Overview

June 23
11AM PT, 2PM ET

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State and local agencies are under growing pressure to modernize networks while maintaining uninterrupted public services, controlling costs, and supporting increasingly complex security and operational demands. At the same time, legacy infrastructure, fragmented connectivity environments and rigid networking models are limiting flexibility just as mission requirements continue to evolve.

This webinar explores how the new government network is emerging — not as a single upgrade, but as an on-demand connectivity and network operating model designed for resilience, governed change and long-term adaptability. Rather than forcing agencies into periodic, disruptive refresh cycles, on-demand networking enables continuous evolution, allowing capacity, performance and services to scale as needs change while preserving operational stability.

Attendees will learn:

  • How leading agencies are shifting toward on-demand networking models to improve predictability and operational control
  • Why modernization is increasingly an operating and governance challenge, not just a connectivity decision
  • How on-demand connectivity can reduce risk and complexity during infrastructure transitions, including copper and TDM retirements
  • What agencies can do now to prepare for future network and service changes without rushed or reactive decision-making

The session will also introduce a practical transition-readiness framework that agencies can use to assess exposure, strengthen resilience and preserve flexibility before timelines and architectures are dictated by forced retirement events.

Designed for CIOs, IT leaders, operations leaders, procurement officials and public safety stakeholders, this conversation focuses on helping agencies build a secure, scalable and adaptable network foundation that supports continuity today and evolving needs tomorrow. Attend the live webinar to obtain your complimentary certificate of attendance

Speakers

 

Nathan Smith

Lumen Digital Specialist- NaaS

Nathan Smith is a Solutions Specialist focusing on Lumen’s Network as a Service platform, where he helps state, and public sector organizations modernize their digital infrastructure through secure, scalable networking and cloud solutions. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Nathan brings extensive experience in account management, consultative solution design, and outcome-based selling, with a strong focus within on-demand solutions, connectivity, and digital transformation.

Throughout his career, Nathan has specialized in helping organizations align technology investments to business outcomes—improving operational resilience, reducing complexity, and enabling innovation. He is recognized for his expertise in converged solution selling, new business development, and guiding customers through complex infrastructure transitions, including evolving toward on-demand networking models.

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Barry Condrey — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Barry has worked in the IT field for over 37 years holding a wide range of technology leadership positions in the public and private sectors and was most recently the CIO for Chesterfield County, Virginia where he pursues initiatives based on digital transformation, open government, and citizen centricity. Under his leadership Chesterfield County Va was four times recognized as the #1 digital county in the USA. Barry holds a masters degree in public leadership with a minor in economics from Virginia State University and a bachelors degree in computer science from DeVry University. He has been adjunct faculty for Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently adjunct faculty for the Public Technology Institute in the certified government CIO program. Barry has been an active NACo contributor, a gubernatorial appointee to the Virginia elections security standards workgroup and a two-time president of the Virginia Local Government IT Executives (VALGITE) organization. He is a certified government CIO (CGCIO), a certified information security manager (CISM) and a national top 25 Doer, Dreamer & Driver. He likes to teach, research technology, write code and blog about technology leadership from his home in Moseley, Virginia.