It’s no secret that this country is politically polarized, and with this divisiveness comes a lack of trust in government — especially at the federal level. Constituent trust in government grows, ...

Nearly 45 years ago, I paid a visit to a fertilizer plant in Chengju, South Korea. The low-slung, dingy gray facility had been built with U.S. assistance a quarter of a century earlier. The equipment ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

The recent U.S. government shutdown in late 2025 left approximately 800,000 federal workers without pay, affecting agencies like the Department of Defense and IRS. This 16-day halt highlighted the ...

Kevin Cucuel is a Business Development Manager for State and Local Government at CDW-G. With a passion for technology and customer service, Kevin focuses on aligning CDW's strengths to our customer's ...

What’s it like to develop a new technology and partner with the government to solve a massive public health crisis? In early 2020, I was just starting a new job as president at a little-known ...

The coronavirus has dramatically altered the work environment. Across the nation, in government and in the private sector, tens of millions of employees are now working remotely full-time. Many ...

Baltimore was a pioneer in implementing data-driven management in local government, but over 20 years it wasn’t always embraced. The lesson? Culture and leadership matter. The CleanStat dashboard is ...

The Institute for Government has published a report that indicates the government is in danger of drawing false lessons from the sharing of data during the Covid-19 pandemic. The report notes that the ...