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How You Can Avoid 'Zoom Fatigue'

Zoom meetings are more demanding cognitively than face-to-face meetings, a psychologist says.

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A Four-Year Printer Review Finally Ends

It took that long to run out of ink.

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How to Motivate Young Workers to Save For Retirement

Whether you’re a parent or a boss, it’s in everyone’s interest to ensure younger generations are ready for life after work.

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People Who Say They Know More About Coronavirus Feel Better

What’s more, this conclusion was largely consistent across demographic and economic groups.

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Forget Work-Life Balance – It's All About Integration in the Age of COVID-19

Integration is not about trade-offs but synergies.

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How Agencies Can Sustain Telework After the COVID Pandemic

Agencies are now financially able to boost their IT capacity and acquire equipment to operate in the work from home landscape.

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What to Watch for in Federal Data Privacy Legislation

A draft of a federal data privacy and security bill takes into consideration leading practices for the states and those abroad. 

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Gen Z Doesn’t Want to Work for the Government

Here are three things agencies can do to appeal more to these young, tech-savvy workers.

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Learning from New Jersey: Why Government Organizations Should Cut Ties with COBOL

COBOL is an aging programming language and its workforce is no different.

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Improving Customer Experience in the Wake of COVID-19

During a crisis when it is most important to provide an experience that gives customers confidence in their government. 

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The U.S. Military Has Officially Published Three UFO Videos. Why Doesn't Anybody Seem to Care?

This is the first time the Pentagon has publicly confirmed the authenticity of UFO footage.

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Even Before COVID, We Faced More Stress than in the '90s

Researchers found a sharp increase in reported stress for people between the ages of 45 and 64.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating AI in Health Care. Are Federal Agencies Ready? 

Agencies need to have a plan in place to capitalize on AI.

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People Think They're Too Smart to Fall for Phishing Scams

That means they underestimate their own risk.

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5 Reasons Why Zoom Meetings Are So Exhausting

Part of it is that participants must work harder to decipher non-verbal cues.

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Preparing for the New Normal

We’ve figured out how to use technology to help conduct business without needing to be face to face, and in many ways it’s a lot more efficient.

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3 Ways Technology Meets Empathy to Solve Overwhelmed Agency Phone Lines

Conversational technology can be an excellent way to deflect repetitive questions to AI that can act like a live FAQ around constantly changing information.

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To Safely Reopen, Make the Workweek Shorter. Then Keep It Shorter.

This crisis is the ideal time to make radical changes to how we work in America.

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Goodbye to the Crowded Office: How Coronavirus Will Change the Way We Work Together

The physical office will need to change.

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Why Satellite Cybersecurity Must Be Prioritized in the New Frontier 

Resilience is the best bet to ensure mission continuity.