Top 10 Makpar Blog Posts for 2024: AI Benefits and Concerns, the Power of Shift Left, Top Cyber Fundamentals and More

It’s truly hard to believe that 2025 is right around the corner. For nearly five years, the Makpar marketing team has consistently published blog content that spans from thought-leadership to technical insights to deep-dive infographics to fun, community driven posts.

In honor of the holiday season and a new year ahead, we are presenting the top most-read Makpar blog posts for 2024.

#10 – Introduction to Dan Montagna, PMO Manager at Makpar: With a deep history in Project Management in the government, higher-education and the for-profit arenas, Dan Montagna was highlighted on our blog when he joined as PMO Manager in 2022. Read the full blog post here.

#9 – Fed 100 Winner: Eric Markow, Director, Web Applications PMO, Internal Revenue Service (IRS): We often like to highlight government IT leaders, such as the IRS’ Eric Markow, when they land on the annual Fed 100 list. Read the full blog post here. 

#8 – INFOGRAPHIC: AI Infrastructure and Cybersecurity for Government: In May, the Makpar team attended AI for Government Summit and came back with some compelling takeaways that we put into an infographic. Read the full blog post here.

#7 – Celebrating “International Self Care Day” with Mindfulness and Meditation: Clearly mindfulness and meditation are becoming more popular in the government IT community with this 2022  blog post making the list. Read the full blog post here.

#6 – Q&A: The Power of Shift Left and Artificial Intelligence for Government IT Development: When it comes to government IT development, the concept of Shift Left continues to rise to the top as a key method to increase efficiencies in software development. Read this full Q&A blog post here.

#5 – A Practical Cloud Migration Guide for Government: How to Eat the "Migration Elephant" One Bite at a Time: Proof that cornerstone blog posts can amp up organic SEO, this deep-dive blog post from 2021 provided practical steps for a government cloud migration. Read the full blog post here. 

#4 – Infographic: The Top 5 Government Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Although this blog post was published in 2022, creating stronger cyber postures will always be a priority for government agencies. Read the full blog post here.

#3 – Infographic: DHS Expanded AI Use Cases Show “Art of What’s Possible:” The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ever-growing inventory of inventory of AI use cases – which points to how the department is expanding the “art of what’s possible” – was a very popular topic this year. Read the full blog post here.

#2 – The Psychology of Software Testing: Although this blog post was published in 2023, it clearly shows that the psychological element of software testing for government remains vitally important. Read the full blog post here.

#1 – Infographic: AI Benefits and Concerns for Government: Unsurpisingingly, given the rise of AI in government in 2024, our infographic blog post that highlighted key benefits and concerns around AI rose to the top this year. Read the full blog post here.

The Makpar team would like to wish everyone a safe, healthy and happy holiday!