It’s not gone, but it’s no longer the top story. But lessons from COVID-19 and its aftermath are visible across the government technology landscape. Government had to be more flexible about where and how work is done, and there’s no going back. And the shift to remote has had tangible consequences on the work of IT. Attack surfaces have changed and cybersecurity strategies have evolved along with them. Modernization moved from a longer-term goal to a more immediate imperative as vulnerabilities of older systems were exposed. And digital inequities are now being confronted not as fringe pet projects but as central policy priorities. In the stories below, we summarize the major news events of 2022 as covered by GT.
January/February: Federal Funds, Foreign Cyber Attacks
March/April: Broadband, Securing Infrastructure
May/June: Going to the Cloud, Embracing Zero Trust
July/August: Education Eyes the Metaverse
September/October/November: Global Cyber Threats, Midterm Elections
Plus, check out our 2022 glossary of gov tech terms that were new or gained ground this year.
