News Articles

Williamson County connects multiple agencies for faster emergency response
KXAN News - September 27, 2023
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/williamson-county-connects-multiple-agencies-for-faster-emergency-response/ 

Williamson County Commissioners Court hears update on dispatch software
Williamson County Sun - September 27, 2023
https://www.wilcosun.com/news-georgetown-jarrell-liberty-hill-florence-hutto-taylor-east-williamson-county-round-rock-47 

Williamson County unveils new government website with added security
Community Impact News -  July 12, 2023
https://communityimpact.com/austin/cedar-park-far-northwest-austin/government/2023/07/11/williamson-county-unveils-new-government-website-with-added-security/ 

Williamson County to Begin the Process of Redistricting
Round Rock Leader - 2011
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18PP826wAMwyZtIQmGLA5S6aXMlZd1fKq/view?usp=drive_link 

A View from Above
Taylor Daily Press - August 2008
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y6-45MXpRvpZonrcEGcAg0XCdrGClCcp/view?usp=drive_link 

Awards

These are the awards I and my staff have won over the years:

2024 Excellence Award
Texas Association of Government IT Managers
https://www.tagitm.org/page/2024Awards  

2021 Excellence Award
Texas Association of Government IT Managers
https://www.tagitm.org/page/2021Awards 

2020 Excellence Award
Texas Association of Government IT Managers
https://www.tagitm.org/page/2020Awards 

2019 Excellence Award
Texas Association of Government IT Managers
https://www.tagitm.org/page/2019Awards

2018 Excellence Award
Texas Association of Government IT Managers
https://www.tagitm.org/page/2018Awards 

2012 Excellence Award
Texas Association of Government IT Managers
https://www.tagitm.org/page/2012Awards

Speaking Engagements

AI Will Change Everything
Texas Association of Government IT Managers Conference - 2023
https://www.tagitm.org/resource/resmgr/annual_conference/presentations/doc2023_semple.pdf

The Future Government Workplace
Center for Digital Government (archived by Logitech)
https://info.logitech.com/on-demand-govtech-empowering-government-workforce.html?utm_campaign=VC_AMR_FY22Q4_Future-Govt-Workplace_NON_ES&utm_source=Infographic&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=Channel 

So You've Been Compromised
Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers - July 24, 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KwiMOqFr9fRP-Dp7Vb88nUCpi4zKkIT/view?usp=drive_link 

IT Lessons from the Pandemic
Texas Association of Government IT Managers Conference - 2021
https://www.tagitm.org/resource/resmgr/annual_conference/presentations/doc2021_semple.pdf 

Williamson County and Bomgar Demonstrate Secure Remote Support
Texas Association of Government IT Managers Conference - 2015
https://www.tagitm.org/page/2015Presentations 

White Papers and Case Studies

Dell Technologies - Winning and Growing with our Customers
https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/winning-and-growing-with-our-customers/ 

Dell Technologies - Williamson County: digitally transforming government
https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/sv-se/products/storage/customer-stories-case-studies/williamson-county-written-case-study.pdf 

Logitech - Williamson County Maintains Human Connections in the Age of Hybrid Work with the Help of Logitech
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JaicM7DRMe6p8EhdqZqyd4phsjgrXCej/view?usp=sharing 

State Tech Magazine - The Growing Wave of Two-Factor Authentication in Local Government
https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2013/01/growing-wave-two-factor-authentication-local-government