Posts By Megan Pleasant

Management Minutes With Mika

How Can You Set Strategic Career Goals?

It’s almost 2025, which means it’s time to start thinking about your goals and plans for the upcoming year. In the latest edition of Management Minutes with Mika, Workplace Transformation Strategist Mika Cross discusses how to prepare for and set short and long-term goals with Department of Defense Senior Executive and podcaster Love Rutledge. Let’sRead… Read more »

Fuel Innovation With a Secure Digital Ecosystem

Agencies cannot discuss future innovation without also talking about cybersecurity. Let’s dive into some key considerations for agencies to create a secure digital ecosystem: Building a Stronger Cyber Foundation Agencies need to address two givens in today’s cyber landscape: that the risk of attacks continues to grow —so they need to adopt better defenses —Read… Read more »

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Revolutionizing Taxpayer Services and Operations at the IRS

In 2022, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, Congress increased funding for the IRS, earmarking this new investment for operations support and business systems modernization, including the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI). The emergence of a new generation of AI-based tools and solutions has the potential to transform how the IRS delivers services toRead… Read more »

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Providing Digital Forms for 24/7 Service

Government agencies need to make their processes and services accessible to all, but outdated processes can get in the way. Paperwork “can often be inaccessible if it is not clearly written in plain language; if translated versions are unavailable; if it does not consider the needs of people with specific vision, auditory, or cognitive impairments;Read… Read more »

Moving Beyond the Traditional Customer Service Framework

Delivering Impactful Services

In today’s era of rapidly changing customer expectations, there are three primary ways that agencies using legacy approaches can fail to meet their constituent’s needs: The solution? Moving beyond a traditional customer service framework with a suite of technologies strategically implemented by using human-centered design (HCD). This approach leverages data-driven insights to understand the customerRead… Read more »

How to Take a Data-Centric Approach to Cyber Resilience

A Data-Centric Approach to Cyber Resilience

According to a study released by Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, the number of ransomware attack claims worldwide in 2023, rose 73% as compared with 2022. Ransomware and other threats are showing no signs of letting up. If anything, bad actors are more determined, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to aid in their effortsRead… Read more »

How to Build Better Community Engagement Through Modernization

Thinking Through Your Modernization Journey

Modernization can improve your agency’s service delivery, but while you upgrade your tech and processes, you can’t forget about security. As you make your services more accessible online for your constituents, unfortunately, it can also open the door to cyber criminals. That means you must implement security measures that protects sensitive data from unauthorized access.Read… Read more »