The mission hasn’t changed, but the methods for achieving our goals have changed! The move to remote workforce in the last year highlighted the antiquated and inefficient processes across all aspects of our business, forcing agencies to take a hard look at accelerating digital transformation. As a result, organizations are realizing: Improved Efficiency and Collaboration Increased Transparency Cost Savings Consistent and Engaging Workfor...

For federal, state and local government cybersecurity executives, the mission to detect and eliminate hackers on their expanding digital networks has always been a fluid exercise. In the last year, their work has become even more challenging. As the pandemic pushed agencies to remote work, they leaned even more on cloud computing, mobile and remote access capabilities, and the attack surface has become more diffuse and vulnerable. Sly, determi...

As federal and defense agencies were forced to quickly reimagine their workforce over the past year, human capital leaders took on critical strategic roles in managing the people behind government’s mission. From recruiting to retention, onboarding to upskilling, assessing employee morale to closing the diversity and inclusion gap, human capital leaders have needed to rethink each step of the employee lifecycle, and are increasingly turn...

Artificial intelligence, a strategic priority of the United States, has the potential to deliver cost savings and efficiencies to the federal government, and is also critical to maintaining the nation’s competitive edge on the world stage. A global race is underway to develop, test, and implement the most powerful artificial intelligence solutions to complex, wide-ranging challenges. In the next installment of our year-long series, Defen...

Crisis defined the first year of the decade. Transition will define the second. During Future Cities, the premier convening in local government, Route Fifty will dive deep into the recovery of cities and explore how city government has changed in the last year. During this weeklong digital event, we’ll take stock of the changes, gaps and promising solutions on the horizon.

The federal government, industry, and the critical infrastructure organizations they run face a common and unprecedented threat -- sophisticated and often crippling cyber-attacks that show no signs of slowing down. It’s a challenge complicated by a significant shortage of skilled cyber-security professionals and varying levels of organizational preparedness. This summer, lawmakers introduced the bipartisan International Cybercrime Preven...

Celebrating the Bronx's Most PowerfulCity & State's must-read list of the most powerful people in New York City has been a long standing institution in New York. This July we are bringing our Power 100 List to the Bronx! The July 26th issue will debut at a webinar gathering top brass from government, advocacy, academia, media, business and beyond for a networking opportunity you do not want to miss. Be the first to know who made the cut an...

As federal agencies have embraced agile software development, many have struggled to expand their initial DevSecOps efforts across the enterprise. Solutions and strategies that supported pilot efforts often don’t scale, especially as the security requirements continue to expand and evolve.To support DevSecOps at government scale, many of these organizations are building out software factories -- suites of tools and services to standardiz...

City & State PA’s Virtual Diversity Summit will offer industry executives, public sector leaders and academics a half day virtual event dedicated to fostering business partnerships between the state and local government, prime contractors and MWBEs. Find out what it takes to thrive in Pennsylvania’s competitive procurement arena by connecting with key government agencies, prime contractors, and state & local representatives...

The U.S. Air Force is aggressively pursuing both cutting-edge technologies and new methods of driving innovation across the service -- and for almost every mission, better use of data is essential. The individual innovations and broader approaches alike hold valuable lessons for IT leaders at any government agency.In this editorial webcast, FCW will explore how the Air Force is capturing and leveraging data for JADC2 and other key missions, th...