As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, together with our colleagues at Government Technology, and the Center for Digital Governent, we've gathered and curated some resources from around the Web. We're updating the resource list daily. You can nominate other resources using this online form.
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Dashboards
Interactive View of the Spread of Coronavirus across the 50 StatesFrom Johns Hopkins and Esri, FAO and NOAA.
COVID-19 projections of Hospital Resource Use across the 50 States
(including all beds, ICU beds, and Invasive Ventilators)
From University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
From NewDEAL
Selected Editorial Resources
- Working from Home? Ten Tips for Staying Productive (Governing)
- States and Cities Face the Prospect of Severe Budget Shortfalls (Governing)
- Coronavirus Has Revived the Paid Sick Leave Debate (Governing)
- Learning to Deal with the Coronavirus Through Literature (Governing)
- New Stimulus Plan Intended to Soften Effects of COVID-19 Recession (Governing)
- Coronavirus: Two States Divert to Telework. Are Others Ready? (GovTech)
- Coronavirus Guidance from Our Nation’s Governors and State CIOs (GovTech)
- Coronavirus: Guidelines Have Been Slow to Reach the Public, Hospitals (GovTech)
- We’re not going back to normal(MIT Technology Review)
- Coronavirus will radically alter the U.S. (Washington Post)
Latest Counts:
⚠️ 234,462 Total Cases, including 5,607 deaths and 8,849 recoveries, in the United States as of 4/2 at 5:00 PM PT
Schools, businesses, nonprofits, sports teams, government offices — virtually every piece of American society is involved in the current worldwide attempts to slow the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus).
As people isolate themselves, every single state has set up a webpage or an entire site dedicated to disseminating the latest information about the virus and responses to it.
Government Technology put all of those websites on a map, and included the number of reported coronavirus cases in each state, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We will update the map each business day.
(Credit: Ben Miller, Associate Editor of GT Data and Business)
Federal Government Guidance for State and Local Government Agencies
- Watch Federal Briefings & See Scheduled Briefings (White House Live)
- White House Guidance — 15 Days to Slow the Spread (3/16)
- Recent CDC Guidance on Event Sizes (as of 3/15)
- Community Mitigation Strategy Template (PDF)
- State and Local Government COVID-19 Funding Opportunities
- Recent Federal Guidance (as of March 15)
- Public Health Communicators Guide
COVID-19 Information Dashboards
- Esri Interactive dashboard from Johns Hopkins, FAO and NOAA.
- Splunk dashboard for coronavirus tracking + Githib repository and companion app + corporate point of view (Splunk & Splunk4Good)
Example State and Local Government Responses
- Santa Clara Public Health Guidance
- King County Guidance
- Westchester County Guidance
- New York State Health Guidance
- Florida Health Guidance
- State of California Executive Order
- Pandemic Communication Tip Infographic (Katie Nelson, Mountain View Police Department)
- States Diverting to Telework (GovTech)
- Government Agencies Closing Non-Critical Functions
State and Local Telecommuting Policy Examples
City Policies- City of Palo Alto, Calif.
- City of San Francisco, Calif.
- City of Long Beach, Calif.
- Kansas City, Mo.
- City of San Rafael, Calif.
- City of Sugarland, Texas
- City of Pasadena, Calif.
- City of Bellevue, Wash.
- City of Mesa, Ariz.
- City of Danville, Va.
- Montgomery County, Texas
- King County, Wash.
- Pinal County, Ariz.
- Oakland County, Mich.
- Hamilton County, Ohio
- Davidson County , Tenn.
- Montgomery County, Md.
- Arlington County, Va.
Gov Tech Companies Providing COVID-19 Solutions
Free COVID-19 State and Local Government Resources
Free Data / Overall Resources- Free curated solutions for state and local leaders around the coronavirus (Marketplace.city)
- Free maps, datasets, applications, and more for coronavirus disease for GIS professionals (ESRI)
- Free knowledge sharing resources and templates (ordinances, bylaws, templates, etc.) (BoxOfDocs)
- Free closed community to share ideas and resources for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) or City Managers (Urban Leap)
- Free data insights about anonymized people movement in over 1,000+ cities (LotaData)
- Free (for ArcGIS Users) Coronavirus Response App to monitor coronavirus cases, track the impact on public gathering places, inventory testing sites, and share this information with the public (ESRI)
- Free interactive guide for COVID-19 local government response (COVID Local + Multiple Stakeholders)
- Free data-as-a-service credits to developers/agencies working on COVID-19-related projects until June 30th (MongoDB)
- Free privacy & data protection resources for local governments and others using personal data to respond to COVID-19 (Future of Privacy Forum)
Free Communication Resources
- Free 60-Day SMS notifications for citizens (Citibot)
- Free 90-days of e-mail encryption software (Trustifi)
- Free text message communication during COVID-19 (iConstituent)
- Free Government Social Media Facebook Community (Government Social Media)
- Free landing page for COVID-19 response (Seamless Docs)
- Free 90-days mass notification software (CivicReady).
