Make Your Job Meaningful
A government career offers many opportunities to find work that matters. But although you’re working for the public good, you also need to treat your career as a career — and treat yourself as a professional.
Increase Your Mission Readiness with Deep Listening and the PMA Learning Agenda
Good leaders can catch problems early, offer their employees ample opportunities, and embrace new ways of doing business. The President’s Learning Agenda can guide the way.
How to Simplify and Speed Processes – and Why You Should
A four-step approach can help agencies identify slow and inefficient business workflows that are hindering work processes or service delivery.
The Modern-day Resumé – 7 Tips to Consider
Resumes today need to get past automated applicant tracking systems as well as human reviewers. That can be difficult. Here are seven ways to write a successful resume.
Digitization Makes Government More Responsive
Streamlined workflows allow agencies to eliminate points of friction — hard-copy signatures and procurement paper trails, for instance — and respond better and faster to constituents. Indeed, automation can make a big difference.
How One State Advances Cyber Protection
The everyday functions of government — and the services that agencies provide constituents — depend on strong cybersecurity protections. One state’s plan for disaster recovery helped it respond effectively to 23 simultaneous ransomware attacks. But the state has more in mind than that.
How to Lay a Solid Foundation for Modernizations
The cloud is recognized as a critical element of IT modernization. But it can’t solve problems alone; it needs to work in conjunction with on-site systems.
October Online Trainings
Fall is in full swing and so is GovLoop’s online events calendar! As you embrace the cooler weather, earlier sunsets and all things pumpkin, check out the online trainings we have scheduled for the month of October. As usual, all these online trainings are free, and all registrants receive the recordings one day after theRead… Read more »
Long-Timers’ Advice for New Government Hires
When you’re a newbie, the wisdom of long-timers can lift the veil on the mysteries of life as a public servant. According to our experts, the most important thing in starting your government job is to embrace the complex and varied environment you’ve entered and explore it.
To Increase Agility, Reduce the Complexity of IT Services
Agencies need to provide services more quickly and effectively to meet constituent expectations. But sometimes, “solutions” make things more complex.