Against COVID-19, SBA Leveraged Agility, Innovation
A lesson from the Small Business Administration’s experience is that ongoing initiatives toward IT modernization tend to prepare agencies for unexpected emergencies.
Posts Tagged: telework
When the Pandemic Hit, VA Hit Back with Technology
To learn more about the VA’s pandemic response, we spoke with the director and a senior analyst of the Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO) at VA.
COVID-19 and 3 Lessons About Secure Telework
With telework looking like an increasingly long-term capability for agencies, here are three tips for working remotely and securely no matter your location.
How Telework is Affecting State & Local Governments
Across all levels of government, the number of teleworkers jumped during the pandemic.
How a City in Nevada Eased Telework Pain
For the City of Sparks, Nevada, the first two weeks of remote work hurt a little.
An Old Agency Learns New Tricks: SBA’s Transformation During COVID-19
With the provisions of the CARES Act, SBA has pushed out more funds in the past four months than it had in all of its history put together.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Remote Work Success Story
Nuclear materials can endanger everything from the public to the environment, so the agency can’t afford serious disruptions to its work. But that’s just what COVID-19 brought: serious disruption.
‘In Every Crisis, There’s Opportunity,’ Says FDIC CIO
The opportunities for technology to be adopted and embraced like never before is the silver lining that Sylvia Burns, FDIC CIO, sees at both her agency and the federal government at large during this crisis.
NSF CIO and CDO Talks About Her Modernization Strategy
At the National Science Foundation, the Chief Information Officer and Chief Data Officer has been on a mission to create an environment where reskilling and upskilling are commonplace.
At GSA, the New Normal Is Not So New
In April, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, GovLoop spoke with David Shive, Chief Information Officer at GSA, about what the agency has learned about supporting a distributed workforce.