Getting better performance out of supply chain and operations activities is not at the top of everyone’s priority list, but it should be. In today’s world, moving things smartly and efficiently – regardless of whether they are people, product or petabytes – is paramount to success.
This challenge is not a new one. But, the pressures of meeting customer demands, fulfilling their mission requirements, and maintaining high service levels is significantly complicated at a time of diminishing budgets. Even though government organizations recognize the importance of making their operations more efficient, leaders must prove the benefit of the change before investing time, people, and money in system and process improvements. Keep reading →
Federal IT managers often look to leading technology suppliers to discover what they have learned to protect their own enterprises. Breaking Gov sat down with Symantec Corp.’s Vice President and General Manager for Public Sector, Gigi Schumm, to discuss what federal IT managers can learn from Symantec’s own approach to security and how those lessons are incorporated into the company’s products. 
The seventh in a series of “Seven Management Imperatives” for government leaders, based on the insights provided by some 300 senior government officials and more than 300 research reports, courtesy of