Where government employees should work has become quite the controversial issue. And there are a lot of reasons in the DC metro area why employees are being called back to their offices, including to help support the local economy. The White House has asked agencies to revisit their telework policies to try and bring more employees back into the office, at least part-time, to help enhance collaboration. But many government employee unions are...

Where are you logging in from to do your work? If it’s your home office, that might be changing. Office of Management and Budget Memo, M-23-15, outlined steps for agencies to review, assess and update their work environment plans against organizational health and performance frameworks that support the mission. This includes an expectation to reconsider and potentially increase “meaningful” in-person work at federal offices....

Organizations have the herculean task of accelerating their migration to remote work despite having limited visibility into the security of their employees’ networks. The sudden shift to remote work, even with its benefits, has also brought with it increased risk. To operate securely on a remote workforce model, security teams need a way to find unknown exposures on any networks employees are on, identify critical issues on employee dev...

It’s a hybrid world. And digital is presenting new challenges. You’re driving the system that does the heavy lifting for many of the world’s most powerful organizations. What’s your next move? Join Greg Lotko and members of the Mainframe Software leadership team as they showcase customer stories. They’ll share how putting business objectives and investment in talent at the center of their modernization strategy ha...

The work world has turned upside down and back again in the last two years, as the federal and commercial workforce adapted to the shifting pandemic environment. Remote work, cybersecurity, modernizing IT environments from cloud to Zero Trust, and changing job requirements, have all had significant effects on the federal workplace. Agencies face a list of priorities from fostering agile workplace environments, enhancing customer experiences, d...

The world is a map, and mapping tells a story about the world around us. The development and use of geospatial information is critical to building that map and building out those stories. We are pleased to have OGC’s CEO Nadine Alameh join us to discuss how OGC is improving the world of geospatial for their members. OGC was created 29 years ago to ensure there are standards for geospatial data and technologies that improve collaboration...

We’ve seen the rapid rise of remote-first and hybrid work models over the past couple years. How can software development teams maintain a culture of open collaboration and innovation in an increasingly distributed work environment? Join us for a conversation with RedMonk as Jake Levirne (Head of Product at Docker) and Jon Burchmore (CTO at Miva) discuss their experiences in navigating the challenges of leading development teams in this...

Extended Reality (XR) is an umbrella term for all immersive technologies – this includes those that we are aware of today such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) in addition to any others that may emerge in the future. Because XR extends the reality we experience through the convergence of our real and digital worlds, it is set to become the next-generation mobile computing platform, revolutionizing th...

In June 2021, the federal government was optimistic about returning to offices in the summer and began planning for reentry with new guidelines. The Delta variant surge paused those plans and caused a reexamination of the future work plans. Learn how agencies are adjusting to host of new and continuing challenges: a long term remote workforce, the technology and security challenges they face, how they are changing the way they manage the workf...

International travel with government funded equipment (GFE) mobile devices is expected to pick up in early 2022 as we recover from COVID-19 and travel restrictions open up. As domestic and international travel picks up, GFE mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets) will facilitate government employee work productivity during foreign travel, including remote connections to office enterprise networks and databases. However, their portabilit...