Posts By Megan Pleasant

2025 NextGen Awards

Congratulations, 2025 NextGen Public Service Award Winners!

GovLoop is proud to announce the 16th annual NextGen Public Service Award winners for superior public service and achievement! The awards recognize deserving individuals across federal, state, and local government who are selected from the public service community for their intelligence, exuberance, and dedication to improving and invigorating government. Please review the winners below, alongRead… Read more »

How a Modernized Data Infrastructure Can Drive AI Success

Drive AI Success With a Modernized Data Infrastructure

Did you know that around 85% of AI projects fail, with data access often attributed as the top reason for their failure? With AI’s potential to boost public service delivery and cut costs, agencies need to create an intelligent data infrastructure (IDI) tailored for their government environment to help AI projects come to fruition. Let’sRead… Read more »

Colortokens Beyond Breach Prevention

Stop Intruders in Their Tracks

It’s a well-known fact that agencies invest most of their cybersecurity budgets in trying to prevent breaches, but unfortunately, bad actors still manage to find their way in. So, how do you mitigate the damage that attackers can do once they get inside your system? Microsegmentation is an approach that involves creating isolated network segmentsRead… Read more »

AI in CX

The Future of AI and CX

AI has impacted almost every facet of government services, with customer experience being no exception. In fact, agencies now have a prime opportunity to elevate CX. So, what does an AI-powered CX strategy look like? During the latest CX Community of Practice, Angy Peterson, Vice President of the Granicus Experience Group, offered insights into theRead… Read more »

October Online Training

October’s Online Training Lineup

The temperatures may be cooling down, but the opportunity to learn new skills is heating up with October’s online training line-up.   From agentic AI to the do’s and don’ts of delegation, there’s something for everyone. We’ve also got the NextGen Government Virtual Training Summit that you won’t want to miss – it’s a full dayRead… Read more »

NextGen Virtual Training Summit

It’s Time to Break Out at NextGen

The NextGen Government Training Virtual Summit is just around the corner, and it’s time to start thinking about which breakout sessions you’d like to attend! During the free, all-day online professional development seminar on Wednesday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET/7 a.m.-1 p.m. PT, there are two opportunities to attend breakout sessions, with topicsRead… Read more »

Balancing Security Efficiency and Effectiveness

Confronting a growing number of alerts and tighter resources, government agencies must evaluate their existing security deployments in endpoint prevention, detection, and response for opportunities to reduce costs and leverage the right technology for more efficient endpoint security. Let’s explore a few best practices that can drive new levels of security efficiency in endpoint securityRead… Read more »

The NextGen Virtual Summit is on October 22.

Welcome Back, NextGen Nation!

We’re gearing up for another NextGen Government Training Virtual Summit, where more than 2,000 public sector employees will come together for a day of free online professional development! Held on Wednesday, Oct. 22, we’ll be bringing in government and industry experts to share their expertise on a wide range of topics, from writing AI promptsRead… Read more »

Employee gesturing to computer screen with customer survey on it.

How Empathy Can Improve CX

In virtually every aspect of life, a little empathy can go a long way. This is especially true when we think about how government agencies and their employees interact with constituents. Services, apps, processes, forms, and outreach — core elements of CX programs — can all be improved when approached with an empathetic mindset. ReadRead… Read more »