Governments face a lot of challenges: shrinking budgets, federal mandates, resource constraints, an aging workforce, and the constant threat of a cyberattack. On June 15th, join over 1000 govies online at our Virtual Tech Day to learn how advanced technology and innovative practices can help government overcome these challenges. This FREE, half-day online training will feature four live training webinars on the biggest tech trends in governmen...

Has your organization realized a return on investment for your open data efforts? When it was first introduced, open data was defined as the innovation currency from which to best understand how to improve accountability and transparency. We were promised greater civic engagement and a boost to local economies. Over the last few years we learned a lot about the benefits of opening data; not just for the public but for governments as well. Open...

You probably have multiple social media accounts, one for personal and one for professional use. And you may have heard that you shouldn’t be friends with your colleagues on Facebook. But with more and more interactions happening online, your social media presence can actually help your government career. Social media is a great tool to develop networks and build alliances. But there are some important etiquette and legal rules. What is...

The power of maps and spatial analytics can be applied to health and human services to help build more healthy communities. How? Geographic information systems (GIS) technology helps collect mobile data, map diseases and visualize data for community outreach. Join us for this online training to learn the latest trends in the use of GIS in health and human services through tech demonstrations and real world examples. You’ll learn how to:...

In today’s digital age, federal agencies are increasingly reliant on software applications to meet their missions and deliver improved services to the citizens they serve. IT environments are more complex than ever due to cloud, mobile and virtualization, and that means managing and optimizing application performance can be challenging. Often agencies don’t have the proper visibility into their applications to see what’s work...

In this workshop you will: Enhance your conflict management skills through interactive scenarios. Handle difficult conversations and conflict in real time and discuss real solutions. Obtain tips to better communicate with peers and supervisors. Gain confidence and overcome a defensive nature, with practical tips to put into practice. SCHEDULE: 5:00 – 6:00: Registration & Networking Happy Hour (with drinks and appetizers) 6:00 ...

Data is powerful. It can tell us more than we ever hoped to know about ourselves and the world around us. It’s also vital for solving today’s problems and predicting government’s future needs. However, the true power of data is only unveiled when it is coupled with analytics. A 2014 Forrester Survey found that most private sector companies only analyze 12 percent of the data they have. That means that 88 percent of a company...

Q: What do government healthcare and agriculture strategies have in common?A: The increasing use of data analytics. Data analytics has the power to transform governments – the way they operate, report, regulate, and plan for the future. In this free online training, GovLoop’s Christopher Dorobek will lead a panel discussion with government leaders and industry experts about how agencies can take their data analytics to the next lev...

Citizens are counting on agencies and IT departments to deliver new services faster — and to keep them running. But limited visibility into services and the dependencies that support them could stand between you and those goals. IT operations management can help. A single system of record is the most effective way to gain insight into services being delivered across the enterprise. This approach provides visibility system performance, al...

As the federal government increasingly relies on open cloud environments and next-generation application architectures, conventional and agile IT can often be at odds with one another. But what if you could operate more efficiently while becoming more agile? What if you could balance conventional and agile IT? With hybrid cloud architectures and bimodal capabilities that is a reality. Traditional and agile IT can coexist and provide a consiste...