FirstNet for Emergency Management
FirstNet provides quality of service, priority and preemption for emergent medical communications.
Your Employees are Your Customers, Too
Don’t forget a core set of customers that you interact with every day: Your agency’s employees.
Understanding and Utilizing Multimodal IT
In light of the rapidly changing tech scene, many organizations have started to look toward the future and adapt their traditional enterprise systems to new and developing technologies. What is emerging now is an environment where agencies are adapting bimodal or multimodal technologies and platforms.
State Department’s Holistic Approach to Cloud Security
It’s well known that becoming a Foreign Service officer for the State Department can take a person on the journey of a lifetime. But there’s a different kind of journey that the State Department has been on — the journey of successfully adopting and deploying cloud computing technology departmentwide, and doing so securely.
11 Tips to Keep You Motivated at the Office This Summer
Summer can be rough at the office. It’s (probably) much nicer outside, your coworkers and friends are taking exciting vacations, and you’re stuck in your cubicle. How can you beat the summer blues and remain motivated for the next few months? Here are some tips to get you started.
End of the Space Shuttle & the Beginning of Commercial Space: Leadership, Change, and Private-Public Partnerships
NASA wants to concentrate its limited resources on deep-space exploration and cede lower-Earth orbit to a burgeoning commercial space sector. Achieving these two goals requires transformational change.
Making the Case for Communications in the Cabinet
What if large-scale government organizations had a single cabinet-level agency dedicated to communications and public engagement? The idea of a Secretary or Commissioner of Communications may seem outlandish at first glance, but I believe the concept deserves our consideration.
6 Tips for Keeping Your Cool During Difficult Conversations
When we think of confronting difficult conversations, we associate it with a negative connotation. But believe it or not, difficult conversations can actually be incredibly productive. It’s all about channeling the right energy, keeping your cool, and coming with a plan
Precision Medicine’s Future in Government
Precision medicine, which takes into account an individual’s genetics during, is a major trend in government health IT and a presidential initiative.
Meet the Govie Making an Explosive Difference
Meet the SAMMIE finalist who is making the world a safer place in the face of natural disasters.