and classify ghost content buried across legacy or disconnected systems.
If the Department of Transportation were to find thousands of outdated project plans across multiple servers, the agency could use AI-led classification and low-code automation to instantly identify expired records, archive them based on retention policies and highlight pertinent data sets. By surfacing this ghost content and connecting once isolated systems, agencies will reclaim valuable storage, reduce compliance risks and accelerate modernization.
Automation can connect agencies beyond just IT departments, enabling processes that routinely classify, clean and govern data at scale. This enables leaders to make decisions based on the full scope of trusted, actionable information while illuminating any duplicate or hidden content.
2. Trust-centered AI will transform records from static archives into living intelligence
A recent survey found 50% of Americans felt “uncomfortable” with AI use in government services while 59% believed the technology would aid in efficiently serving residents. The public knows AI will streamline their experiences with government agencies but need transparency in these tactics to gain trust.
In 2026, I see AI shifting from a back-office productivity tool to a front-line intelligence partner providing both efficiency gains and transparency to cultivate trust with constituents. For example, agencies can use AI-driven content management to classify sensitive documents, respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests faster and strengthen audit-ready compliance with greater transparency.
Instead of relying on AI as a black box, trust-by-default systems will combine human oversight with explainable AI to ensure decisions made from historical and real-time data are verifiable and equitable. AI tools used in allocating public resources will provide audit trails and reasoning to uphold public accountability. As a result, AI will become a force for accountability and clarity, turning decades of ghost content into a foundation for public confidence.
3. Interoperability and compliance-by-design will bridge the data divide
Inconsistent compliance and fragmented systems are some of the most significant barriers to seamless government services. In the year ahead, interoperability will be less centered around the movement of data between platforms and more about consistent governance.
AI-driven content management will aid in unifying information from multiple systems while automatically enforcing retention, security and compliance policies. As an example, a justice agency might manage records across law enforcement, courts and corrections. With embedded governance, sensitive data can be identified early, content will be consistently categorized and frameworks like those of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can be applied in real time.
A compliance-by-design approach reduces risk without hindering work. Embedded controls and audit trails will make governance automatic, while open APIs give organizations the opportunity to connect aging systems with modern, cloud-secure platforms. All of this will enable more rapid service delivery and increased transparency while maintaining the level of governance expected by the public.
Building a Smarter, More Resilient Government
Agencies that align automation, AI and governance will move beyond record management, to governing intelligence, enabling better decisions, stronger accountability and greater public trust. This shift is already underway, and the next chapter of government modernization will be defined by how well agencies turn information into insights.
Laserfiche offers intelligent orchestration and documentation tools that help government agencies modernize to meet the demands of 2026 and beyond. Discover how Laserfiche could advance your goals in the year ahead now.
During National Data Privacy Week, Laserfiche attended Public Sector Network’s latest Government Innovation Showcase in Sacramento, California to discuss California’s Digital Future. Californians dedicated to data, AI and IT modernization discussed best practices in implementing technology, ensuring data security and leading IT modernization projects to drive efficient, future-ready infrastructure.
Laserfiche was part of the Technology, Data and AI Integration track discussing AI’s impact on digital transformation and how to leverage AI to transform government operations and public safety. Laserfiche also hosted a roundtable on modernizing government with AI without losing governance. Through the event’s keynotes and panels, attendees gained practical strategies for modernizing infrastructure, improving data-driven decision-making and driving innovation in public agencies, with one clear theme standing out: Innovation in government only succeeds when it is grounded in trust. Trust in data, trust in decision-making, and trust that new technologies are being applied with clear accountability.
California’s Investing in a Future That is Smart, Inclusive and Citizen-Centric
California continues to lead in using AI to advance digital government. The state is home to 32 of Forbes’s top 50 AI companies worldwide. Additionally, “California leads U.S. demand for AI talent,” according to the press office of Governor Gavin Newsom. “In 2024, 15.7% of all U.S. AI job postings were in California — #1 by state, well ahead of Texas (8.8%) and New York (5.8%), per the 2025 Stanford AI Index.”
