Transforming Public Defense Operations for the Digital Evidence Era
This event will take place on Zoom Webinar. Please email nacomeetings@naco.org with registration or login questions.
Public defender offices nationwide face an unprecedented operational challenge. Body-worn cameras, cell phone extractions, drone footage, and complex court records have created a tsunami of unstructured digital discovery. Legacy point solutions and proprietary vendor systems trap critical records, forcing case teams to spend disproportionate hours manually organizing, transcribing, and indexing discovery rather than advocating for clients.
Join Deepak Budhwani, Administrative Deputy at the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office, and Sabih Khan, Justice and Public Safety Lead at Box, for a 45-minute webinar exploring how modern defense agencies are bridging the resource divide through secure AI, automated workflows, and intelligent content management.
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County Tech Xchange
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Upcoming Events
Secure & Responsible AI: Building Trust and Cyber Resilience in Local Government
As artificial intelligence transforms how local governments deliver essential services, county leaders face a critical challenge: how can they embrace AI innovation while protecting sensitive data, managing cybersecurity risks, and maintaining public trust?
Buy Smarter with Amazon Business: A New Nationally Solicited Contract for Public Agencies
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Discover how your agency can tap into more than 300 million products and hundreds of thousands of third-party sellers through a new Amazon Business contract that was competitively bid on a national scale. Fixed-term price ceilings across eight categories help keep everyday purchasing both compliant and budget-friendly. This webinar is the second rendition of our initial rollout webinar on October 22, 2026.
For more information, visit the event page!
Better Prompts, Better Results: Using GenAI Efficiently and Responsibly in County Government
County staff are being asked to do more with limited time and resources, and generative AI can help, but only if you know how to use it well and responsibly. This practical session will start with a quick AI prompting primer and then spend time on how better prompts translate into real efficiencies, from cutting the time it takes to draft communications, summarize policies, and prepare meeting notes, to responding to constituents faster and with greater clarity and accuracy.
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