The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November 2021, will unleash a flood of funding for a vast array of construction projects, including electric grid and energy improvements, roads and bridges, public transit, and water systems to name just a few. It is worth celebrating that so much will be repaired, replaced, or new-built. It also highlights a new opportunity to bring digitization to the construction industry, brin...

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...

Over the last year, both citizens and government alike have been challenged to reimagine the way they work, live, and interact with one another. Be it a sudden need for more accessible online resources or best practices for safely working at home and in the office, the call for a more modern citizen service infrastructure has challenged both those who develop and use these tools to innovate and drive change across agencies of all sizes. This s...

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...

Move Fast, Don't Break Things: How Okta and AWS partner to efficiently secure multi-cloud and remote work Business digitization and remote work accelerated IT and increased security risks whether you were ready or not. Tech leaders must not only keep up with the demand, but also make the right choices to future-proof their IT, secure their server infrastructure and SaaS apps, support multiple cloud and on-prem environments, and ensure manageme...

Collaboration, and the security that must support it, is a huge priority for all federal government agencies given the uncertainty of the pandemic. Although it's clear that the workforce must be able to work remotely, agencies are at different stages of embracing secure collaboration tools. How can agencies accurately assess their continuity of operations readiness in the event of another disruptive event? What should I be prepared for during...

We are excited to kick off 2002 with a CA User Group virtual meeting, coming up on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. In this meeting we will be covering a few hot topics: STD 200 Telework Agreement: State of CA Department Telework Policies are due to DGS on or before January 31, 2022 DocuSign template available in library Resources Timesheets: Options to digitize using DocuSign Integrations Data/Document storage Increasing Adoption Bob Huskison from...

Even though many agencies are planning a return to office in 2022, it doesn’t mean a return to normal. State and local government leaders know a new work-from-anywhere culture is critical to success for the future, but they have questions about how best to support this shift. On Jan. 24th at 11am PT/2pm ET, speakers from the L.A. County Public Defender’s Office and Box will be joining Government Technology to answer questions like:...

2022 is projected to be an exponential year for growth. Firms are evaluating strategic initiatives, from expanding and refining operations, to hiring new talent and implementing technologies, with the goal of increasing efficiencies and maximizing profitability. Join us Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 3 PM ET as Andy Jordan of Roffensian Consulting presents critical moves consulting firms must take to move onward and upward in 2022. We’ll...