News, trends, and insights about the government sector.
From tight staffing levels to the public’s expectations for digital experiences, government agencies are dealing with a lot. That’s why they’re embracing new technologies and approaches, such as AI for productivity improvements and skills-based talent management.
Modern cloud systems bring new levels of accountability, transparency, and innovation to state government finances.
To build the federal workforce of the future, agencies must first have a holistic understanding of their current skills gaps.
Federal agencies facing an accelerating retirement wave can attract and retain new talent through a modernized employee experience. But first they need to say goodbye to legacy systems. To learn more, we talked with Matthew T. Cornelius, managing director for federal industry at Workday.
In part two of our series on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in government, the FBI’s Scott McMillion and Workday’s Carin Taylor discuss how to attract, retain, and develop a workforce that’s truly diverse.
Government IT projects can be complex, time-consuming, and resource intensive. In the first post in our series, Public Sector Perspective, Workday’s Rowan Miranda evaluates some of our digital transformation projects and identifies practices that set them up for success. Here’s what we’ve learned about organizational considerations when migrating to the cloud.
From big workforce ambitions to the urgent need to shake free of massive technology debt, federal agencies are poised for radical rethinking and fresh new approaches. Industry experts and government leaders share insights on where to focus and how to prepare for what comes next.
Improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within an organization is the right thing to do. But it is also the smart thing to do. We talked with Scott McMillion of the FBI and Workday’s Carin Taylor to learn more about building a successful DEIA strategy that improves an entire organization.
No one knows for sure what the future holds. But some people have a pretty good idea. We asked experts, government leaders, and big-picture thinkers what trends and issues will shape state and local governments over the next few years—and what you can do today to prepare.
Nole Walkingshaw, chief innovation officer at Salt Lake City, discusses how the city’s innovation team approaches digital transformation, and why modernizing decades-old technology requires a people-first strategy.
How can a transit agency modernize its 20-year-old technology and operations to keep up with constant change? We talked with Chuck Farmer, CFO of Santa Cruz METRO, to learn more.
In this video, two executives from the City of Baltimore share how they’re using cloud technology to transform into a modern government city.
Making change happen can be difficult, especially within the federal government. Marina Nitze, former CTO of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, advocate for foster care reform, and author of the new book “Hack Your Bureaucracy,” discusses how she helped solve seemingly impossible challenges in governmental and private organizations to create lasting change.
Nearly 28% of U.S. federal employees will be eligible for retirement within five years. Read the report by Deloitte and Workday to learn how federal agencies can modernize their HR processes to attract and retain a skilled workforce.
Learn how government finance, human resources, and technology leaders can guide their organizations through change with an insightful new report from Workday and Accenture.
With President Biden’s executive order on workplace diversity, U.S. federal agencies have an opportunity to better attract, develop, and retain talent that “looks like America.” Dr. Gina Guillaume-Joseph, CTO of government at Workday, joins the Workday Podcast to share how government leaders can improve their DEIA initiatives.
Investing in people, technology, and flexible work methods can increase efficiency and effectiveness for the public sector. New research from Workday shares how governmental organizations can accelerate their digital strategy.
Public sector organizations require a more nimble and holistic request for proposals (RFP) process that empowers them to find the best technology vendor for their needs. Workday’s Will Greer, vice president, government, explains how this will provide long-term benefits for governmental organizations.
How do you update decades-old technology, policies, and practices to better serve your constituents? We talked with the Innovation Team for Salt Lake City—Utah’s state capital and most populous city—to learn more.
As U.S. federal agencies respond to a sweeping executive order on workplace diversity, real-time data and a broader definition of workplace inclusion will be critical to establishing sustained equity.
Lift-and-shift cloud migrations don’t save governments money over the long term—they hamstring transformation and waste precious public funds. Will Greer, vice president, government, at Workday, shares how there’s a better way.
Charles Ewen, CIO at the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, joins us to talk about why there’s no one-size-fits-all approach for today’s CIOs. Informed by the findings of our latest global research, we also discuss how IT’s role within the business must evolve for a new hybrid world of work.
For U.S. federal agencies looking to attract and retain talent and modernize human resources operations, moving to the cloud is the logical choice. Learn more about how to empower employees, make HR a more strategic partner, and bring predictability to budget cycles.
Not every “cloud” is the same. Government finance and human resources teams should carefully weigh the differences between an enterprise management cloud approach and simply migrating existing ERP systems to a hosted data center.
The Workday Partner Industry Innovation Awards honor industry-specific solutions from our services partners built on top of Workday Prism Analytics and Workday Adaptive Planning.
Even as we recover from a difficult 2020, the world will never be the same. Jim Shaughnessy shares thoughts on five key technology policy challenges and opportunities in 2021 and beyond, ranging from workforce development to social justice.
The responsibility to comply with data privacy obligations is not one that our customers, and those considering Workday, bear alone. Barbara Cosgrove, vice president, chief privacy officer at Workday, highlights three features of Workday that directly address GDPR requirements.
Last month I joined leaders from both the public and private sectors in a discussion at the White House. We met in a room as stately and mahogany-adorned as you might envision, with the talk focused on a common goal: using open data to connect job seekers with employers. Closing the gap between skills employers need and locating people with those skills is key to building a more efficient labor market. It’s especially important to one swath of the workforce that we in the U.S. owe our gratitude, which is returning military veterans.
