Learn how to make your meetings matter. Everyone has been to them, most hate them and few are done well. What are we talking about? Meetings! In fact, studies show that poorly run meetings are a multi-billion-dollar problem in U.S. organizations. By not optimizing their efficiency and effectiveness, meetings can waste precious time and resources.Read… Read more »
The frequency and severity of emergencies and disasters is on the rise and public health preparedness professionals are increasingly on the “front-lines” of the response efforts. This response includes collecting and analyze field data from impacted communities while communicating the impact of the incident to the public. Often, public health is tasked with coordinating theirRead… Read more »
It may sound obvious at this point, but technology is changing how government operates. From automation to cybersecurity to the cloud, the way the government works is fundamentally different than it was even 10 years ago. And now the pace of that technological revolution is advancing at an even faster rate. So how can agencies keepRead… Read more »
The future of government technology is here. And agencies are looking to take advantage of this technological innovation by investing in artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots to transform the way they interact with citizens. Yet, how do agencies move AI and chatbots – beyond the latest buzzword – to actually work in government? How areRead… Read more »
Technology is changing at a faster rate than ever before. Government agencies can’t continue to find new talent or resources to keep up the latest tech trends. According to the American Staffing Association, 76 percent of organizations say technology is outpacing employees’ knowledge, directly impacting the current skills gap in available talent. So what canRead… Read more »
President Trump’s 2019 fiscal year budget request boosts cybersecurity funding by about 4 percent across the government, including significant hikes at the Homeland Security Department and Pentagon. This increase comes as the President aims to cut many other government programs and funding streams. So why is the Administration so focused on cybersecurity? And what are theRead… Read more »
More than a third of government employees are in the field, yet many frontline government workers still use paper-based processes for the intake of information. Think of social workers processing paperwork for at risk-children instead of being on the scene, or public health officials having to rush back to their offices to file flu outbreakRead… Read more »
The intersection between government and technology meets at our first virtual summit of 2018: Tech Trends You Need to Know. From cloud computing, to digital transformation and cybersecurity, our free, full-day virtual summit will walk you through the hottest topics in government technology. Join us and more than 2,000 federal state and local government employees on March 21 from 10AM-4:30PMRead… Read more »
A new paradigm is emerging for government leaders driving their organizations’ shift to cloud computing. Early adopters of cloud technology solely focused on leveraging the cloud for basic tasks such as email and file sharing. Now, government leaders face a more difficult challenge: how to shift their large, enterprise-wide IT portfolios to the cloud. ThisRead… Read more »
Legacy systems plague government agencies that are hoping to modernize and transform. These large and cumbersome systems are expensive, difficult to manage and outdated — and moving off of them is no easy feat. Join Christopher Dorobek and his panel of experts on Wednesday, February 14 at 2 pm ET/11 am PT, as they discussRead… Read more »