- Free 90-day voice, text and SMS digital communication software for up to 250 mobile users + SMS Alerting (Vonage)
- Free communication, mobile workforce and security solutions between 30–90 days (AT&T Business)
- Free virtual agent for COVID-19 citizen response (IBM ) + Full list of IBM COVID-19 Response Resources
- Free assistance to all government agencies with developing social media and PR campaign strategies and creative assets around COVID-19 through e-mail (PayIt)
- Free staff internal emergency hub for internal communication, policies, forms and much more through June 2020 (OpenCities)
- Free COVID Resource Center with Telemedicine and Chatbot functionality (SeamlessDocs)
- A mobile application that enables citizens to crowdsource the level of essential supplies, producing a virtuous cycle that keeps more people safe (OurStreets)
- Free resources to help you communicate more effectively with data (MySidewalk)
- Free tool for adding emergency alert banners, hero banners, and pop up messages to your website (Solodev)
- Free online forms and case management (Citybase)
- Free online building and permitting software (Camino)
- Free 90-day online information-sharing portal (Civil Space Lite)
- Free digital tools including GIS Mapping, Drive-through test registration, Expense Tracking, Volunteer Registration and a number of digital forms (GovPilot)
- Free Non-Integrated Payment Solution for Local Governments (nCourt)
- Free state-enterprise cloud-based and secure, turnkey mobile responsive web and notification services (NIC)
- Free digital experience solutions and services for government agencies (Acquia)
Free Training Resources
- Free training on having a distributed workforce (CivicActions)
- Free security-awareness work from home deployment kit (SANS)
- Free best practices guide on outreach (draft webpages, e-mail templates, etc.) (Granicus)
- Free courses on how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19, how to be productive working from home, and how to manage stress (Cornerstone Cares)
- Free Microsoft Teams training (SHI)
- Free employee training for COVID-19 response for human resource professionals (NEOGOV)
- Free training resources for finance, accounting, and risk management (Workiva)
Free Remote Work Resources
- Free remote desktop workspaces and documents for up to 50 people (AWS)
- Free Webex video conferencing for 180-days (Cisco)
- Free video conferencing solution for 90-days (Vonage)
- Free desktop-as-a-service for 30-days (Nutanix)
- Free remote user access through May 2020 (CyberArk)
- Free access (until May 30th) to software intelligence platform for application and infrastructure performance (Dynatrace)
- Free document/collaboration platform and web server for 6-months (Hyland)
- Free tool for evaluating your agency’s readiness for remote work through employee feedback (Qualtrics)
- Free trial of remote work and learning solutions — including secure cloud desktops, virtual contact center, remote communication & collaboration, secure content collaboration, and remote network access (AWS)
- Free platform (through 9/30/2020) to capture, track, and manage the new workflows, unexpected activities and new types of data brought on by COVID-19 (Quickbase)
- Free application performance management and IT operations analytics platform for 90-days (AppDynamics)
- Free telework/remote workforce request workflow solutions (SimpliGov)
- Free infrastructure load testing solution until July 31, 2020 (MicroFocus)
- Free process and workflow solution and resources for 90-days (Nintex)
- Free cloud-based remote help software for 90-days (SolarWinds)
- Free remote worker end-point security (Crowdstrike)
- Free 60-days of total cybersecurity protection + VPN access (McAfee)
- Free new or expanded licenses for Cisco Umbrello, Duo, or AnyConnect (Cisco)
- Free Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Until 4/30 (Okta)
- Free business continuity resource and process templates (Nintex)
Free Procurement Resources
- Free list of COVID-19 cooperative purchasing contracts (CoProcure)
- Free procurement sourcing portal subscription (ProcureNow)
- Free guide on how to live stream the open bidding process (VendorRegistry)
- Free online procurement portal for public sector agencies (ProcureNow)
- Free digital workshop to help with public meeting cancellations (Konveio)
- Free 90-day access to digital meeting management and live video capabilities (at cost) (CivicClerk/CP Media)
- Free budget simulation tool for agencies under the gun to get their budgets framed and executed by June 30 (Balancing Act)
- Free access to emergency grants available for government agencies (Opengrants.io)
- Free resources on how government can access grants to fight coronavirus (eCivis) + COVID-19 Resource Hub
- Free COVID-19 AI-based Diagnosis Tool + Mortality Risk Calculator (Surgisphere)
- Free crisis COVID-19 crisis response platform with mass notification capabilities (Atlas One)
- Free app to conduct secure, routine police work through your cell phone (10–21 Police App, Callyo)
- Free COVID-19 response app with task and resource management, time tracking, etc. (Cartegraph)
- Free solution for digital credentialing and verification across state lines (Merit)
- Free apps for emergency response, outreach, self-reporting, and exposure management (ServiceNow)
