The agility mandate: How federal agencies are rethinking work to deliver faster

Federal agencies are navigating a growing tension: the pressure to modernize quickly while maintaining security, compliance, and continuity. Budgets are tightening. Demands are rising. And the tools teams rely on often were not built for this level of speed, scale, or coordination.

Federal agencies face pressures that go beyond what most commercial organizations experience. Breaking silos and improving productivity are essential, but agencies must do this inside high-stakes, compliance bound environments where public trust, national outcomes, and operational resilience are always on the line.

This paper examines the challenges agencies face as they modernize and highlights how Atlassian Government Cloud provides the secure, integrated foundation they need to improve agility and deliver mission outcomes.