Changing a Culture of Lowest Price to Best Value for Coming ESG Demands
Agencies need to consider more than just the lowest price when bidding for goods and services. In the end, what bidder will provide the best value?
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5 Ways to Build Your Karass
In government, a karass (a term borrowed from Kurt Vonnegut) is a group of people hidden in an organization who can help us. Everyone’s karass is built on genuine relationships, often in unexpected places. Here’s how to cultivate yours.
Where to Start to Strengthen Cyber Defenses
While initial defense strengthening involves cybersecurity awareness, MFA, and device patching, the future lies in embracing zero trust principles. As technology evolves, our defenses must evolve too. By challenging traditional notions of trust and overhauling our cybersecurity approach, we can effectively mitigate the ever-growing risks of cyber threats.
Demystifying Equal Employment Opportunity Management Directive 715 (MD-715)
A recent Equal Employment Opportunity management directive (MD-715) is a roadmap that helps federal agencies create and maintain inclusive workplaces. Here’s how MD-715 does it.
Swimming With Sharks: Surviving & Thriving a Toxic Work Environment
Swimming in “shark infested waters” can be daunting, but not impossible to navigate. Here are some strategies to survive toxic work environments while maintaining your integrity and well-being.
Catch Me Up: Where Are We With CMMC?
The Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is designed to protect sensitive information from cyberthreats. The CMMC’s implementation, though, has been a long time coming.
Top 5 Elements of EX Moments That Matter
Good employee experiences (EX) should recognize Moments that Matter — that is, both good and bad moments, some outside an agency’s direct control, that span a government employee’s career.
Procurement Tips: Help Us Save You From Us
Government procurement isn’t easy. Here’s what the process looks like from the private-sector side.
How DevOps Improves the Customer Experience
While the concept of DevOps can be confusing, and is often surrounded by hype, it is important for agencies to understand what DevOps is and why it is essential to helping them meet their goals for improving customer experiences.
Becoming Your Own Chief Learning Officer
It can be difficult for employees to develop new and stronger skills, especially since the goal of most schooling is to master only minimum levels of competency. That’s why we all need to be our own chief learning officer.