Providing Equitable Employment Opportunities for People With Disabilities
“I think it’s really important to ensure that people with disabilities are not an afterthought,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary Jennifer Sheehy.
Policy
Let’s Talk About Family Caregiving
We can only hope that a national conversation about caregiving will bring more awareness to the stress that drains us mentally, physically and financially.
Back to the Office or Happy at Home: What Will Agencies Do?
Here are five factors agencies should consider while drafting their work from home (WFH) policies for the time after the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Renewed Federal Emphasis on Racial Equity Data and Action
Many of these actions call for the use of data and a lens of racial equity to improve work conditions for feds and access to government services.
Risk: How to Convey the Importance of Information Security
Here are some best practices for equating how information security can reduce risk to a level that is acceptable to your agency.
Incident Response – Why Government Should Plan and Practice Its InfoSec Readiness
Does your government agency have an incident response plan? If so, how often do you review it or ideally practice it? Let’s review some of the obvious and some of the less well-known benefits of prioritizing the planning and testing of IR plans.
Local Government Can’t Wait: 5 Tips to Prepare for the Transition
With the inauguration of a new president and convening of a new Congress, localities will have to move quickly to ensure they can carry out a smooth transition for their federally funded projects amid an ongoing, increasingly devastating, pandemic.
Planning for Uncertainty During the Presidential Transition
There is still plenty of presidential transition uncertainty you have to allow for in your planning. Here are several resources and tips to help.
5 Trends to Watch in Government for 2021
During a recent online training, our editorial team broke down five trends in government for 2021, including analytics, cybersecurity, and diversity and inclusion.
How Colorado Is Operationalizing Equity
“There are a lot of folks who love equity as a concept, but knowing how to actually do equity work is where the challenge comes in.”