GovLoop

GovLoop is a digital community designed for individuals involved with government at various levels. Initially created for federal, state, and local government workers in the U.S., it has expanded to welcome students, government contractors, international government employees, and anyone with an interest in public service. The platform, built using Ning technology, offers features such as personal profiles, discussion groups, forums, blogs, photo and video sharing, slide presentations, a wiki, and two weekly podcasts.

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5 Easy Ways to Practice Mindfulness at Work - GovLoop

1 week ago | govloop.com | Katie Malone

Editor’s Note: To help our community navigate these unprecedented times, we’ve refreshed some of our best content that educates, uplifts and unites the government workforce. The gut-wrenching pang of missing a deadline or receiving harsh criticism is an unfortunately familiar human emotion. Urgent projects, miscommunication with your supervisor and the pressure to exceed expectations can take away from your ability to produce high-quality work.
Cloud Security: Complex Threats, Clear Solutions - GovLoop

2 weeks ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

Cloud technology, for many years, enticed agencies looking for savings and efficiencies. Organizations pursued “cloud-first” policies that migrated data and applications away from onsite infrastructure and into the control, at least in part, of cloud service providers. But the cloud was too-good-to-be-true for agencies that faced cost overruns — and many did. And lately, malicious actors have gotten exceptionally good at exploiting cloud vulnerabilities.
How to Secure an Agency’s Many Mobile Devices - GovLoop

3 weeks ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

Government employees make ample use of cell phones, tablets, laptops, wireless printers and other mobile endpoints that connect to agency networks from locations near and far. The devices improve access and efficiency and can make workers more productive. But faced with a dramatic increase in nation-state and other cyber threats, agencies have come to realize that these off-premises devices are a significant vulnerability.
Navigating Uncertainty With Your Mission in Mind - GovLoop

1 month ago | govloop.com | Stephanie Kanowitz

The past few months have brought uncertainty to the federal workforce. Amid the chaos, workers hope to stand out in the best ways and to make themselves indispensable. Although those efforts can be successful, they can also be a breeding ground for negative internal politics — the dynamics and social interactions within an organization.
Why Workflow Modernization Makes Such a Difference - GovLoop

1 month ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

Modernization is more than shiny laptops and high-end servers, the tools of advanced IT staff. Often, the most valuable reforms simply help agency employees — in legal, procurement, human resources, facilities management, and other non-technical divisions — leave their manual drudgery behind, so they can perform more mission-critical, satisfying work. Transitioning to automated, service-based workflows can yield impressive results: lower costs, reduced manhours, and greater efficiency.
Digital-First Communications: Reaching People Where They Are - GovLoop

1 month ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

Analytics, Citizen Engagement, Communications, Digital Government Above all, government’s mission is to serve and safeguard the public — with its different needs, preferences and resources — and agencies try hard to engage constituents in new and more effective ways.
From Siloed to Seamless: The Need for Integrated Security Monitoring - GovLoop

2 months ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Digital Government As agencies become more complex and disbursed, their individual security systems — some focused on physical access, such as video surveillance, and some on cyber threats — become difficult to manage. There are too many systems monitoring too many things, and they generate too many alerts to be fully useful.
Process Automation: The Efficient Alternative to Paper-Based Systems - GovLoop

Mar 27, 2025 | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, IT Modernization Agency processes often are slow and cumbersome and overly reliant on manual, paper-based requirements. Such inefficiency affects even simple interactions with consumers, vendors, contractors, and various internal departments — and although staff know intuitively that there’s a better way, modernization can seem confusing. But automating your operations is actually straightforward.
Quantum-Safe Encryption: What It Means, and Why Agencies Should Care - GovLoop

Mar 5, 2025 | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

Cybersecurity, Digital Government, Emerging Tech Quantum computing, like other emerging technologies, offers great promise: to turn the impossible into something practical. But quantum computers also jeopardize the carefully ordered algorithms that encrypt our data today and protect us from malicious actors. And that’s a risk agencies cannot ignore. Transitioning to quantum-safe encryption isn’t the work of a day, week or month.
Identity Protection Starts With Privileged Access Management - GovLoop

Feb 21, 2025 | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

In the landscape of cybersecurity risk, protection capability — identity security — stands out. Ninety percent of agencies have suffered an identity-related breach, due largely to the fact that agencies don’t understand their paths to privilege, or ways threat actors can exploit their identity attack surface. Traditional cybersecurity detection tools are unable to illuminate those paths most likely targeted by threat actors.