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In 2020, COVID-19 flipped the world on its axis. Travel slowed drastically, and the economy shifted, disrupting the supply chain and more. Worldwide, people made difficult decisions to balance their well-being with family and community health and safety. In May, NASA Space Apps, an international forum for individuals of all ages and disciplines to use publicly available data from NASA and other sources to solve real-world problems, issued its COVID-19 Challenge to learn from the pandemic.

Just as the Coronavirus was sweeping through the United States and events nationwide were being cancelled or postponed, the Kearney & Company Security Team was in the midst of planning our Annual Security Week 2020 in our Alexandria headquarters.

Analytics Organizations should focus on becoming Adaptive Organizations that can leverage Agile to increase productivity, focus on the Federal customer, shorten time-to-value delivery, and thereby increase value in Federal mission operations over time.

ERM allows agencies to detect risks across the full spectrum of strategic, operational, compliance, and reporting objectives, ties them directly to mission delivery, and then engrains risk management processes into the fabric of the organization.

Through the first three quarters of fiscal year 2018, the federal government has obligated approximately $758 billion on new and existing contracts (including acquisition of assets via contract).

Let’s take a minute and think back to the beginning of your relationship with your best friend or significant other. What makes your relationship work? Why is your relationship strong? What makes you feel comfortable around them? Are there specific traits that come to mind?