Paid COVID-19 State & Local Government Resources
Paid Remote Work Resources- Enabling secure health and human service work to be done remotely through Pokket (Acivilate)
- Justice and public safety coronavirus screening (Unit Innovations)
- Call center automation solution (Xaqt)
- Remote workforce solutions including Desktop-as-a-Service, Managed Desktop, Virtual Desktop and more (Presidio)
- Telework and online learning solution portal (Carahsoft)
- Rapidly scale your virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)(Nutanix)
- Budget modeling and COVID-19 information hubs [Example] (ClearGov)
- Digital platform and support for bringing services online. [Send e-mail with specific need](PayIt)
- Repository of resources and solutions for digital services — such as virtual inspections, permitting and registration to respond to COVID-19 (Accela)
- Design and build enterprise-level sites quickly and easily, with no deep coding skills necessary (Acquia)
- Social media and citizen data monitoring (ZenCity)
- Public safety communication platform (Atlas One)
- Virtual public meeting and citizen engagement hub (PublicInput.com)
- Data and real-time insights about how COVID-19 is impacting cities, vulnerable populations across the country to aid in emergency response (UrbanFootprint)
- Collect real-time data from residents, businesses, and public agencies to keep citizens informed (Unqork)
- Quickly launch automated, personalized communications across all digital channels (Acquia)
- Comprehensive management tool for tracking and mitigation of infectious diseases (FuturITy)
- Accelerator for public health outbreak tracking and monitoring (AKA Enterprise Solutions)
- Zero trust remote network and application access (Netskope)
- Solutions for business continuity, data protection and remote work (NetApp)
- Mission-critical connectivity COVID-19 resource center (Verizon)
- Remote infrastructure monitoring and solutions for staff safety and business continuity during COVID-19 (Ensono)
- Cyber resiliency solution for the increase in cyberattacks around COVID-19 (Rubrik)
- Cybersecurity solutions, tactics, and tips to move to secure, enterprise-wide work-from-home setup (Tanium)
- AI-based security camera view inspection software for better managing physical security cameras (Ai-RGUS)
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- Curated solutions for state and local leaders around the cornavirus (Marketplace.city)
- Get maps, data sets, applications, and more for coronavirus disease (Esri)
- SMS Notifications for Citizens (Citibot) — Free for 60 days for state and local agencies from Citibot
- Government Social Media Facebook Community (Government Social Media)
- Call Center Automation (Xaqt)
- Social Media and Citizen Data Monitoring (ZenCity)
- Free Online Forms (Citybase)
- Free Training on Distributed Workforce (CivicActions)
- Justice and Public Safety Coronavirus Screening (Unit Innovations)
- Data resources and public health response information (Tableau)
- Free Digital Workshop to Help with Meeting Cancellations (Konveio)
- Enabling secure health and human service work to be done remotely through Pokket (Acivilate)
- Free best practices guide on outreach (draft webpages, email templates, etc.) (Granicus)
- Free COVID-19 AI-based Diagnosis Tool + Mortality Risk Calculator (Surgisphere)
Paid COVID-19 State & Local Government Resources
- Enabling secure health and human service work to be done remotely through Pokket (Acivilate)
- Justice and public safety coronavirus screening (Unit Innovations)
- Social media and citizen data monitoring (ZenCity)
- Call center Automation (Xaqt)
- Budget modeling and COVID-19 information hubs [Example] (ClearGov)
- Digital payments & services (PayIt)
- Zero trust remote network and application access (Netskope)
Resources from State and Local Government Associations
Local Government- US Conference of Mayors COVID-19 Resources for Mayors
- National League of Cities (NLC) Resources for Local Government Leaders
- Emerging Local Government Leaders COVID-19 Resources
- Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Coronavirus Resources
- International City Managers Association (ICMA) COVID-19 Resources
State Government
- National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Coronavirus Guidance
- National Conference of State Legislatures — State Legislators & Staff Coronavirus Resources
- National Governors Association (NGA) Coronavirus Resources
Additional State and Local COVID-19 Reading
- Coronavirus News Dashboard (Axios) — Real-time updates
- 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources (Gary Price, Info Docket)
- States Diverting to Telework (GovTech)
- Government Agencies Closing Non-Critical Functions (Governing)
- Gov Tech Events Around the Country Moving Online (GovTech)
- New Stimulus Plan Designed to Soften COVID-19 Economic Impact (Governing)
- A curated list of how cities are reaching out to citizens (Seamless Docs)
State COVID-19 Portals (In Alphabetical Order)
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
This resource list is now updated daily. For multiple updates each day, please see the original resource on which this is based, State and Local Government Resources for COVID-19, also curated by Dustin Haisler on medium.com.
