Improper payments made by the federal government cost taxpayers more than $125 billion in 2014, according to the Government Accountability Office. One of the best ways to avoid these improper payments is to have stronger location tools that can help agencies fuse data from many disciplines working together to detect,make faster responses to eliminate or reduce waste in the national government. These tools also help enforce and alert the Digita...

2016 is coming to an end – and while the Presidential election occupied a lot of our attention, the past year also brought a ton of government innovations. Seriously. Just think about the City of Hamilton, Ohio’s online jury reporting technology. Or the National Institute of Health’s research on fast-acting drugs that could change the way doctors treat patients with depression. Innovation is alive in government and in our on-...

Technology has changed and will continue to change the way government reaches out and communicates with citizens. Gone are the days when faxing forms to a central government office was the norm. Now citizens want quick and reliable services at their fingertips, on any device they choose. And they want their government agency to send out alerts and notices in a similar fashion. For example, police departments regularly tweet out traffic jams, r...

The NextGen Summit is a place to cultivate and enable the absolute best next generation of government. Whether you’re a millennial just entering the government workforce or a manager tasked with retaining and developing talent, or a seasoned public servant looking for new resources or challenges, the NextGen Summit is where you want to be. Since 2010, the two-day summit has inspired over 4,000 federal, state and local govies to be positi...

These days new data is coming at us from all kinds of sources, sensors and devices. Traditional systems may have a hard time keeping up with the flow of information, making it hard for the end-user to use data for real-time decisions.Join geospatial information systems technologists, data analytics professionals and the developer community after work for this free in-person training and networking meetup to talk about how GIS technology can he...

Governments face a lot of challenges: shrinking budgets, federal mandates, resource constraints, an aging workforce, and the constant threat of a cyberattack. On June 15th, join over 1000 govies online at our Virtual Tech Day to learn how advanced technology and innovative practices can help government overcome these challenges. This FREE, half-day online training will feature four live training webinars on the biggest tech trends in governmen...

Has your organization realized a return on investment for your open data efforts? When it was first introduced, open data was defined as the innovation currency from which to best understand how to improve accountability and transparency. We were promised greater civic engagement and a boost to local economies. Over the last few years we learned a lot about the benefits of opening data; not just for the public but for governments as well. Open...

You probably have multiple social media accounts, one for personal and one for professional use. And you may have heard that you shouldn’t be friends with your colleagues on Facebook. But with more and more interactions happening online, your social media presence can actually help your government career. Social media is a great tool to develop networks and build alliances. But there are some important etiquette and legal rules. What is...

The power of maps and spatial analytics can be applied to health and human services to help build more healthy communities. How? Geographic information systems (GIS) technology helps collect mobile data, map diseases and visualize data for community outreach. Join us for this online training to learn the latest trends in the use of GIS in health and human services through tech demonstrations and real world examples. You’ll learn how to:...

In today’s digital age, federal agencies are increasingly reliant on software applications to meet their missions and deliver improved services to the citizens they serve. IT environments are more complex than ever due to cloud, mobile and virtualization, and that means managing and optimizing application performance can be challenging. Often agencies don’t have the proper visibility into their applications to see what’s work...