AI-Powered Transformation: Building the Business Case for Real Change

State and local agencies are under intense pressure to modernize, yet the core challenge remains timeless: How do you justify an emerging-technology investment in a way that taxpayers, legislators, and agency leaders will genuinely support?

As agencies rush to identify AI use cases, a crucial strategic question emerges: How do you make sure the value doesn’t get spread too thinly across dozens of small wins—each helpful, but not transformative?

Individual teams love their local improvements, but executives must ultimately tell a statewide story of modernization, efficiency, service quality, and trust. Without that story, the business case risks becoming fragmented, even if all the pieces are technically successful.

Second Layer: The Statewide Competitiveness Argument

A growing number of states are also exploring a different angle: Is there a legitimate business case for becoming a national leader in AI capability?

For Public Sector Network and EY’s webinar, we will look to explore:

• Why states might pursue AI leadership (economic development, workforce attraction, modernization velocity, improved service delivery).
• How to differentiate substance from hype.
• And again: What’s the direct, understandable benefit for residents?

If constituents don’t feel the upside—safer communities, faster services, better health access, more responsive government—the statewide AI narrative won’t hold.

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