It’s been more than 40 years since the last major revamp of the federal job classification system—before the internet and cell phones, let alone cloud services and data scientists. And in the wake of COVID-19, even employees in long-established roles are being forced to adapt to radically different working environments. The challenges for federal agencies are massive -- but so too are the opportunities to reimagine roles within the...

The last few months have altered work in ways never before imagined. Conference rooms are now conference calls, and the new normal is still being defined. Government CIOs have been operating on the front line, triaging technical issues remotely, maintaining on premise servers from afar, and dealing with spikes in help desk services. Technology is just the tool; people are the driver to building enterprise-wide agility. The pandemic response ha...

The Federal government’s procurement process has long been burdened with inefficiencies. The complexity of the process has resulted in major acquisition shortfalls because program management is undervalued, with procurement actions plagued by poor performance, cost overruns and schedule delays. Procurement reform known as frictionless acquisition is now one of government’s cross-agency goals. Agencies, modeling commercial purchasin...

A year ago, only about 3.4% of the total U.S. workforce worked remotely. Although it’s too soon to accurately count the uptick in remote work, suffice to say the number has grown exponentially since all of our lives were upended by the novel coronavirus pandemic.Federal, state, and local government agencies have faced immense pressure to continue providing citizen services while also keeping their employees safe. But with such a quick an...

The NextGen Summit is the embodiment of what NextGen represents: inspiring government innovation and providing training and leadership opportunities for public servants. Since 2010, the two-day summit has inspired over 5,000 federal, state and local govies to be positive change ambassadors. This year, the NextGen Summit will be hosted virtually on August 19-20, 2020. Why does it matter to me? The NextGen Summit is a place to cultivate and enab...

The U.S. transportation network is a critical asset. Traffic operations centers, air traffic control towers and mass transit control centers are essential to the safe and effective movement of people and goods. But these systems are also highly capital and infrastructure intensive, requiring constant monitoring and upkeep. What happens when an event like COVID-19 disrupts the transportation sector? How do leaders respond effectively to a disas...

The 2020 cyber threat landscape has changed drastically just over the last few months as some employees are mandated to work from home, and others are starting to go back in to the office. But throughout the changes, how you can ensure business continuity while keeping your end users protected?Join Proofpoint's experts Tim Choi, VP of Product Marketing, and Nathan Chessin, VP of Americas Technical Sales Engineering, as they discuss how you can...

The last few months have altered work in ways never before imagined. Conference rooms are now conference calls, and the “new normal” is still being defined. According to OPM’s most recent telework report to Congress, only 22% of government employees had adopted telework as part of their regular work week prior to the pandemic. Telework and flexible work schedules are in the toolbox to ensure the health and safety of governmen...

Learn to collaborate in the Microsoft 365 chat-based workspace, Microsoft Teams. Navigate, communicate, organize, customize and optimize with unique Teams and Channels in your organization. Navigate the Microsoft Teams workspace Communicate with Audio, Video, Conversation & Chat features Organize with Teams, Channels and File Storage Customize using Connectors and turn Apps, Files and Websites into Channel Tabs Optimize by Integrating Micr...

A global pandemic required more than just a swift shift to work-from-home: it also revealed the need for an overhaul of the way state and local governments deliver services and conduct their work. This Pop Up Town Hall, presented by Route Fifty, will explore how municipal governments across the United States are reevaluating their workforces. We’ll investigate equity, essential workers, telework, mental health and burnout, and more.