Ideas
How to Protect Your Home Office From Thor’s Mighty Hammer
Is your home office ready for when lightning strikes?
Cybersecurity
A look at how the IC is getting back to work
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed workers who are used to top-secret networks home. But as intel agencies begin bringing more personnel back, they'll have to contend with lingering anxieties.
People
Agencies begin slow return to the office as COVID restrictions ease
Veterans Affairs, State, Agriculture and other federal agencies are ramping up operations and bringing more workers into the office.
People
Pentagon starts reopening June 15
The Pentagon is moving to a restricted Phase One of its reopening plan June 15, the Defense Department announced, with essential personnel returning to headquarters.
Ideas
Bringing Lessons from Remote Work Back to the Office
A lot of people aren't going to want to return to their pre-pandemic commuter lives—and many won’t. Organizations will have to adjust.
Digital Government
Growing pains, successes in remote work during COVID-19
Despite plans to incrementally push workers to return to the office, federal agencies still plan on allowing some employees to continue to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Digital Government
Federal Managers Should Model Self-Care for Their Employees
Government officials offered tips for managing workplaces during unusually stressful times.
Ideas
The Case for Using Commercial Tools to Allow Classified Telework
Programs like the National Security Agency’s Commercial Solutions for Classified could be a path to transmit classified information without specialized hardware.
Modernization
VA’s Digital Transformation Efforts Helped It Quickly Pivot to Increased Remote Work
Deputy CIO Dominic Cussatt detailed how the agency heightened its capabilities for pandemic-induced telework.
Modernization
HUD Employees Saw Few Disruptions In Shift to Mass Telework, Says IG
The COVID-19 pandemic upended some paper-based processes and led to some network bandwidth issues, but the department has weathered the transition well, the watchdog reports.
People
OPM looks to its own reopening
As Capitol Region local governments are starting to phase in their own reopening plans, the Office of Personnel Management put out a detailed guide for returning its own employees to the office.
Digital Government
Federal CIO Suzette Kent on Tools and Techniques for the New Way of Work
Federal agencies were modernizing their information technology systems and business processes at varying rates. Then came the pandemic.
Artificial Intelligence
CMS Produces ‘Employee Roll Call Bot’ to Account for Workforce Amid Telework
Teleworking can make it tough for agencies to keep a pulse on their personnel, but bots can help.
Policy
Justice Department Advises Agencies on Continuing to Meet FOIA Requests During the Pandemic
Watchdogs and journalists have been using FOIA to shed light on the federal government’s coronavirus actions.
Modernization
The internal Air Force startup trying to drive mobile computing
COVID-19 and telework exposed the Air Force's lack of mobile capabilities. BESPIN is trying to change that, that one app at a time.
Ideas
As Telework Becomes the New Normal, Take 6 Steps to Reap the Benefits
This experience and rapid transition illustrated that telework can work, presenting an opportunity to attract and retain geographically dispersed talent.
Digital Government
New Intelligence Chief Takes Over as Community Has Altered Work Operations for Pandemic
Telework, staggered schedules and use of new technology are some of the ways intelligence officials are keeping themselves and the information they gather safe.
Digital Government
Agencies Start Reopening Offices, Though Approaches Vary
VA, EPA and IRS are among the agencies bringing employees back to their offices despite worker anxieties.
Modernization
GAO plans review of telework tech
The congressional watchdog plans to examine agency lessons learned from the rapid rollout of telework tools as part of pandemic response.
Emerging Tech
The Air Force’s Platform One Team Thought It Was Agile. Then COVID-19 Hit.
The pandemic pushed the service’s internal DevOps team to hit a 10-updates-a-day deployment schedule for a new secure communications platform.
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