The pandemic of the last two years has changed the federal workplace. As employees begin a cautious return to their offices, the federal government’ Safer Federal Workforce Task Force is exploring how to balance reopening with the employees’ desire to keep some of the flexibility they discovered while working remotely. Key priorities such as hoteling, workplace/building services, visitor management, and the potential for understand...

Digital workers amplify human potential, and digital and human workers working in collaboration amplify your organization’s potential. While there is some discomfort with digital workers, digital workers are improving human worker’s wellbeing by taking over tasks allowing for re-skilling employees. A recent study indicates that work-life balance is a key driver for SOC analyst burnout. Implementing digital workers may help alleviat...

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...

As You Move Toward Bringing Employees Back, Give Your Teams The Tools To Help Them Stay Safe And Productive On The Job With Solutions From Microsoft About The Virtual Conference: While chances are your work environment has changed greatly in the past year, Microsoft tools will allow you to remain effective and create an integrated work environment for all of your internal communications needs. Microsoft SharePoint & Teams demonstrations w...

Strategies For Optimizing Your Digital Workplace, Including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint And M365, For Boosted Collaboration, Communication And Productivity Microsoft Teams, SharePoint & M365 have taken most workplaces by storm. But keeping up has not always been easy. Many workers have not fully adopted Teams as a top-down or project communication platform. Others have over-adopted Teams and created often confusing sets of Teams, Channels...

Can you see and hear me? Is there a lag? Are only the employees in the office participating? The hybrid work environment can create collaboration challenges for government employees. But there are ways to utilize technology to help eliminate those barriers. Join us online Thursday, Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT to learn from government and industry experts about how secure display technology can empower your team to collaborate much more eff...

80% of government workers would prefer a hybrid work environment, that’s according to the findings from a recent GovLoop survey. However, only about 30% of agencies have currently developed and distributed their back-to-work strategies. So what considerations should agencies make when finalizing their hybrid plans? Join GovLoop’s editorial team on Tuesday, Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, as they share best practices and lessons le...

Program management is one of the most demanding jobs in the Federal government – coordinating multiple projects across a program, all while keeping a sharp eye on overall cost, schedule and performance. A change in one project ripples across the entire program. The pandemic has further complicated this already difficult set of responsibilities, by forcing team members to work remotely and straining communications with industry partners f...

Unleash the potential of Microsoft teams & Sharepoint as a digital workplace and internal communications powerhouse. Whether you are full steam ahead with Microsoft Teams or just starting, this deep dive session will provide you with tips you can apply immediately. In this Masterclass, you will learn how to unleash the potential of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint & M365 as a digital workplace and internal communications powerhouse. We...

As the country shifts from pandemic response to pandemic recovery, the federal government is planning to preserve many of its flexible work practices initially triggered in 2020 by the sudden, urgent need to shelter in place while keeping agencies functioning. The past year has allowed organizations to test – at scale – massive cybersecurity initiatives to allow agency employees to continue working uninterrupted from homes far outs...