2026-09-14 Across government, agencies are navigating a moment of profound change. Missions are evolving, technology is accelerating and expectations for transparency, readiness and accountability are higher than ever. At the center of it all is the workforce — tens of thousands...
2026-09-14 Transportation is entering one of its most consequential periods of change in decades. Across aviation, rail, highways and transit, three major shifts keep surfacing as the ones that will define the next several years. Understanding them—and the challenges they bring—is...
2026-09-14 The national airspace is entering a new era of complexity. Legacy systems are being modernized, uncrewed aircraft and advanced air mobility are entering shared airspace, and the volume of data flowing through air traffic operations is growing faster than traditional...
2026-09-08 Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities, while autonomous, agentic systems are beginning to act with minimal or no human oversight. The confluence of these phenomena is creating a new threat landscape and opening new potential...
2026-08-31 For years, quantum computing has lived in the public imagination somewhere between science fiction and a distant scientific curiosity, a technology perpetually "ten years away." That framing is no longer accurate, and for federal agencies, it's no longer safe. The...
2026-08-28 U.S. Navy equipment requires regular attention to maintain optimal readiness. Regular maintenance, along with repairs, upgrades and refinements when applicable, is a continual need. However, in a globe-spanning high-tech environment like the Navy, that work is complex and can be...
2026-08-24 One reason that I value participating in industry events is that I always come away smarter, learning from industry and government experts who generously share their time and knowledge. I had that experience recently at the AGA Professional Development Training...
2026-08-20 Many federal agencies still rely on manual inventory tools and methods, such as barcode scanners and spreadsheets, to keep track of assets. This requires regular, time-consuming, facility-wide sweeps to account for each item in a vast ecosystem of equipment, often...
2026-08-07 The nation’s multifamily affordable housing system is intricate, depending on a sprawling and complex system of interlocking state and local housing authorities, participating property owners, state regulators and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Administering subsidized housing programs has...