Zero trust is the new standard for cybersecurity, but it poses challenges, and many federal agencies will miss a key 2024 deadline for implementing it. Here are four ways to comply with zero-trust requirements.
As agencies handle massive amounts of data, they’ve lost the ability to easily access it. Learn how integration platform as a service (iPaaS) can help.
Federal contract spending likely will surge in 2024. That means federal contractors should be asking themselves how ready they are to pounce on new opportunities — how well they can forecast rates, costs and pipelines.
Recent advances have made it deceptively easy to build artificial intelligence (AI)-driven applications. But that doesn’t mean that testing AI-based software should be quick as well. Testing should be thorough, and performed by independent teams.
Community engagement increases when agencies think of residents as end users, not just beneficiaries of government services.
The 2023 Government AI Readiness Index evaluates and ranks the readiness of governments worldwide for the implementation and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in public services. Here’s a focused summary of the report.
Travis County, Texas, is legally required to audit its property tax refunds, but a heavier workload (and no additional resources) made that increasingly difficult — until the auditor’s office implemented a new automated analytics tool, that is. Processing time has plummeted by 91%, among other dramatic achievements.
One type of government contract — the firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort (FPLOE) contract — specifically relates to research and development. But some agencies are using FPLOE contracts for unauthorized purposes, and that’s not innovative, says one GovLoop featured contributor: It’s abuse.
Both qualitative data (what people think and feel) and quantitative data (what you can measure and count) can shed light on employees’ experiences on the job. An innovative team in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is collecting and analyzing both types of information to help make the VA an even more welcoming place to… Read more »
Supply chain disruptions can have devastating consequences on our daily lives. So how can agencies prepare for worst case scenarios? What questions should they ask?