Change Management: Prepare to Succeed
Change is an inevitable fact of life, and when working with executive offices or legislative bodies it’s often mandatory. Whether it’s implementing a new eProcurement system, utilizing new solicitation methods, or just modernizing your codes and processes; it’s a manager’s responsibility to ensure successful adoption. Change Management ranked #8 on NASPO’s Top Priorities for 2020. Here’s how to facilitate change and achieve buy-in from your office.
Back to School Technology: Are You Ready?
Most districts and states have begun working through the logistics of returning to school for faculty, staff, and students. Many lessons were learned over the spring and early summer about how to implement distance education and working from home. However, access and digital security issues remain. Unfortunately, these issues will not be resolved unless we take in the entire landscape of making the digital connection from students to instructors in a virtual environment. Below are some things to consider.
An Interview with Sarah Hilderbrand, COO for NASPO ValuePoint
Pulse Podcast checks in with Sarah Hildabrand, Chief Operations Officer (COO) for NASPO ValuePoint (NVP) this week.
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Accelerated Innovation During a Pandemic?
Despite the pandemic’s disruption of normal work life, innovation can still take place. A disruption can often be the catalyst of systemic change. This is because in a disruption, there is a push to quickly fix inefficiencies within the system. The main killer of innovation is often habit. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses and government across the country, but it doesn’t mean your office cannot capitalize on the opportunity for innovation. Although the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented, the techniques used to fuel innovation from disruption are still applicable today.[1]
An Interview with interview Tim Blute, NGA
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Save Your Receipts: CARES Act Compliance
The Good News
There is federal funding for COVID-19 relief (CARES Act) for states. This funding can be used by states in many ways to provide relief.
eProcurement with NASPO’s Chief Information Officer, Bob Sievert
The topic of eProcurement seems to make it’s way annually onto the NASPO Top Ten Priorities, this year coming in at number 2.
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What You Should Know about Contact Tracing
What happens when someone tests positive for a dangerously contagious disease? Contact tracing is already a daily task for public health departments and organizations nationwide. Nearly 100 infectious diseases are currently tracked. Now, Covid-19 is forcing a rapid expansion of contact tracing capabilities as agencies seek to monitor its spread.
Fraud with FBI Deputy Assistance Director, John Jimenez
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