Right-Sized Public Tech

A practical first step when public technology work stalls.

Free tools that help public teams repair a process, use an existing system, cut the scope, or define a responsible pilot.

Stalled Technology Triage

Find the smallest responsible next move.

Answer four questions about the work. The result is a starting point for a cross-functional conversation, not legal, procurement, or security advice.

No email required. Your answers stay in this browser and are not submitted. Software is not the assumed answer.

1. Is the intended outcome clear enough to test?
2. Can the current system perform the core job?
3. Can one useful workflow be separated from the rest?
4. Is a reversible test possible before a full commitment?

New flagship guide

Scope an AI procurement before the product conversation takes over.

The AI procurement scoping guide helps state, local, and K-12 teams test whether AI belongs in the solution, then define responsible data, human authority, evaluation, contract, and exit conditions.

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Leave with a working record for:

  • Problem fit and alternatives
  • Impact, data, and human authority
  • Pilot and evaluation conditions
  • Contract, monitoring, and exit questions

Field kits

Four compact working sessions.

Each kit turns a recurring public-team workload into a review packet, a short sequence, and a decision record. Every factual resource links to its primary source and carries a verification date.

Operations + finance

Transportation invoice review

Compare contract terms, assigned service, evidence, exceptions, and credits before payment.

Program + finance

Grant or subrecipient monitoring

Build one evidence trail from risk assessment through follow-up and closeout.

Leadership + IT + finance

Capital or IT portfolio intake

Make competing work comparable before it enters a roadmap or budget.

K-12 leadership + IT

K-12 cybersecurity readiness

Run a bounded readiness session around ownership, backups, response, and recovery.

Published by a software vendor, with the commercial boundary stated plainly.

JS Technology Solutions, Inc. publishes this guide and also offers software. The useful, neutral answer comes first. Any related JSTK option is visually separate and says when it fits, when it does not, and its current product status.

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