Examining Effective Cost Estimation
This excerpt examines how your agency can more effectively estimate future construction costs.
Navigating Zero Trust Architecture
This excerpt showcases how a federal agency incorporated zero trust to secure their systems.
Advancing Health Access Through AI
This excerpt details a real-life example of responsible usage of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Mitigating the Effects of Government Shutdowns on Federal Workers: Part Two
Government shutdowns — and, maybe more importantly, the frequent threat of shutdowns — take a toll on federal employees’ mental health. Here are some steps to ease the mental health burden.
Enable Data Sharing Without Hurting Security
This playbook excerpt highlights how GenAI can positively affect customer service and security.
Leverage Resources for Transformations With Impact
Most state and local governments struggle with limited resources. When considering digital transformation, they must weigh both service improvement and cost savings.
Getting Mental Health Out of Our Heads and on the Agenda
Mental Health is no longer a taboo topic. It is discussed and prioritized in open conversation in families and in the workplace. A recent study showed that ninety-two percent of new and upcoming graduates say it’s important that they feel comfortable discussing mental health at work.
Data Protection Requires More Than Monitoring
Network security needs to be built in from the ground up during project development. Here’s advice for choosing the right tools.
Think of Your Constituents as End Users
Community engagement increases when agencies think of residents as end users, not just beneficiaries of government services.
A Plan for Access in Arkansas
Arkansas Courts needed a better case management system. So they built their own, to save money and get the features they need.
Conversations With CXOs: Nathan Tierney
Nathan Tierney is the Deputy CIO and Chief People Officer for the Office of Information Technology (OIT) in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A veteran of the Army Special Forces, roughly five years in private sector leadership roles and author of books on health care value management, here are some lessons he’s learned about… Read more »
Caring for Survivors of Violence in the Cherokee Nation
More than three-quarters of Native American and Alaska Native adults are victims of violence in their lifetimes. A Cherokee Nation program, called ONE FIRE, is providing both immediate and long-term resources to victims.
For North Dakota, the Pandemic Kickstarted a Transition to Digital Work
When governments nationwide had to switch to remote work nearly overnight, North Dakota’s technology office met the challenge of supporting and equipping 8,000 state employees who were suddenly working at home. Here’s what they learned.
5 Success Skills for New Hires
When an agency hires you, it wants you to succeed. That’s why agencies have employee manuals, organization charts and onboarding processes. But new hires need to do some of the legwork, too.
Make Your Job Meaningful
A government career offers many opportunities to find work that matters. But although you’re working for the public good, you also need to treat your career as a career — and treat yourself as a professional.
How One State Advances Cyber Protection
The everyday functions of government — and the services that agencies provide constituents — depend on strong cybersecurity protections. One state’s plan for disaster recovery helped it respond effectively to 23 simultaneous ransomware attacks. But the state has more in mind than that.
How to Take Some of the Hard Work out of Cloud Security
Configuration management is critical to cloud security because many products come with default settings that do not provide adequate security.
In Chicago, Collaboration Makes Early Childcare Better
Agencies often lack reliable, real-time data that can help them solve critical problems. In Chicago, officials used the cloud to bring early childhood care to underserved demographics.
Long-Timers’ Advice for New Government Hires
When you’re a newbie, the wisdom of long-timers can lift the veil on the mysteries of life as a public servant. According to our experts, the most important thing in starting your government job is to embrace the complex and varied environment you’ve entered and explore it.
Head off Hybrid Burnout
Many people are just trying to “get through” remote or hybrid work, hoping that the past will reappear. It won’t, a government expert told GovLoop recently, but there are ways to adjust to hybrid work’s peculiarities.