Driven by a complex and evolving talent landscape and competition across the private sector, today’s human capital leaders face no shortage of challenges as they work to cultivate the next generation of public sector talent. As leaders look to set goals and achieve their missions, one of the questions they must ask is “what actions are we taking to strengthen workforce planning efforts in the long term?” In this webinar, we...

Government agencies are responsible for protecting public trust, delivering excellence in services, and, above all else, upholding the promise of government. Through a combination of the lessons learned from rapidly evolving hybrid work environments, exposed inequities in pandemic responses, and bolstered federal guidance in the Biden Administration’s Executive Order, the 21st Century Integrated Experience Act (IDEA), among others, agenc...

The last two years the federal market has been a hot bed of mergers and acquisition activity. With large companies buying other large as well as small and mid-sized firms. But the bigs aren’t only buyers. You have multiple small and mid-sized companies stepping up as active buyers. Often they are backed by private equity firms looking to create platforms to make even more acquisitions.The result is a competitive environment that is chang...

The advancement of cyber threats, sharp increases in supply chain attacks, and widespread compromise of privileged credentials pose persistent risks to government agencies. Without a one-size-fits-all approach and a multitude of applicable technologies and areas to invest, leaders are left juggling cyber tools and competing frameworks in hopes to find the right approach for their agency – both in implementation and financing. Afterall, i...

Public cloud – a shared environment that incorporates public sector best operating practices – is designed to constantly evolve to help local government organizations take advantage of new technologies and breakthrough business process innovations. They empower more proactive, automated, strategic, data-driven, and citizen-focused services. SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platforms based on public cloud benefit from best business prac...

Federal agencies are migrating to the cloud to deliver digital services that better serve the nation’s citizens. But explosive growth and increased complexity in recent years has made these cloud environments unmanageable. And with soaring costs, cloud is now a material expense and a leading source of unexpected, unbudgeted charges for these agencies. Unfortunately, basic cloud management strategies and tools can no longer support these...

To keep pace with rapid, systemic change, the government mission requires agencies to have the ability to adapt quickly and continuously. As such, government customers expect problem solving and innovation to be at the forefront of any approach, while balancing time and resource requirements. Small businesses are well-positioned in these partnerships, often operating by that exact motivation: how to do more with less. Join AWS and industry exp...

The last twelve months will go down in history as one of the most precarious years on record when it comes to public safety scheduling, crisis management and reporting. Hear directly from Danbury, Connecticut’s Deputy Fire Chief and staffing system administrator on how the city’s police and fire departments leverage automated scheduling technology to efficiently staff their workforce and to report and capture costs during protests,...

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.