Driven by complex project demands and unclear development objectives, today’s state and local leaders face no shortage of challenges in building and preparing for the next generation of infrastructure projects. With many grant recipients awaiting funding and even more subject to longer-term regulatory backlogs, officials are at a crossroads on best practices for next steps- everything from pre-production mobilization to assigning proper...

The modernization of national defense is in a period of rapid advancement that binds partners and coalitions together through data like never before. The path forward relies on what the Department of Defense calls Mission Partner Environments. MPEs allow the U.S. military to communicate, collaborate, and share sensitive or classified information securely and in real-time. In this episode of GovExec TV, DoD and industry leaders discuss how the...

Technology has become intrinsic to a successful, modern government. Across the nation, state and local governments are increasingly looking to technology to improve service delivery, reduce costs and create the optimal experience for employees and residents alike.Bolstered by a wave of federal funding, these leaders face a unique opportunity to leverage technology like never before. Doing so requires not only a deep understanding of the tools...

Driven by a complex and evolving talent landscape and competition across the private sector, today’s human capital leaders face no shortage of challenges as they work to cultivate the next generation of public sector talent. As leaders look to set goals and achieve their missions, one of the questions they must ask is “what actions are we taking to strengthen workforce planning efforts in the long term?” In this webinar, we...

The Biden Administration and Congress have put the Transportation Department at the center of several national priorities such as rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and addressing the dangers of climate change. There also are initiatives around equity, safety and transformation. The result is an energized department that needs contractor support to deliver on a wide range of projects coming from its headquarters as well as its compon...

Upgrading or replacing hardware and networks, moving to the cloud, and implementing zero trust usually get the spotlight when the subject of modernizing IT comes up. But upgrading outdated software applications that run IT is also a critical part of the process and can help speed modernization across an agency. Outdated software is deeply embedded in government IT, supporting a myriad of applications.

With tight budgets and limited resources, local governments face threats like never before. Properly securing assets is expensive and competes with other priorities, which means that modernizing cybersecurity often becomes a futuristic goal. With more grant money available than ever before, many states are looking for ways to work together with local governments to help them to improve their security. What role can a whole-of-state approach pl...

The last two years the federal market has been a hot bed of mergers and acquisition activity. With large companies buying other large as well as small and mid-sized firms. But the bigs aren’t only buyers. You have multiple small and mid-sized companies stepping up as active buyers. Often they are backed by private equity firms looking to create platforms to make even more acquisitions.The result is a competitive environment that is chang...

As today’s joint force leaders contend with growing threats and rising international instability, modern and accessible command and control technologies have become essential in maintaining a prepared and dominant military posture in contested environments. Though such a technical and operational baseline has long been the goal of DOD officials, the complexities of building and scaling needed services required for success are persistent....

Across the federal government, agencies are turning to the cloud to modernize legacy applications, systems and data in order to enable new, innovative ways to meet their mission goals. A strategic focus of migration to the cloud is data governance. Ensuring the usability of data and prioritizing information security are key strategic initiatives across organizations. How can strong data governance be built into an agency’s cloud migratio...