Overview

June 30
11AM PT, 2PM ET

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The critical work of government is no longer confined to offices and data centers. Today, essential operations happen in parks, transit corridors, public works sites, rural facilities, temporary locations and countless other environments where traditional broadband infrastructure may be limited — or unavailable altogether.

Network outages and coverage gaps can have immediate operational consequences, affecting everything from field operations and constituent services to continuity planning and emergency response. Whether supporting ferry operations, enabling connectivity at state parks or improving wildfire detection capabilities in remote areas, agencies are increasingly looking beyond traditional wired infrastructure to keep critical services running.

Join Government Technology for a conversation on how satellite-enabled connectivity is changing the way state and local agencies think about resilience, mobility and network design. This webinar will explore how new approaches that combine 5G wireless connectivity with satellite backup capabilities can help agencies extend reliable service beyond traditional coverage boundaries while strengthening operational continuity.

Attendees will learn how agencies are using modern connectivity strategies to:

  • Extend connectivity to remote, underserved and infrastructure-limited locations
  • Support mobile and field-based employees with fewer coverage gaps
  • Maintain critical operations during terrestrial network disruptions
  • Improve continuity planning through redundant backup connectivity
  • Rapidly deploy reliable connectivity for temporary facilities and distributed environments


Speakers will also discuss real-world government use cases — including transportation infrastructure, parks, remote offices and other facilities where fiber access may be impractical, delayed or cost-prohibitive.

Attend the live webinar to obtain your complimentary certificate of attendance!

Speakers

 

Ana Ossa

Sr. Director, Product Management, T-Mobile

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Lloyd Levine

National Senior Executive, State & Local Government Strategy, T-Mobile

Lloyd Levine is a former member of the California State Legislature where he served as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce. Currently, Mr. Levine serves as T-Mobile for Government’s National Senior Executive, State & Local Government Strategy and is a Senior Policy Fellow at the University of California, Riverside School of Public Policy. As a Legislator, Mr. Levine established himself as one of California’s leading experts in energy, telecommunications, broadband and technology policy.

Mr. Levine’s desire to accelerate the deployment of broadband technology led him to author and pass the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act (DIVCA), which changed the way video and telecommunications companies were regulated, bringing statutes into par with the current technologies. He also successfully authored legislation streamlining and expediting the process of siting high-speed communications equipment on state property, and legislation changing the way school districts can procure technology.

Mr. Levine served as a member of Governor Schwarzenegger’s Broadband Taskforce and was a Founding Member of the Board of Directors of the California Emerging Technology Fund. Mr. Levine currently serves as a Founding Member of the Advisory Board for the UC Riverside School of Public Policy, where he and the school’s Dean, Anil Deolalikar, co-founded the Center for Technology, Policy and Society.

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Russ Nichols

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Russ Nichols’ public service spanned over 32 years and included management and executive positions with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the California State Controller’s Office, and the Employment Development Department.

In 2015, Nichols was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Chief Information Officer and Director of Enterprise Information Services. While serving at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Nichols also served as a board member for the Corrections Technology Association and served as CTA President from 2019 to 2021. In February 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Nichols Deputy State CIO and Chief Deputy Director at California Department of Technology. Prior to retirement, Nichols also served as Acting State CIO and CDT Director for several months.

During his career, Russ won numerous awards including the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s 2014 Administrator of the Year, Government Technology’s 2018 CIO of the year, and Government Technology’s 2023 California Public Sector Hall of Fame Award.

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