Hypersonic Weapons are accelerating the pace at DoD for the evaluation of potential weapon system concepts and mission sets. As DoD is preparing for $10 billion to enable fielding of Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV) within the next five years, this has created a surge of a rapid R&D for Hypersonic Technologies. Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV) are launched from a rocket before gliding to a target and alternatively, Hypersonic cruise missiles...

While we never know what the future holds, what makes the 2020-2021 academic year especially challenging is that we do not have a playbook for educating students in the middle of a pandemic. K-12 schools are trying to balance an operating plan with daily changes to evolving safety and health regulations. The current environment has dramatically accelerated the use of interactive communication tools, including teleconferencing, video, SMS/text,...

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...

Improving the customer experience has been a federal focal point for several years now, but many organizations still struggle with turning basic goals like "better design" and "meet digital natives' expectations" into a practical program to improve CX. In this GCN editorial webcast, GCN editors will speak with CX experts within government about what's worked for them, and how to make sure CX investments pay dividends across the enterprise. Thi...

The Office of Management and Budget has established a Cross-Agency Priority Goal charging government to provide a modern, streamlined, and responsive customer experience across public sector organization. Government executives are embracing the concept of customer experience as a means to improve the usability and reliability of critical digital services like patent services, veterans’ benefit delivery, student loans, disaster aid, and t...

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...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Dates: 6/23-6/24/2020 You are Invited to Join Us at our Virtual Summit! For the past 25 years WITI has held a Summit in the Silicon Valley that brings together the incredible minds of women in technology. From the first computers being honored at our Hall of Fame Awards night and Gloria Steinem inspiring WITI women to reach for...

Digital Experiences that Put People First The people you serve, from citizens to employees, expect the same digital experiences from government that they have everywhere else. They want online interactions that are personal, seamless, and easy to access from any device. From delivering a modernized web platform, to digitizing forms and services, to creating and delivering relevant content, agencies can combine mission success with great experi...

Agencies have made significant progress in improving interactions with their citizen customers by modernizing their infrastructure, moving to the cloud, using agile digital services and emerging technologies on the front end and capturing and analyzing the data on the backend. There is still work to be done, however, and the 21st Century IDEA Act -- passed as part of the 2018 NDAA -- has added new priorities for improving and expanding the typ...

Who doesn’t want their digital experiences to be seamless and personalized? Over the last 10 years, the public sector has made huge strides in building digital services that make government more efficient. However, the drive to build a better customer journey and deliver a personalized digital experience for the public continues to be a challenge. What best practices must government leaders follow? How can agencies focus their planning t...