The Decision Gap That Will Define Government Performance in 2026
In 2026, governments face a defining inflection point. The single greatest challenge, and opportunity, is decision velocity under sustained complexity.
Getting a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP): What To Do
What should you do if you’re given a performance improvement plan? Here are steps that may help you preserve your rights and even keep your job.
DevSecOps: Why Do You Need It?
DevSecOps integrates security throughout the development lifecycle. Incorporating this will help secure your environments against threat actors.
Nature’s Remedy: How You Can Combat Burnout and Boost Well-Being
In our modern world, we’re often caught in a whirlwind of thoughts, plans, and to-do lists. We become disconnected from subtle cues and signals that our bodies constantly send us — the gentle nudge to rest, the surge of energy that invites movement, the quiet whisper of intuition.
Why Curiosity Is Your Agency’s Secret Weapon
Innovation often feels like a rare, big breakthrough that changes everything. But in reality, innovation is driven by curiosity.
Transform Communities Using Geospatial Solutions
To advocate for healthy, safe and vibrant communities, the Institute for Public Strategies created a five-prong strategy, all of which use GIS to achieve efficiency and effectiveness.
Gratitude: Why It Matters and How to Discover It in Everyday Life
Being grateful for good things in your life, however small, can profoundly improve your well-being. Here are 10 simple ways to make gratitude part of your day.
Getting a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP): How to Try to Determine if It Is Not Sincere
Sometimes, performance improvement plans are used, pro-forma, to pave the way to a firing. Here are some tips to tell if that’s what’s happening to you.
Holiday Homework for Federal Business Executives: Reading Project 2025 Before the Storm Hits
Federal executives face a rare opportunity this holiday season: a pause to take stock of how Project 2025 will shape how they buy in 2026.
A New Approach to Legacy System Modernization
I’ve been working in government technology for more than two decades, spending a non-trivial amount of that time modernizing legacy systems to improve how they work and the digital experiences they support. Recently, I came to a somewhat uncomfortable conclusion — I was probably doing it wrong the whole time. Traditional legacy modernization approaches —Read… Read more »