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The Shahed Playbook: How Iranian and Russian Drone Production Will Disrupt Modern Warfare

By Ryan Kurz and Lenny Lopatto
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No weapon is more emblematic of the new chapter of drone warfare than the Shahed, an Iran-designed one-way attack (OWA) drone that fundamentally operates as a cheap, easy-to-assemble cruise missile.…

Boots on the Ground: Open-Source Research in Action for Federal Agencies

By Ryan Kurz and Lenny Lopatto
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Open-source research improves government services, but is it an exaggeration to say open-data also helps federal agencies save lives? We don’t think so. Just look at the COVID-19 pandemic. In…

Eliminating Information Silos Caused by Remote Teams and Common Collaboration Tools

By Ryan Kurz and Lenny Lopatto
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During the pandemic, organizations quickly shifted to remote work with the help of communication and collaboration platforms like Slack, Google Docs, and MS Teams.  But over time, the limitations of…

Steps to Successful Project and Knowledge Management: Tesla Government on the Get Down to Business Podcast

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Shaped by her time in the Army, Andrea Castle uses that experience to help government and military clients get their projects done on time and on budget. As data curator…

Utilizing Data Visualization in the Workplace: Tesla Gov on the Human Capital Innovations Podcast

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John Steed, Tesla Government’s Director of Geospatial Services, was recently interviewed by Dr Jonathan Westover on the Human Capital Innovations Podcast. John spoke about real world uses of Geospatial information…

Public-Private Collaborations: Tesla Government on the LifeBlood Podcast

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Data Curator Andrea Castle was recently interviewed by George George Grombacher on the LifeBlood Podcast. The LifeBlood Podcast interviews subject matter experts from all over the world to share their…

Essential for User Adoption Strategy: Defining & Tracking Onboarding Metrics

By Ryan Kurz and Lenny Lopatto
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A key component of any new system implementation is developing user adoption strategies that get users into the system and engaged to make the program successful.

But there’s really only one way to know if new software is delivering the value you expect: user adoption metrics.

Attributes of a Skilled GIS Team

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Federal agencies rely on geospatial data to understand the where and the what for their projects around the world. Geospatial data helps agencies decide where to set up security perimeters…

GIS and Civil Affairs: Tesla Government featured on One CA Podcast

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Through the past decade, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team from Tesla Government has supported Civil Affairs missions around the globe. Tesla Government’s John Steed, Director of Geospatial Services, was…

Knowledge Management Across Agencies: Tesla Government featured on GovExec Daily Podcast

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Knowledge management, collaboration and information sharing between agencies under normal circumstances is challenging – even more so while working remotely.  Tesla Government’s Andrea Castle, a data curator and knowledge management…

Benefits of Open-Source Research for Federal Agencies

By Ryan Kurz and Lenny Lopatto
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With the 24/7 news cycle, many of us have learned to source and assess articles and updates like professional researchers. Is the information I have in hand accurate or not?…

Insider Secrets for Knowledge Management System Adoption: Community Building

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Your agency’s new knowledge management system (KMS) went live a few weeks ago. You were excited to introduce it to everyone and expected to hear good feedback, but what are…