Nearly every major governmental priority, whether it’s national defense or the delivery of a wide array of critical services and benefits, depends on the use of modern technology. The federal government, however, is saddled with outdated technology systems, lags behind the private sector in how it uses technology to engage and serve the public, and struggles to recruit qualified technology experts for leadership and staff positions.
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U.S. Digital Service works to combat COVID-19
June 6, 2020
Publication Type: In the News
The U.S. Digital Service is a little-known government program, but has been a crucial tool in the country’s COVID-19 response. Created under President Obama and embraced by the Trump administration, the service has embedded experts in technology throughout federal agencies. Major Garrett got a rare look at how the program works.
How the U.S. Digital Service is helping during the coronavirus pandemic
April 23, 2020
Publication Type: In the News
You may not have heard much about the U.S. Digital Service‘s role as the nation battles the spread of the coronavirus, but the federal government’s tech surge team has had its hands in some of the administration’s most pressing efforts behind the scenes.
Breakthrough Technologies Offer Enormous Opportunity for Federal Leaders—If They Seize It
July 11, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
What Silicon Valley calls “exponential technologies” could transform agency operations and boost national security.
AI will chip away at 130,000 federal jobs in the next decade
February 28, 2019
Publication Type: Commentary
The adoption of AI technologies over the coming decade is likely to eliminate work, and in some cases entire jobs, currently being done by more than 130,000 federal agency employees in more than 80 occupations.