Distributed government A new era of flexible and resilient public services. 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Digital government evolution ● 2009 - Open government ● 2013 - Agile government ● 2020 - Distributed government 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Problem ● COVID-19 forced massive, sudden shift to telework ● Government is not as resilient as it needs to be ● Government workforce is too geographically centralized ● Office buildings are expensive single-points-of-failure ● Culture is rigid / monolithic - not flexible to change ● Bureaucracy is command-and-control 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Solution ● Remote / Telework by default ● Resilient policies and practices ● “Office optional” ● Flexible and modern practices and tools ● Empowering work for individuals and teams ● Culture of trust 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com New term for a new way of work Old: ● Telework ● Remote ● Virtual ● Flexwork ● Work from home ● Road warrior New: ● Distributed 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Distributed work ● Is all humans on the team working together, even though they are physically apart from each other. Everyone on the physically distributed team is “remote” from someone, so everyone has shared responsibility to communicate and coordinate their work with coworkers – regardless of where any individual human is working. ● Is not a collection of individuals who each do solo, heads-down work from different locations for short periods of time before returning to the office. 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Distributed government A flexible approach to public service that proactively addresses: ● Resiliency ● Cost savings ● Recruiting ● Representation ● Work-life balance ● Economic empowerment ● Environmental sustainability ● Modernizing nature of work 

DistributedGov Helping public service teams build highly effective distributed work environments. 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com How we help ● Services ○ Training ○ Coaching ○ Consulting ● Resources ○ Guide to Distributed Government 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Training Customizable training for small or large groups at your agency on remote / telework best practices - from setup and security to communications and culture. Courses: ● Always Getting Better: Building Organizations of Purpose That Get Things Done ● Effective Telework in Distributed Government Teams ● Humanware: Helping Teams Work Better Together ● Managing Teleworkers in Government ● Recruiting and Hiring While Teleworking ● Running Large Online Government Meetings 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Coaching Personalized coaching and implementation help for building effective distributed government teams. Sessions: ● Recruiting and Hiring For Distributed Government Teams ● Working and Leading in Distributed Teams 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Consulting One-on-one consulting for orientation on telework policies and best practices, along with recommendations for your agency. Offerings: ● Designing and Running Telework Training Courses ● Designing and Writing Effective Telework Policies ● Strategic Briefing: Government Teleworking at Scale 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Resources Guide to Distributed Government ● Getting started ● Security ● Communications ● Managing ● Meetings ● Project management ● Technology ● Policies 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Experience CivicActions has: ● 15+ years of distributed work environment ● 10 years of working with government ● Team of 100+ experts in distributed work: ○ Design ○ Development ○ Product/project management ○ Recruiting/hiring 

DistributedGov - powered by CivicActions / distributedgov.com Connect ● Email: [email protected] ● Web: distributedgov.com ● Twitter: @distributedgov ● Community: distributedgov.com/community ● GitHub: distributedgov