How to Apply DEIA at Your Agency
Two GovLoop speakers shared strategies for implementing DEIA initiatives that build stronger agencies.
Simplifying Data Storage and Protection
No organization is immune to cyber breaches. But there are strategies that make effective cyberattacks less likely and that protect data on which government depends.
Cultivating a Good Government Culture
In her latest edition of Management Minutes With Mika, Mika Cross, a Workplace Transformation Strategist, sat down with Jason Briefel, Director of Government and Public Affairs at Shaw, Bransford, and Roth P.C., to explore how to create a positive government culture.
NextGen: What’s on the Agenda?
Check out the featured keynote sessions from the upcoming NextGen Summit on May 15.
Meet Our Featured Contributor Cohort
It’s time to meet our talented Featured Contributor cohort.
Spring Into Online Training in March
Check out this month’s online training sessions and register now.
How to Manage an Inclusive Team
This recap of a recent New Supervisors Community of Practice session covers top tips for having an inclusive team.
Ways to Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day
March 1 is National Employee Appreciation Day. Here are a few tips and resources to get you started recognizing your colleagues.
Need to Improve CX? Low-code Automated Testing Can Help
Agencies that rely exclusively on manual software testing are missing the opportunities that automation provides, such as finding and resolving pain points quickly and efficiently, giving employees a more satisfying work experience, strengthening service delivery, and building constituent trust.
Building Skills for Growth
How do you build a skills-based organization? Choose candidates for their learning potential, and then develop it. Here are some tips.
Building Civic Trust Through Civic Tech
Civic tech is a vital way to improve constituent trust, and there’s a lot of potential for it to develop and grow.
Online Forms – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
This CX CoP recap covers how digital forms are changing agencies.
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.