Due to weather, this event has been postponed until next week, Thursday March 23rd, same location. The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program is at a turning point. Over the last several years, The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration have been laying the foundation for CDM, providing agencies with the tools and processes to gain visibility into their IT environments and to understand the risks they fa...

2017 DATA CENTER BRAINSTORM - Data Center Optimization: The Piggy Bank for Federal IT Modernization In 2016, the White House pushed IT modernization to the forefront of Federal agencies’ agendas – with an updated Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) and the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) paving the way. 2017 brings a new Administration. IT modernization is still center stage of Federal IT agend...

With the continuing growth of digital information, the scope of electronic records management has expanded exponentially and is an increasingly critical issue for government agencies, particularly as it relates to being able to provide secure storage, access, and retrieval of this information. Join government and industry experts at this 14th Annual event -- which is free for government professionals -- who will discuss current technology-base...

Fraud in government programs is a significant financial and reputational concern. For example, in Medicaid and Medicare alone, federal authorities recovered roughly $2.3 billion in fraud against the federal government in 2014. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the typical organization loses 5 percent of its revenue to fraud each year. Even when detected, 40 to 50 percent of the organizations that fall prey don...

The 2017 International Symposium on Inorganics encompasses a combination of technical presentations and in-depth discussions on the critical matters related to inorganic contaminants in water. Attendees will gain insights into the current and emerging issues related to inorganic contaminants, including sources and occurrence, monitoring and treatment, regulatory landscape, potential health issues, and best practices for managing these contamin...

With the current headlines regarding government email retention and e-discovery, it is important to understand how the deadlines will impact your agency. This one-day Potomac Forum Workshop will focus on the activities mandated by the NARA/OMB Records Management Directive. Key executives from NARA and government agencies will discuss the directive and its implementation. Detailed review and analysis of the directive will be presented to help...

In 2014 an announcement was made with plans to embark upon a new paradigm for purchasing by moving from managing purchases and prices individually across thousands of procurement units, to managing entire categories of common spend and total cost. The intention is to apply the principles of Category Management – used extensive in industry and other countries – to the Federal acquisition process. This is intended to be more than jus...

Citizen Engagement Summit: Meeting the Demands of the Digital Citizen Digital services are moving out of start-up mode. Once the province of Silicon Valley expatriates and a small group of e-government enthusiasts, the field of digital services has come to be seen as essential to much-needed efforts to transform how agencies provide information and services to the public. The need for transformation is being driven by public expectations...

This educational one-day symposium will feature cloud & data center subject matter experts from the Federal government and academia participating on panels. (Cloud & Data Center Summit Agenda)The MITRE-ATARC Cloud & Data Center Symposium will discuss and white-board various cloud "challenge areas” and produce a White Paper with recommendations for the Federal government. The following challenge areas will be discussed: 1. Wor...

This is the event for developing and training government financial professionals to excel as leaders in today’s competitive market. Don’t miss this opportunity to share best practices, find solutions to shared challenges, network with your peers, and learn from the top financial management leaders and industry experts. This training offers up to 14 hours of CPE. Can’t travel to Washington? NLT offers virtual attendance ...