AGA NLT 2026

Leading in the New Reality — How Mastering Smaller Budgets, Fewer Staff and Emerging Technologies Like AI Are Key to Success

18 Feb 26
9:55 AM - 10:45 AM

Tracks: FOS: BMO (Business Management & Organization)

Speaker(s): Daniel Werfel, Johns Hopkins University

Moderator(s): Teresa Hunter, Former Chief Financial Officer, US (IRS) Internal Revenue Service;

Public sector agencies are operating in a new reality of tighter budgets, fewer staff members and fast-moving technologies like AI and automation. This session explores how agency leaders can prioritize investments, redesign work and responsibly apply new tools to protect mission delivery, strengthen controls and support the workforce in a constrained environment.