Secure. Enable. Modernize. Building on Technology Advances to Keep Moving Forward. Throughout 2019-2020, AFCEA Bethesda's breakfast series has brought together thought leaders from across government to educate the federal IT community on best practices and adoption of technology required to achieve mission objectives. The 2020 Tech Summit will take a deeper look at the issues explored in those series, including cybersecurity; leveraging data v...

We’re adapting our signature automation event into a free virtual experience, to connect our communities with a wider audience, to collaborate to solve problems. You’ll meet developers, admins, and IT decision-makers who are answering the challenge of change with flexible, open source automation technologies that bridge where you are to where you want to go. Seasoned pros and brand new Ansible users alike can find answers and guida...

The Future of Federal Networks is Now You need deep insight, advanced technology and powerful solutions that will help you develop a modernized, secure and scalable network for your agency’s dynamic mission environment. And, you don’t have hours to spend in virtual learning sessions. The solution? We’ve custom-built an event that will deliver everything you need, in an executive form factor. Register for the Juniper Federal F...

Federal agencies are facing ever more sophisticated adversaries and threats that place our privacy, our economy, and our Nation at risk.These cyber threats are diverse and include the prevalence of malicious actors who operate globally at will; the growth of risks from the Internet of Things, and increasingly complex networks, all elevating the security and resilience of cyberspace to a critical homeland security imperative. Exacerbating these...

Whether it's delivering better care for veterans, improving the citizen experience on federal websites or reimagining business processes within an agency, digital transformation is essential to making government run better. Both the President's Management Agenda and the 21st Century IDEA Act have underscored the importance of these efforts, but the real proof is in the specific projects underway across the federal community. The 2020 Federal 1...

This October, Government Executive will celebrate Teddy Award winners through a special series of virtual events. Winners will be unveiled each day from October 6-8, 2020. Throughout the week, we'll be unveiling the winners in each category, as well as interviews and presentations from those federal and private sector leaders, including from the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, and more! Details about announcemen...

Public sector innovation is needed now more than ever before. Using new approaches – from policy design to service delivery, new technologies and better use of data – to improve the performance and responsiveness of the public sector is critical if we are to bounce back from the recent challenges we have all faced. To recover faster and better, we need to collaborate, share ideas and accelerate innovation in the public sector, ulti...

Obtain skills-based competency to be a part of strategic change in your organization using enterprise architecture. The FEAC Institute Yellow Belt course provides the knowledge, skills, and mentored practice environment to build your competency in our learning by doing approach. You will apply proven methodologies using actual EA tools in hands-on practice mentored by experienced architects. Build your skill in addressing client and stakeholde...

Serverless is a lot more than Lambda or Knative. Serverless is a mindset and increasingly, an approach to strategic innovation for enterprises. The technical aspects of serverless are important but above all, this sector of technology is a paradigm shift in engineering. In this talk, Farrah Campbell, Ecosystem Director at Stackery and AWS Serverless Hero, will share how adopting a "Serverless Mindset" empowers teams and people to overcome exis...

IT Transformation Chapter: Investing in Long Term Modernization to Drive Innovation Investments in long-term modernization are key to sustaining the drive for innovation across the federal government. Agencies really accelerated their modernization efforts in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Ongoing dialogue with the Federal CIO Council will help agency leadership come up with new ways to sustain rapid innovation and accelerate digital trans...