As a federal employee, searching for the right health insurance can be confusing, but there are tools and strategies available to help. At the start of 2014 open season, join Tom Shoop, Vice President and Editor in Chief of Government Executive, in conversation with government healthcare expert Walt Francis, author of the annual CHECKBOOK's Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, as he explains the details of available insurance plans, an...

The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act and recent moves by the Homeland Security Department illustrate that cybersecurity will be a major national security concern this year. The defense bill overhauls software testing methods and consolidates contracts across services. DHS has announced that it will help civilian agencies fund the technology and expertise needed for threat detection and is working to protect cyber security efforts from b...

The White House’s recently released Digital Government Strategy aims to help agencies better serve citizens while saving time and money, and to deliver high quality government service anywhere, anytime on any device. Paired with the strategy were a set of requirements that - among other things – mandate agencies to streamline their web sites and integrate technology advances like device independence and mobile applications througho...

With the revolution in American health care still in its early stages, powerful mobile technology is altering its trajectory. The emergence of smartphones, tablets and other hand-held devices has added a new dimension to an undertaking that initially focused on shifting health care from paper records to electronic files. For better or worse, the equation now includes mobile devices, pocket apps and cloud computing. Yes, the revolution will be...

Building Digital Government: An Update on the Roadmap Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Duration: 1 hour The Obama Administration’s Digital Strategy was announced in May of this year. Its aggressive plan provides a 12-month roadmap for action to deliver information and services effectively and efficiently to the public. Learn where we are now in this information-centric and customer-centric approach to utilize secure technology to be...

Leveraging Technology to Improve Agency Customer Service Thursday, June 21, 2012 2:00 PM EDT The Obama Administration’s Executive Order 13571 - Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service – calls for agencies to establish signature initiatives using technology to improve the customer experience. In the year since the order was issued, have agencies delivered on the goals? How has customer service improved? Learn w...

Smarter Defense Contracting: Managing in an Era of Cutbacks Thursday, June 14, 2012 2:00 PM EDT In an era of tight budgets and program cuts, the Defense Department has to produce mission results while facing increased scrutiny and oversight. How is DoD delivering the best value to the warfighter and to the citizen? Learn about key defense acquisition strategies which include: reaching out to small business and promoting competition, improving...

Government Executive’s Government Business Council invites you to be among the first to see new research findings in a complimentary webcast: Keeping Up: Are Agencies Equipped to Meet Mobile Needs? Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:00 PM EDT The federal workforce operates in an increasingly mobile environment, requiring secure communication tools to stay connected and maximize productivity. Many agencies have found success leveraging advanced...

Government agencies have traditionally developed business continuity plans knowing that only limited data would be available in the event of a system outage, and that a loss of productivity was unavoidable. Now, with information becoming the central asset of government, federal IT managers need to drastically review the business continuity and disaster recovery paradigm, to cope with the reality of today’s budget environment, Big Data an...

The enormous expansion in digital content and the ability to create, edit and manage it in the office and on the go provides an unprecedented opportunity for growth and improvement within an agency. From simple office files, strategic agency documents, scanned paper forms, photographs, audio files or video – all of this content needs to be managed and controlled. How can government organizations keep pace with, and thrive in, this contin...