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Collaboration and Integration in a Virtual World

Collaboration and Integration in a Virtual World

The COVID- 19 pandemic is revealing how complex coordination across government agencies and the private sector is. The public health emergency is triggering an all-hands-on-deck approach and is expanding the definition of “essential work.” Although the Government is familiar with responding to disasters and man-made hazards, the scale of the response needed now is leading to new and unexpected challenges. The Governments and the private sector is reimagining interoperable communications and collaboration between State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT), and Federal agencies as the novel coronavirus requires an even more novel approach.

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Arc Aspicio
Shifting to Crime Prevention: How Big Data is Helping Target Crimes Before They Occur

Shifting to Crime Prevention: How Big Data is Helping Target Crimes Before They Occur

Reacting to crimes after a legal infraction has occurred used to be the norm in law enforcement for decades. The growth of new and improving tools and technologies has pushed the needle back to ‘prevention’ in recent years, though, with more innovative approaches available to make committing crimes more difficult. A big part of this trend is a stronger reliance on big data as a cost-effective way to direct resources to disrupt criminal activity and networks.

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Collaboration Is a Two-Way Street

Collaboration Is a Two-Way Street

Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) increase face-to-face collaboration and put all relevant partners in a room together by design. As large-scale emergencies continue to happen, this collaboration is essential. But how can we create a similar environment with virtual tools and processes? Virtual EOCs and teleconferences can replicate the physical space, but it is incumbent on all government levels, especially the federal government, to actively use these tools and create an environment of honest information sharing.

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Arc Aspicio
Adapting as a New Hire During the Era of COVID-19

Adapting as a New Hire During the Era of COVID-19

My first day with Arc Aspicio was just a couple of weeks after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic for COVID-19. This crisis forced the Office of Professional Management (OPM) to announce the shift to telework for all eligible employees until further notice, and local and national leaders in the DMV area issued stay at home orders. These safety measures resulted in my first day at the desk in my bedroom.

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Arc Aspicio
Strong Relationships Drive Trusted Information Sharing

Strong Relationships Drive Trusted Information Sharing

Securing our nation and delivering on the mission depends on consistently sharing critical information with trusted partners at all levels of Government. Building and fostering strong relationships between the Federal Government and state, local, tribal, and territorial stakeholders can drive trusted information sharing leading to greater results in a more effective and efficient way.

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Arc Aspicio
Preventing Trafficking in Our Most Vulnerable Population: Youth

Preventing Trafficking in Our Most Vulnerable Population: Youth

Human trafficking thrives on chaos and desperation in communities already ravaged by ills like poverty, addiction, etc. While we cannot know for certain the effects of COVID – 19 on sex and labor trafficking in real-time, we can almost accurately predict that communities will be more vulnerable to violence, abuse, and exploitation in the wake of this worldwide economic and social disruption. As the economic fallout of the pandemic deepens and further exacerbates vulnerabilities, communities should anticipate that millions more may fall into labor and sex trafficking in the aftermath of this crisis.

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Arc Aspicio
Creating a Blueprint to Assess and Combat Human Trafficking in States

Creating a Blueprint to Assess and Combat Human Trafficking in States

Across the country, state governments face the growing and complex challenge of fighting human trafficking within their jurisdiction. This may happen separately in law enforcement organizations or within organizations that provide services to victims. While collaboration among agencies is growing quickly, in order to address the complexities of human trafficking states and their counties must use a disciplined approach that assesses the scope of the problem and the specific gaps within their jurisdiction.

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Christine Wisniewski
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Building a Better Workplace: Recent Trends in Professional Responsibility

Building a Better Workplace: Recent Trends in Professional Responsibility

While misconduct, harassment, and other types of behavior detrimental in the workplace are not new, the public and private sectors are developing innovative and creative ways to tackle them. Recent trends in professional responsibility highlight how behavioral science, data-driven decision-making, risk management, and technology assist Government agencies and their professional responsibility functions address adverse workplace behavior.

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Arc Aspicio
A First-of-Its-Kind Behavioral Science Bowl

A First-of-Its-Kind Behavioral Science Bowl

Adjusting to a socially distanced work environment is not easy. As time continues to pass, people are looking for ways to connect, brainstorm, and learn something new. To bridge this divide, we deemed May as the “Behavioral Science Month” at Arc Aspicio and rolled out the inaugural, first-of-its-kind Behavioral Science Bowl. As a result, more than 60% of our company jumped into the contest to solve interesting problems and collaborate with others.

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SILab
Marathon Remote Working: Preparing for the Long-Term Run

Marathon Remote Working: Preparing for the Long-Term Run

When the stay-at-home orders and mass remote work became the norm to combat COVID-19, the country unknowingly began a marathon with a sprint. As weeks have turned into a new normal for the knowledge economy, what seemed temporary has become a disruption for business as usual. And yet, full time remote and hybrid workers have been winning the remote work marathon for some time.

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Arc Aspicio
Using Behavioral Science in Government Communications to Improve Outcomes

Using Behavioral Science in Government Communications to Improve Outcomes

While organizations have spent years cataloging how we behave, Behavioral Science helps us understand why we behave and offers a guide for what might inspire change. As a result, this field is rapidly growing as a way that the Government can improve mission outcomes. Techniques like Defaults or Norms in government communications can improve desired outcomes by informing decision-making.

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Arc Aspicio
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Arc Aspicio Participates in Virtual Pitch Practice with the Junior Achievement of Greater Washington

Arc Aspicio Participates in Virtual Pitch Practice with the Junior Achievement of Greater Washington

Washington, DC, May 8, 2020 — Arc Aspicio recently supported a virtual pitch practice with the Junior Achievement (JA) of Greater Washington (JAGW). Arc Aspicio supported the pitch practices as part of the JA Company program, an intensive after school program offering high school students the chance to put their ideas into action by launching and operating a real startup with other students under the guidance of business professionals.

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Making Solutions Come to Life: Integrating Designs into Mission Operations

Making Solutions Come to Life: Integrating Designs into Mission Operations

Government programs are large and complex, and their customers and stakeholders are demanding and have different priorities and goals. Designing solutions to new challenges when programs have increased mission responsibilities or unexpected challenges is important. It gets hard when agencies need to incorporate these new processes, tools, and methods into their organizations and workflow without disrupting ongoing operations and while gaining the buy-in of the workforce that needs to make these solutions come alive.

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