Sam Higgins

Given the increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Microsoft customers are requesting more details on the company’s digital sovereignty posture. Consequently, Microsoft has now updated its sovereign cloud offerings to include details for Sovereign Public Cloud, Sovereign Private Cloud, and National Partner Cloud. Find out what this means and how it may impact your strategy in this post.

The critical question facing enterprise architects: How will you evolve your practice to manage AI’s inherent ambiguity, address human concerns around AI adoption, and architect systems that capture and leverage tacit knowledge?

Without rigorous management, shared services in government can devolve into a service provider model, losing sight of the core mission and sacrificing the efficiencies they were designed to deliver. Learn how to avoid this and get the balance right.

Learn the 11 emerging technologies that all public-sector IT leaders should be watching and get insight on how these technologies will shape the next decade of government transformation.

Internal consultancies — mission-driven capability centers for innovation, strategy, and execution — are emerging as key vehicles for governments seeking to do more in-house. As many jurisdictions adopt internal consultancies, we need to ask: Are we building them to last or simply building them fast?

Increasing geopolitical volatility has characterized the last three years in Europe and is reaching new heights. Learn what Microsoft has committed to do and what tech executives should watch out for.

State CIOs now stand at a critical junction — caught between the promise of streamlined, citizen-centric government and the peril of hollowed-out public institutions dressed in the language of reform. Your next move determines whether your DOGE effort becomes a blueprint for smart reform — or a cautionary tale.

While many government leaders understand the importance of trust, they often misunderstand what it is, what drives it, and what results from having earned it. That’s why Forrester developed the Government Trust Imperative Metric to measure trust at three levels of government — national/federal, provincial/state, and local/municipal.

The AI gold rush continues into 2025 despite economic volatility. But this isn’t a race; the winner isn’t necessarily the first there. You do need to run the race to have a chance, however.

Today, under the headline-grabbing geopolitical and geoeconomic volatility, a significant, and potentially more consequential, transformation is unfolding in the public sector.

To navigate the impact of tariffs on IT costs, identify worst-case, best-case, and likely scenarios along with the specific actions needed to mitigate the heightened cost pressures entailed in each scenario.

As technology leaders in the Australian federal government, you’re no strangers to the complexities and challenges of machinery-of-government (MoG) changes. These changes, akin to M&A in the private sector, involve restructuring agencies, merging departments, and redistributing functions to align with evolving mission priorities. But sentiment within the Australian public service (APS) towards MoG changes tends […]

Learn how a customer-obsessed mission engine can help public sector leaders achieve success by understanding their customers better and maximizing long-term value for them.

As technology leaders in the US federal government, you’re no strangers to the complexities and challenges of machinery-of-government (MoG) changes. These changes, akin to M&A in the private sector, involve restructuring agencies, merging departments, and redistributing functions to align with evolving mission priorities. The recent directives from the Trump administration, particularly under the guidance of […]

Beneath the "shut it down" sound bites lies a surprisingly ordinary policy approach called “machinery of government” (MoG) changes. Find out how common administrative overhauls are in countries such as Australia, the UK, and Canada, when it comes to aligning government functions with evolving policy priorities.

Recent worker strikes at Woolworths’ distribution centers in Australia have reignited concerns over the use of AI-powered productivity systems in the workplace.

Governments, fueled by populism, are now taking regulatory aim at the tech industry, which the public considers a source of disinformation and discord. But curbing the might of the tech giants is a challenge that will require governments to use new regulatory tactics.

One of the core principles of high-performance IT is alignment. But what we are aligning to differs greatly between the public and private sectors. It’s also important to recognize the cultural and linguistic differences between the private and public sectors. Aligning language in this way helps ensure that everyone is on the same page, which can significantly improve communication, reduce misunderstandings, and lead to more effective initiatives.

Patchy AI standards and regulations across the globe will result in some organizations faring better than others when it comes to building and maintaining trust. Learn more in this preview of our 2025 trust predictions.