With billions allocated toward modernizing critical infrastructure and enhancing data-driven programs, the state is committed to delivering faster services to its more than 39+ million residents. The showcase demonstrated the ethos Governor Newsom invoked when he said:
California has proven that we can establish regulations to protect our communities while also ensuring that the growing AI industry continues to thrive. This legislation strikes that balance. AI is the new frontier in innovation, and California is not only here for it — but stands strong as a national leader by enacting the first-in-the-nation frontier AI safety legislation that builds public trust as this emerging technology rapidly evolves.
Governor Gavin Newsom, Sept. 29, 2025
From reimagining service delivery in health and human services to advancing climate resilience and equitable access, California is setting the pace for what modern governance looks like. AI-powered tools like Laserfiche are helping the state improve citizen outcomes, foster interagency collaboration and meet California’s urgent challenges today and in the future.
AI is the future and California companies are leading.
In Sacramento, several conversations reflected a shared concern for agencies today: the pressure to adopt AI quickly, balanced against the responsibility to ensure transparency, security and public confidence. The answer was not to avoid AI altogether, but to strengthen AI governance. The keynote reiterated this strategic insight.
AI vs. AI: California’s New Frontier in Innovation, Building Trust and Defending the Digital State
Thea Man, chief information security officer, Office of Data and Innovation, presented the keynote of the day centered on California’s innovative future built on trust.
The message?
California is one of the world’s most targeted cyber battlegrounds. AI now operates on both sides of the security equation — accelerating discovery and defense, while enabling new forms of automated cyber-attacks. The result is a digital future where speed, adaptability and foresight define success.
In the era of AI vs. AI, California’s next leadership challenge is clear: to ensure AI not only powers progress, but protects the state from adversaries.
The session, and much of the discussion of the day, was on how California can use AI to outpace AI-driven threats to innovate and protect us in the digital future. Key highlights included how AI can power the next generation of cyber defense across critical sectors and why ethics, transparency and public trust will define the future of AI-enabled governance.
Modernizing Government with AI — Without Losing Governance
During a roundtable I facilitated with department leaders, the conversation moved beyond theory to lived experience with a discussion on the realities of responsible AI in practice. Beyond tools and pilots, AI now impacts day-to-day operations.
AI is already present in government, whether through sanctioned initiatives or informal use by individuals trying to work more efficiently. Participants agreed avoiding AI altogether does not prevent risk — it often increases it by pushing experimentation outside established controls. Participants agreed that a proactive governance approach is essential to maintaining public trust.
Several shared how uncertainty at the executive level unintentionally slowed formal AI efforts, creating space for unsanctioned projects to emerge. In contrast, agencies making progress described taking a measured path — defining clear guardrails around what data could be used, how it would be applied, who could access it, and how outcomes would be evaluated. Governance, in these cases, was not a constraint but a confidence-builder.
Another key insight was that AI adoption does not need to look the same across agencies and departments. Participants emphasized the importance of aligning AI capabilities to mission needs and organizational maturity, rather than pursuing sophistication for its own sake. Governance frameworks helped agencies right-size their approach while preserving consistency and accountability.
Two success factors surfaced repeatedly:
- Trusted data: Agencies that had moved forward successfully invested early in establishing confidence in their information through clear policies, records management practices and shared evaluation criteria before introducing AI into workflows.
- A people-first approach: One agency shared a lesson learned after realizing that while its data and policies were trusted, its initial AI deployment failed to reflect how staff actually interpreted and used information. By incorporating end users into the development process, the agency was able to course-correct and improve adoption.
The roundtable reinforced that AI in government is not solely a technical challenge. It is a governance and leadership discipline — one that depends equally on trusted data, clear oversight and meaningful human involvement.
The birthplace of AI: Governance and Trust in California
The event united government leaders, technology experts and industry partners across the Golden State to explore how data, AI innovation and secure digital tools can strengthen service delivery while building public trust. Our roundtable had leaders express the importance of involving the people who use data and interpret information daily. This ensures AI systems reflect real operational language and workflows rather than policy assumptions alone.
The takeaway for government leaders was clear: Successful AI adoption is defined by discipline — building governance, trust and human context into systems before scaling them.
For more about Laserfiche’s AI capabilities for California’s future, watch AI’s Impact on Information Management on-demand now.