The concept of cloud computing isn’t new, but the government’s commitment to buying IT as a service is a new frontier. Today, about 8.5 percent, or roughly $7 billion, of the government’s IT spending goes to provisioned services such as cloud computing. But there’s still a lot of confusion around cloud that the public andRead… Read more »
What if you could step into a time-traveling DeLorean, Marty McFly style and visit the future of learning? What if Doc, instead of coming up with the flux capacitor, had an epiphany with fresh innovations for learning? In this on-demand training, we‘ll hop on a hover board to explore the top 10 trends that are emergingRead… Read more »
State and local governments face a lot of challenges: shrinking budgets, federal mandates, resource constraints, an aging workforce, and the constant threat of a cyberattack. In our State and Local Tech Trends Virtual Training we share specific state and local gov challenges and show how advanced technology and innovative practices can help government overcome challenges. This eventRead… Read more »
Securing data is tough these days. In this age of data proliferation, attacks are becoming more advanced and securing the network perimeter is more difficult than ever. As agencies adopt mobile and cloud technologies the network edge becomes harder to identify, and harder to protect. Agencies are left struggling with how to secure environments where classified data residesRead… Read more »
Government organizations collect, process, and disseminate vast quantities of internal and external information. And, regardless of mission, they all share the challenge of extracting value from data in a way that leads to new or improved services, better decision-making and policy development. In the era of big data, the traditional model of a relational databaseRead… Read more »
Where information lives and how it is accessed is changing dramatically. The convergence of technology trends such as mobility, big data, and cloud, is connecting more people, processes, data, and things than ever before. This convergence is delivering the benefits of the Internet of Everything (IoE) to government including enabling collaboration, increasing efficiencies, reducing costs, andRead… Read more »
Peter H. Schuck is the author of Why Government Fails So Often: And How it Can Do Better and the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School. Other recent books of Schuck’s include Targeting in Social Programs: Avoiding Bad Bets, Removing Bad Apples; Meditations of a Militant Moderate: Cool Views on Hot Topics; Immigration Stories; FoundationsRead… Read more »
Cybersecurity: it’s a priority for everybody these days. Whether you’re checking your work email on your own device, or your organization is thinking about moving services to the cloud, security is on everyone’s mind. And rightfully so. In 2013, 46,605 breaches of federal computer networks occurred. And between 2006 and 2012, cyberthreats increased by 782%. (No,Read… Read more »
Think of your recent experience buying something from Amazon. It was quick, intuitive, and most importantly, you got what you wanted without much effort (you may have even bought something you weren’t planning on, but it came recommended!). Now think of your recent experience with a government organization. Did that experience match your expectations? Unfortunately,Read… Read more »
Data is doubling every two years and is estimated to reach 40 zettabytes by 2022. The question “who owns the data” is constantly being asked. Additionally, the Presidential Records Management Directive mandates that federal agencies manage records in an accessible electronic format by 2019 and all e-mail by 2016. In order to meet these deadlines,Read… Read more »