Feeding Frenzy: Learning to Love Feedback
Learning to love feedback is rocket fuel for your career. Developing the skill to deliver thoughtful feedback to others is the beginning of leadership.
COOP Readiness: Are We Prepared?
In March 2020, GovLoop conducted a community survey on the state continuity of operations (COOP) across the federal, state and local levels. The survey found varying levels of continuity preparedness across different government organizations.
Simple Steps to Security in the Cloud
In recent years, agencies have become more cognizant of the cloud and its potential benefits, but the comfort of the status quo still beckons.
Georgia CISO Talks Ransomware Readiness, Disaster Prep
As Georgia’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), David Allen has seen many ransomware attacks. In some cases, agencies have bounced back in days. In others, they’ve been reduced to using pen and paper.
How Saving Time Boosts Employee Engagement at SBA
“Most people are working in systems that do not support them,” Hillard said. “If you find what’s in it for them and start to approach [engagement] from that angle, that is a way to take disengaged employees and bring them back to the light.”
Challenge: Data-Driven Decision-Making as a Priority
For some agencies, it isn’t so much that the desire to make data-driven decisions is lacking, the issue is they don’t have the necessary capabilities to fully support those efforts.
Best of USAJobs June 5
Welcome to the latest edition of GovLoop’s exciting federal employment opportunities roundup for the week of June 5, 2020.
Onondaga County Uses GIS and Imagery to Reap Savings
Onondaga County, N.Y., Water Authority began using drone technology to inspect its water tanks, and gathered more information faster and saved costs.
Work on Your Skills
Tuesday, June 30 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:10 p.m. ET/7:00 – 11:10 a.m. PT, you can join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Summit Online where you’ll learn how you can maximize your organization’s innovation.
The Capabilities That You Should Ask for in the Cloud
Although agencies have worked to do the best they can, some IT systems just can’t meet the moment. But cloud solutions can give government workers and their agencies the scale and flexibility to rise to the challenge.