Marissa Marquez, Assistant City Attorney at City of Houston’s Office of Inspector General, was a participant in this year’s GovLoop Mentorship Program cohort. As we finished up the 2015 program, Marquez recounted how her mentor, John Sim, an Assistant Director in the Justice Management Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, helped her rethink herRead… Read more »
Last week, we talked about impostor syndrome – what it is and how it manifests in successful people. You might have read that article and determined that you do, in fact, have impostor syndrome. Don’t panic. As a reminder, impostor syndrome is a phenomenon where you have difficulty accepting your own success as being aRead… Read more »
Don’t panic. This isn’t some sort of life-threatening or even career-threatening disease. Nor is it something that only you experience. It’s a common phenomenon among successful people.
In a recent GovLoop industry perspective, Pivot3 Federal Sales Engineer Matt Demas explained the basics of what hyper-convergence is and how it works. Put simply, “hyper-convergence is taking all the complexity of a data center and simplifying it into a box, where each functionality works as a building block,” Demas said. In traditional IT architectures,Read… Read more »
Still don’t have a Halloween costume? That’s ok! We’ve come up with six costume ideas that you can probably pull from your own closet. The best part? Each of these costumes celebrates an accomplished woman in government. Pick your favorite and show your support for ladies in the public sector! Madeleine Albright If you happen toRead… Read more »
This interview is an excerpt from our recent guide, The Future of Cybersecurity, which examines 15 trends transforming the way government safeguards information and technology. It is no longer a given that a network is safe and secure. Security professionals used to be able to sleep at night knowing their networks were virtually impenetrable. ButRead… Read more »
When disaster strikes, it’s up to a cadre of city leaders to deploy the necessary resources to minimize the damage and safeguard their city’s population. Emergency managers set immediate and long-term strategies to reduce negative impact, often in collaboration with officials in other agencies and departments. In contrast, first responders provide real-time, on-the-ground support toRead… Read more »
You might not have noticed, but a lot of advice to women trying to get ahead (or even to get on equal footing) revolves around having difficult conversations. For instance, if you’re facing sexism in the workplace, most mentors will tell you to call it out. If your office culture isn’t conducive to raising aRead… Read more »
With constant news about breaches detected and how government is managing the fallout from them, it seems like we are in a reactive state of cybersecurity today. Will that always be the case? If not, what does the future of government cybersecurity look like? At our event, Evolving Tactics to Combat the Cyber Threat, MarkRead… Read more »
In our recent guide, The Future of Cybersecurity, we explore 15 trends transforming the way government safeguards its information and technology. One of our trends is “Cyber as everyone’s job.” In this blog post, we explore exactly what that means, why it’s important, and who is making it happen on the ground. What is it?Read… Read more »