The federal government is focused on its customers like never before. As a result, 2015 witnessed progress on all four customer-centric imperatives: customer experience (CX), mobility, big data, and digital government. Although 2016 is a presidential election year, don't expect federal agencies to sit idle. Federal leaders will try to focus on initiatives related to these four imperatives but will face challenges. This brief details the key trends for CX pros across all four imperatives for 2016 and highlights the major hurdles that federal agencies will encounter.