Introduction: A Long-Delayed Reset for Government Office Infrastructure

After years of remote and hybrid work, the federal government’s recent mandate requiring employees to return to the office is set to trigger an urgent wave of capital expenditure (CapEx) and technology spending. Government agencies, many of which have allowed their office infrastructures to languish in partial use since the early days of the pandemic, now face a sudden and immediate need to modernize workspaces, upgrade technology, and revamp security systems to accommodate a workforce returning en masse.