Health technology has never felt more prevalent or more important than in today’s current climate. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of the need to revamp and disrupt legacy infrastructure by utilizing modern information technology. As healthcare professionals and systems experience an uncommon amount of strain, how can the latest technological advances help tackle government’s most pressing challenges? Could moderniz...

As many Americans are limiting contact and spending more time at home, state and local governments must go contactless and deliver essential, critical services digitally, and the pandemic has made it clear that governments need a “digital-first” mindset moving forward. Of particular, pressing interest? Unemployment benefits and services. While the current unemployment rate may not be as high as April spikes, hundreds of thousands s...

With social distancing guidelines in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, parole, probation, alternatives to incarceration programs and specialty/collaborative Court operations, all essential to the successful reintegration or transitioning populations, have become increasingly complicated in their operational methods. Community implications are far reaching as well, including impacts of recidivism, healthcare costs, homelessness, and substance...

Security is a critical design-in requirement for all government customers’ workloads whether in the cloud or in local data centers. Not all workloads or applications fit within the typical constraints of cloud computing. With these requirements and combining their security hardware and software expertise, Intel and Lockheed partnered to create a hardened security platform that is now being delivered in the FEDramp certified ORockCloud. T...

Recent events have forced many government IT departments to embrace IT transformation more rapidly than ever before. The need to support remote workers and bring more government services online have put stresses on dated IT architectures which are not as easily adaptable to support new workloads. Some legacy systems completely failed under the new user loads and some required major infrastructure updates to provide continued services. Moving f...

The data revolution is here. Government agencies are producing and managing more data from more sources, and increasingly relying on data generated at the edge to turn insight into action faster than ever before. The backbone of artificial intelligence, this edge data explosion has far reaching implications for government operations, services, and missions. During this digital experience, WWT will dive into the implications of emerging technol...

Digital transformation continues to be critical, as many government employees must now be able to access large swaths of data and services from their homes. As both federal and defense agencies leverage new tools that allow for a more seamless workflow, how will they continue to enact and strengthen cybersecurity initiatives? What are the crucial security lessons that government leaders must learn as they improve and promote IT innovation? Du...

The world is changing rapidly - from the geopolitical landscape, to the ongoing public health crisis surrounding COVID-19, shifting global threats to the very nature of how we work. In a world filled with uncertainty how should government leaders navigate the choices and challenges they face? During the Great Debates series, Deloitte is bringing together the top leaders and thinkers in national security to discuss their bold ideas around some...

In this year’s fifth-annual BOLD Gov event, Government Executive and Nextgov select the most forward-thinking public servants in federal government for a showcase of innovative ideas. Following a reader-submitted nomination process, Government Executive and Nextgov editors selected projects that move the needle in technology, workforce, management, and, of course, pandemic operational response. Join us to watch the winners in a series of...

There’s no question that state and local governments have witnessed massive changes over the last seven months. And, there’s no doubt that many of those changes are here to stay. For its sixth and final Virtual Town Hall in this year’s series, we’ll explore how state and local government workers are fairing across agencies and departments amid the massive changes and innovations that we’ve witnessed throughout 2020.