Health and Human Services employees certainly have a seat at the table when confronting catastrophe. However, there’s a natural tendency to turn to first responders to plan and respond. Should the role of HHS professionals be elevated? Simple answer: Yes. Health risks identified after natural disasters and health epidemics demonstrate a need for Health and Human Service involvement, and geographic information systems can help HHS profess...

2017 was quite a year. There were major innovations in procurement, automation blockchain and so much more for governments across the country. So what were the biggest innovations? And what are the trends we should be prepared for in 2018? Join Christopher Dorobek and his panel of experts on Wednesday, Dec. 13th, at 2 pm ET, as they uncover what made 2017 stand out and predict the future of government innovations. You will learn: About the big...

One of the biggest challenges government agencies face today are slow manual methods and lack of technical expertise. This leaves agencies unable to keep pace with the myriad of workflows and processes required by today’s technological innovations, which leads to constant firefighting, fines, increased cost and loss of accountability. Yet, organizations must be nimble to protect against cyber attacks by quickly addressing risks. With suc...

More Americans die every year from drug overdoses than they do in car crashes – and most of those overdoses involved opioids. The escalating opioid epidemic is just one of many serious health threats that are impacting communities all over the country. Fortunately, geographic intelligence can help communities address severe health threats like the opioid epidemic but also things like health care fraud, trafficking, gun violence and crop...

Could technology make a difference in speeding up how we respond to social inequities? The answer is yes. Governments around the nation are faced with issues like homelessness, blight, opioid addiction, access to care, veterans’ services, access to transit, and many more. New technology innovations, like GIS, big data and analytics, can bridge the gap between resources and the less fortunate, shorten the cycle to solve inequities and bet...

The way government communicates with citizens has fundamentally changed. Gone are the days when visiting the actual government office was the only way citizens could interact with and access information about citizen services. Now a huge portion of those services are done online. However, posting information online without a strategy is not useful. When a citizen visits a government website, they are usually looking for something very specific...

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...

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 bridge the generation gap to help develop and retain new talent. It’s about creating the absolute best next generation of government. The NextGen Training Summit is the embodiment of what NextGen represents: inspiring government innovation...

Technology has changed the way we think about customer experience. As citizens, we want to engage and access services at a time that is convenient and in a manner that fits our individual needs, while ensuring our issues are resolved quickly. Every day, citizens' expectations of their government's digital services are growing, and it’s up to agencies to meet the demand. In order for this digital revolution to succeed, agencies need the r...

30 million – that’s the number of malicious cybersecurity intrusions the Department of Defense thwarted in 2015. That translates to 3 million attacks per month or 100,000 attacks per day. Part of the reason for all of these intrusions is that there are more than one billion connected devices on the Internet today. That means there are more entry points that can be hacked than ever before. What’s more, according to DoD: ...