Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the final Risk Management Framework (RMF) standard (SP800-37, Rev 2), an update to the Security Control Baselines (draft SP800-53, Rev 5), and a revision to the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF). RMF now requires an additional step, Preparation Step with 18 new Tasks, and the security control baselines families have increased from 18 to 21 to include more privacy an...

Digital Government Institute is privileged to work with some of the best and brightest government leaders regarding all aspects of conference development, to include our advisory boards and conference programming. We are especially excited about the upcoming 12th annual Cyber Security Conference, scheduled for November 14 – an event to highlight women in Cybersecurity. These Cyber Leaders will share their capabilities, experiences, lesso...

The government IT marketplace continues to evolve at a rapid pace in this digital age. What once was considered “must do” public sector marketing tasks are no longer relevant in the age of increased activities, smaller staffs, tighter budgets and higher ROI objectives. To provide clarity and practical solutions to this constantly changing market, Digital Government Institute created a Federal Marketing Program to be included at the...

Government agencies require feedback from citizens and multiple other stakeholders to improve customer experience. Effective feedback systems require well thought-out survey questions to obtain valid data. A poor questionnaire will not enlighten decisions, and worse, it could generate bad data that misleads decision makers! The Survey Questionnaire Design Training Seminar was created to help agencies maximize the value derived from agency surv...

The intelligent use of artificial intelligence can make the management of records not only easier, but faster and more complete. Records management as a discipline has been around for many years. It’s well understood within government, yet still provides challenges and frustrations for many. Join us for this introductory session to learn how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can deliver simple yet highly effective RM tools to support agencies...

Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the final Risk Management Framework (RMF) standard (SP800-37, Rev 2), an update to the Security Control Baselines (draft SP800-53, Rev 5), and a revision to the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF). RMF now requires an additional step, Preparation Step with 18 new Tasks, and the security control baselines families have increased from 18 to 21 to include more privacy an...

This workshop focuses on how EA practitioners can either revive or establish an enterprise architecture program that is connected to business drivers and relate the cost of the practice to business value. Workshop participants will learn how to change organizational stakeholders’ and leadership perception of EA. This hands-on workshop will provide the tools and resources to build an EA practice roadmap for establishing an enterprise-wide...

Within many government organizations, critical and often customized applications developed decades ago keep operations running and hold much-needed data. These applications run on legacy systems and while the hardware is reliable now…they are quickly beyond end-of-life status. In addition, the source code for these applications is often not replicable, causing an expensive dilemma for the organization. If your agency is trying to figure...

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are — especially cloud-based or SAAS environments — technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don’t w...

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 16th Annual event -- which is free for government professionals -- who will discuss current technology-base...