The federal government is increasingly adopting best practices for earth observation and imagery workflows to improve service delivery and support the administration's goals and other federal initiatives such as: Optimizing infrastructure investment.Enhancing safety and security.Identifying change in natural and built environments. Creating more efficient land planning workflows. Agencies are now realizing measurable benefits from new sensor...

Government agencies are facing ever increasing challenges to modernize and engage with citizens and stakeholders through digital channels. But you can’t just flip a switch to become a digital government. Change like that takes new tools, new processes and a new way of thinking. Essentially, you need to transform the way you work. But with regulations, security concerns and diminishing resources that can be easier said than done. That...

Technology is helping state and local government get more done than ever before.Across the country, state and local governments are grappling with some of the biggest challenges of our time. Our nation’s infrastructure, from bridges and tunnels, to legacy systems and outdated data centers are crumbling. And it’s up to innovative state and local government employees like you to transform these aging systems into modern, efficient a...

Are you ready to make productive change in government? Work together with your peers and make an impact from within? Help retain excellent employees in the public sector? Then welcome to NextGen Nation — it’s what we are all about! NextGen is a movement. It’s about inspiring government innovation. It’s about providing training and leadership opportunities to people new in government. It’s about helping managers br...

By now you have heard a million times that networking is the key to getting ahead in your career. But only three percent of the population LOVES to network, so what are are the other 97 percent of us supposed to do?Join us on Thursday, April 5th, from 5:30-8:00 pm for an interactive, in-person GovUp to learn how everyone from introverts to extroverts can network effectively.Specifically, you will learn: Insider advice on how to find the right...

State and local governments are finding that snapshots of data become stale very quickly. In fact, in today’s fast-paced world, “current” is outdated almost as soon as it's created. So how can a government truly become “real-time smart” and make data-driven decisions the moment something occurs? The answer hinges on your understanding of real-time data.That’s why Real-Time GIS is so critical for smart commun...

Your community counts on you to have a winter maintenance program in place that keeps them moving. This burden is growing as expectations of the public grows. They expect public works and DOT’s to be using more modern methods from informing the public and putting the right resources at the right location. Geographic information systems (GIS) is a common tool in planning and responding to whatever winter may bring. What you may not know i...

The NextGen Summit is a place to cultivate and enable the absolute best next generation of government. Whether you’re a millennial just entering the government workforce or a manager tasked with retaining and developing talent, or a seasoned public servant looking for new resources or challenges, the NextGen Summit is where you want to be. Since 2010, the two-day summit has inspired over 4,000 federal, state and local govies to be positi...

GovLoop’s 4th Annual Government Innovators Virtual Summit is helping you piece together the government tech puzzle. Join us on Wednesday, April 22nd to get real tips to tackle some of government’s biggest challenges. We know turning your data into meaningful information can lead to big changes, but how do you actually make sense of your big data? The Internet of Everything is here, but what does that really mean and how do you maxi...

Even though the official holiday season is over, there is still one more gift-giving day on the horizon - Valentine's Day. And we all know buying the perfect present doesn't come easy. You oftentimes have to fight crowds of shoppers, wait in long lines, and pay extra for gift wrapping. The cloud – four years ago it was the buzzword heard around government, now the cloud is in many ways the norm, but buying the cloud is still a bit trick...