This interview is an excerpt from our recent research guide, “Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) and Einstein: The Foundations of Federal Civilian Cyberdefense.” To download the complete guide, click here. Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) requires constant monitoring to ensure government IT departments strengthen the security of their cyber networks. When the general public thinksRead… Read more »
Both interviewees were featured in our recent guide, Understanding State and Local Government. To read the guide, click here. It’s often true that throwing money at a problem won’t solve it, but sometimes it does help. At least, when you have a multiyear (expensive) strategy that you need to effectively implement. That was the case for theRead… Read more »
By being thoughtful and intentional in their approach, leaders can accelerate the achievement of the new elected president’s priorities, reduce risk, and increase the capacity of agencies to deliver on mission objectives.
Oftentimes customer service is an afterthought for overworked, under-budgeted and underappreciated states. And citizens are obligated to use government services, so why does the experience matter? Why waste the money? It matters, says Illinois Chief Information Officer Hardik Bhatt because, “governments don’t go out of business, but businesses go out of government.” In 2013, IllinoisRead… Read more »
The exponential growth of data, cyber and big data analytics initiatives, and consolidation mandates are pushing government’s legacy IT storage, compute, and networking infrastructures beyond their limits. Multi-tiered flash storage systems are enabling government agencies to hyper-consolidate all structured and unstructured workloads into a common, secure, and extensible storage operating environment. IT managers can finallyRead… Read more »
By taking this course, you will be enrolled in five different lessons about DevOps and its importance for the public sector. Among other things, you’ll learn about what DevOps is and its history; how it can optimize government operations; and the best ways you can use DevOps to better your agency’s IT operations.
This interview is an excerpt from our recent guide, 30 Government Innovations That Mattered in 2015 which examines 30 government case studies that explore innovation at all levels of government. Innovations that spanned the government job spectrum from human resources to cybersecurity and back again. The largest cyber breach in the history of government sawRead… Read more »
Almost 60% of U.S. employees are not engaged in their work.
Government organizations strive to become more efficient, effective, and responsive to the citizens they serve. Citizens expect government to be accountable about how their well-earned tax dollars are being spent. That’s why it is increasingly important that government balances equitable service to citizens while increasing revenue by proactively detecting tax fraud and noncompliance. While theRead… Read more »
Interest in government cybersecurity has never been higher. High-profile leaks by Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, coupled with external attacks on entities including the White House, have attracted a spotlight. But after data on 21.5 million federal employees and their families were exposed in the breaches of the Office of Personnel Management’s Information systems, many moreRead… Read more »