Telework

Survey: 45% of gov employees may walk if agencies reduce remote work flexibility

The survey suggests more than half of government employees prefer to work for an agency that offers hybrid and remote flexibility.

  • By Frank Konkel

Long-term digital solutions can offset workforce shortage gaps

COMMENTARY | User-friendly technology platforms can help under-resourced agencies decrease their administrative burden and attract digital-savvy employees.

  • By Bob Ainsbury

Report: Increased remote work for many governments also raises cyber risks

Roughly one-third of government employees believe “their actions don’t matter when it comes to security,” according to a new survey.

  • By Edward Graham

Real-time data on what muni bond investors think of your city

A new data tool offers a window into how investors are responding to changes affecting the financial outlook of individual governments, including trends like the rise of remote work.

  • By Liz Farmer

Survey: performance, pressure have increased among remote government employees during COVID

The survey also revealed managers seem to trust employees to perform more in virtual environments.

  • By Frank Konkel

Report: Hybrid workforce is making public sector IT management more difficult

The trend toward more remote work is challenging public sector IT professionals.

  • By Frank Konkel

State and local governments turn to normalizing the ‘new normal’ workplace

With lessons from the rapid shift to telework, officials are rejiggering plans for hybrid environments and keeping nimble, problem-solving mentalities.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

6 in 10 Americans would quit current job for remote position

Work-life balance is increasingly important for today’s post-pandemic workforce.

  • By Frank Konkel

How the Army is embracing telework-friendly tech

The Army is expanding its use of bring-your-own devices through a pilot program that’s expected to initially focus on National Guard and Reserve components as it rolls out Microsoft 365.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

How the Army is embracing telework-friendly tech

The Army is expanding its use of bring-your-own devices through a pilot program that’s expected to initially focus on National Guard and Reserve components as it rolls out Microsoft 365.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

How the pandemic taught agencies to accept and adapt

A group of IT leaders got together to discuss how agencies responded to the changes forced by the pandemic, what challenges they faced and how they broke through old barriers to deliver better citizens services.

  • By Troy K. Schneider

Conklin checks in as CIO at the world’s largest library

Judith Conklin, newly installed CIO at the Library of Congress, talks about remote work infrastructure, continuity of operations and upgrades to essential services.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Work from home and cloud are prompting hard looks at security

Cloud computing and telework environments add considerable complexity to good security strategies, so agencies should look to multifactor authentication and cloud-based access policies.

  • By Lloyd Mitchell

How a workplace experience app can solve back-to-work challenges

A workplace experience app can engage and empower employees by giving them access to the resources they need regardless of location and can provide management with key situational awareness and decision-making data.

  • By Nadir Ali
Featured eBooks

Three steps to building digital resilience

Digital resilience is not just reaction and disaster response; it’s about thoughtful investing in enhanced capabilities that will deliver benefits in the future, one smart city expert says.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

A solid cloud foundation proves crucial at crunch time

When the pandemic hit, agencies’ previous investments in cloud and DevSecOps help them scale websites, manage increased workloads and support telework and application development.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Army rolls back IoT restrictions for teleworkers

The Army is "restaffing" the policy, which would have required teleworkers to turn off or remove smart devices, such as Amazon Echo speakers, from their remote workspaces.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Post-pandemic telework infrastructure

With a year of remote experience and the prospect of hybrid operations on the horizon, IT leaders are drafting plans for long-term secure access and more effective collaboration.

  • By Troy K. Schneider

How CBII secures DOD networks, improves performance

The Cloud-Based Internet Isolation gives mission partners a way to offload internet browsing from Defense Department networks so they can conserve bandwidth for essential functions.

  • By Lauren Williams

How COVID and SolarWinds are driving secure modernization

The pandemic and recent security breaches illustrate the urgency government should feel about modernizing legacy infrastructure and systems.

  • By Troy K. Schneider

IG pushes DOD to update pandemic plans to support telework

Defense Department component agencies should ensure their IT and communications infrastructure can support maximum telework, according to a new report from the DOD inspector general.

  • By Lauren C. Williams