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5 steps to stand out from the crowd in 2018
Standing out from the crowd just doesn't happen. It takes planning and effort. Here's how to get started.
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Pros and cons of 2018's most disruptive technologies
2018 will see an acceleration in the use of several emerging technologies. Here are some critical factors you need to understand about each.
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Magic isn't the secret to writing winning proposals
Compliance is key and accuracy rules when it comes to developing a winning proposal in the government market.
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8 lessons learned from the GovCon marketing trenches
Mark Amtower looks back at 34 years in the GovCon market and shares immutable truths about what it takes to succeed.
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IT modernization: Another step to contract consolidation
Federal IT modernization will drive more contract consolidation. Here are the risks and opportunities you need to know.
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5 marketing best practices to drive your brand to the future
Research shows that there are marketing best practices that can help separate your firm from competitors and help draw top talent. Marketing expert Elizabeth Harr shares her thoughts on research, strategy, branding and more.
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Women in tech: The problem with a trickle
Yes, awareness of tech's gender gap is high, but Accenture's Jenna O'Steen explains that awareness hasn't resulted in real-life change. Here's what we can do.
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Transformation two-step: Challenges for government and industry
Most of the pressure to transform operations has been on the government but the contractor community also needs to take a hard look at itself.
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What tech trends to expect in fiscal 2018
Raj Parameswaran of Maximus revisits his 2017 tech predictions and explores how the Trump administration policies are driving change.
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Too many acting CIOs put a damper on the federal market
The federal government has too many acting CIOs and that means critical IT initiatives have slowed down. So where do you find new opportunities?
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Cyber tech firms need integrator partners to broaden their services
Cybersecurity providers need the ability to provide a more expansive, holistic offering beyond just their own product portfolio so partnering with systems integrators is critical.
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LPTA has no place in SATCOM contracts
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat executive, on how a recently introduced bill validates the need to remove satellite services acquisition from traditional “Lowest Price Technically Acceptable” (LPTA) considerations.
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Is State about to become the next big cloud service provider?
The State Department wants to invest in boosting its Foreign Affairs Network to become a cloud service provider to U.S. government customers around the globe.
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5 tactics that will help you win in 2018
We breakdown the key elements your 2018 strategy has to have for success next year and beyond.
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IT modernization has bipartisan support but where are the dollars?
There is plenty of bipartisan support for IT modernization, from the White House to Capitol Hill, but what's lacking are resources, begging the question, Where's the beef?
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Why we should save DHS' biodefense, chemical threat centers from proposed Trump budget cuts
A former DHS undersecretary and his Chertoff Group colleague explain the growing threat from biological and chemical agents and why Congress and the Trump administration need to back away from proposed cuts to their budgets.
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5 steps to launching an employer branding strategy
In part three of our series on employer branding, Elizabeth Harr explains the five steps you should take to build and launch the employer brand strategy that works for your company.
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Is a Space Corps in our future?
We might be years away from the creation of a separate Space Corps. But that doesn't mean there aren't opportunities today to support the mission.
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How to lead a business through non-business challenges
As Google's CEO has learned, senior leaders often face challenges that require skills very different from the ones they learned in business school.
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