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Cyber Security and Risk Management

Benefits of Cloud Security with Transport NSW

Across NSW Government there is a cloud strategy which “states that we must use public cloud first, as the default. We should only use the traditional data centres if it makes sense for our businesses or if we have no other alternative.” However, there are numerous ways to interpret this and there are a number of public cloud platforms. Before delving further, it is therefore important to understand these, and one way to do so is to think of them as “a cloud pizza model.” This was the model that “helped us to overcome and understand it at Transport NSW.” …

Workforce, Skills and Capability

Women in Leadership Spotlight Series: Colleen McManus HR Programs Manager & Executive Consultant, State of Arizona

Much of my public sector career has been spent in para-military agencies, so I became accustomed to environments that were largely comprised of males, particularly in the key leadership and decision-making roles. I learned that if I regarded and presented myself as a professional first and woman second, other people saw and treated me as a professional. When I moved into senior leadership, I had the opportunity to mentor other women and create development programs for all staff in these environments, which helped to bring more diversity and inclusion in leadership roles. Throughout my career, I have been immersed in …

Workforce, Skills and Capability

Women in Leadership Spotlight Series: Stephanie Delgado, Senior Program Manager of Insight & Analytics - GovSpend

In addition to being a featured guest speaker at PSN's upcoming 'Big Data & Actionable Analytics' virtual event, Stephanie Delgado is the Senior Program Manager of Insight and Analytics for GovSpend - a company which aggregates public sector spending for all levels and types of public sector agencies. Outside of her 9-5, she is a contributor for Forbes Ignite (check out her piece on the Future of Work she wrote for Medium last year.) Stephanie has a Master’s Degree in Economic Management & Policy, and focuses on finding quantitative ways to measure qualitative variables. She also has a Finance/Admin Section …

Workforce, Skills and Capability

Women in Leadership Spotlight Series: Amy Hess, Chief of Public Safety, Louisville Metro Government

As the Chief of Public Safety for Louisville Metro Goverpublic sector network woman speakers imagenment, I oversee four departments: Police, Fire, Corrections, and Emergency Services. Together, these agencies comprise about 2,500 employees and a budget of $369 million. I previously served as a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with assignments in Kansas City, Louisville, Tucson, Afghanistan, Memphis, Quantico, and Washington, DC. At the time I left the FBI in 2019, I was the highest-ranking woman and the only person to have served twice as Executive Assistant Director. I loved working for the FBI because I believe …

Workforce, Skills and Capability

Women in Leadership Spotlight Series: Michaela Geronima Doelman - CHRO, Washington State ESD

I’m the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD). I kind of got here by accident. Although public service was always where I wanted to be, HR wasn’t even on my radar of options, I just knew I wanted to help people like my parents did in their public service jobs. After graduating from college and working in Mexico for a couple of years, I moved back to the US in 2007 and wasn’t in the position to be picky about what job I could take, I just wanted one that paid the bills …

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How 5 City Leaders are Balancing Operational Efficiency & Innovation in 2021 - Event Recap by Tony Batalla

I recently had the good fortune and pleasure of serving as the Chair of Public Sector Network’s “Improving Operational Efficiency in Local Government” virtual event on January 27, 2021. Even though Alex Chard said he was looking for a charismatic innovation leader for the role, he settled on me after I told him I didn’t know one. Hey, I’ll take it! The event was well attended and nicely put together, as you would expect from PSN (aside from having me as the chair, which was risky). But despite my cable TV gameshow-like hosting, we covered important ground. Leaders from across …

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Executive Q&A: An Insider's Look at DevOps in the Public Sector

In this exclusive Q&A with the Senior Application Developer & DevOps Engineer at the National Museum of African American History & Culture, Rayvn Manuel, we explore her career in the public sector, the impact of COVID-19 upon her work, and more.

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Let's Talk Smart Cities: Q&A with the CIO of Chattanooga, TN

Brent is an award-winning, entrepreneurial-minded change agent who is helping to lead the smart city initiatives being introduced in the ‘Gig City’ and that will help to transform people’s lives. Culture! Well from an IT perspective our motto is Semper Novandi, meaning Always Innovating. The impetus coming from changing and challenging the status quo. Chattanooga has a different culture when it comes to innovating in government (words that used to be oxymorons). Whereas traditional government agencies look at innovation as the slow evolvement of technological capabilities and generally focused on traditional internal processes (e.g. finance and ERP systems, etc), Chattanooga …

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