Telework

The Importance of Leadership Communication in a Telework Environment

Senior leaders have a responsibility to foster trust and cohesion among staff. That requires a deliberate approach.

  • By Lt. Col. C.J. Phillips

What Will Life Look Like After Most People Get the Vaccine?

Experts expect changes to health care systems, businesses, and educational and cultural institutions

  • By University of Chicago, Futurity

What Inspired Digital Nomads to Flee America’s Big Cities May Spur Legions of Remote Workers to Do the Same

Even before the pandemic, there were people asking whether office life jibed with their aspirations.

  • By Rachael A. Woldoff and Robert Litchfield, The Conversation

Survey Suggests Public Sector Slightly Better than Industry at Prioritizing Mobile Security    

A majority of respondents said they sacrificed security of IoT devices to respond to COVID-19 policies and for expedience generally.

  • By Mariam Baksh

DOD Workforce Wants to Keep Telework Going Despite Early Hiccups

A Defense Department Inspector General report surveyed more than 56,000 employees about telework during the pandemic.

  • By Mila Jasper

IRS Employees on Paid Leave During Pandemic Has Dropped by 87% From Peak of 35,000

More than 3,400 IRS employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

  • By Eric Katz

The Hidden Toll of Remote Work

Switching to Zoom forever might be convenient, but it’s a recipe for loneliness.

  • By Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic

Telework Works and Other Workforce Lessons Census Learned During the Pandemic

The U.S. Census Bureau’s customer experience chief encouraged agencies to embrace small gains.

  • By Frank Konkel

Share of Remote Workers Comfortable Returning to Office Rises, Survey Finds

But the results also suggest most people want to see their coworkers vaccinated before going back.

  • By Brent Woodie

How DISA Is Shifting to DEOS Cloud Tools as Interim Telework Solutions Sunset

DISA’s program director for the enterprisewide collaboration tools contract said the agency is creating a guide for other components to ease migration, including navigating security levels.

  • By Mila Jasper

9 Government Tech Trends That Mattered in 2020

The federal government turned to technology during an unprecedented 2020 marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • By Frank Konkel

Agencies Must Change to Support In-House Tech Talent They Need

Technologists look for environments that value them, give them challenging opportunities, help them grow their skills, and provide a path to advance their careers.

  • By Greg Gershman

Cloud Security

Federal agencies are rethinking how they secure information as they move more mission-critical operations to the cloud.

  • By Nextgov Staff

DISA Tech Programs Paved the Way for DOD Mass Telework

Two Defense Department officials pointed to culture as a key challenge counteracting innovation.

  • By Mila Jasper
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4 Causes of 'Zoom Fatigue' and What You Can Do About It

It's not just you.

  • By Stanford University, Futurity

Report: Mobile Phishing to Steal Government Credentials Increased 67% in 2020

State and local governments are more exposed than federal agencies in the new teleworking age, but threats have increased across the board.

  • By Mariam Baksh

DOD Secured Fair Prices Despite Rapid Shift to Mass Telework, Audit Finds

The department also was able to reduce cybersecurity risks as it bought IT products and services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an inspector general report concluded.

  • By Mila Jasper

Consumer Product Safety Commission Employees Want to Telework at Least Twice Per Week Post-Pandemic

Commission staff and leadership report higher productivity during mass telework and more benefits than drawbacks.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Survey: Majority of Senior Executives Feel Burned Out

Overall, more than one in three feds attribute burnout to COVID-19 circumstances.

  • By Frank Konkel

White House Directs Agencies to Revise Their Pandemic Plans

The “paramount concern is the health and safety of all federal employees, on-site contractors, and individuals interacting with the federal workforce,” OMB said. 

  • By Courtney Bublé

Smithsonian Seeks Lead for Broad Swath of Digital Transformation Efforts

The position is based out of the Washington, D.C. headquarters but is open for applicants teleworking from anywhere in the U.S.

  • By Aaron Boyd