The federal government’s roles and missions extend far and wide, including protecting and defending the United States, exploring space, gathering weather and climate data, and overseeing massive health and social welfare programs. The annual Government Hall of Fame Gala gathers current and former government officials and stakeholders to celebrate the public sector leaders who have made historic achievements and advances in these and othe...

With social distancing guidelines in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, parole, probation, alternatives to incarceration programs and specialty/collaborative Court operations, all essential to the successful reintegration or transitioning populations, have become increasingly complicated in their operational methods. Community implications are far reaching as well, including impacts of recidivism, healthcare costs, homelessness, and substance...

This October, Government Executive will celebrate Teddy Award winners through a special series of virtual events. Winners will be unveiled each day from October 6-8, 2020. Throughout the week, we'll be unveiling the winners in each category, as well as interviews and presentations from those federal and private sector leaders, including from the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, and more! Details about announcemen...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forever altered the corrections ecosystem - adding a complicated new layer to physical safety considerations and service delivery priorities. From healthcare to family visits, education to parole hearings, corrections leaders are rethinking how to most effectively and efficiently serve the inmate population. During this webcast, we’ll explore how justice agencies are leveraging the internet of everything to deli...

In today’s environment, government leaders face a myriad of urgent cybersecurity challenges. Endpoints and their associated vulnerabilities are expanding with the newly remote workforce. Traditional network perimeters are dissolving, requiring new strategies to protect users and data. Nefarious actors seeking to exploit critical government data are threatening to disrupt the 2020 election. How can leaders mitigate these critical threats?...

In times of crisis, the role of government is more important than ever. Technology has played a key role in ensuring the continuity of government operations and keeping critical services running. In this webinar, Kirt Peterson and Amber Herz from the USDA, and Rahim Kaba from OneSpan, discuss what it took to move at unprecedented speeds and ensure government workers had the technology and tools they needed to deliver essential services to far...

Choosing the right health benefits can be a difficult challenge any year, but this year the task is made even harder by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many federal employees are struggling—some with the disease itself or ill family members, others with the challenges of working under greatly changed circumstances. With so much uncertainty around work and family life now, predicting your health care needs for the coming year is more fraught than...

With the ability to dramatically improve network connectivity by delivering lower latency, improved performance, and increased data bandwidth, 5G technology is on the cusp of transforming government operations. Whether enabling hyper-connected smart bases, virtual reality training, near real time data collection and analysis in the field, or enhanced citizen services, 5G eventually will have the ability to deliver virtually instantaneous, anyw...

State and local health departments are faced with protecting public health, delivering services and providing for the overall welfare of the community. The foundational mission of public state and local health professionals is to protect the public by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Given the recent events in public health there is a surge of interest in telemedicine from medical professionals. Health Departments re...

Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) 3.0 finalized policy responds to the migration of applications from a centralized security mandate to one that allows for security decentralization and accommodates the journey to the cloud. As more and more applications move to AWS, Azure, GCP and Software as a Service (SaaS), it is becoming increasingly unsustainable to continue using centralized security models. In fact, the network itself hasn’t evol...