Federal agencies are making meaningful progress migrating to the cloud. But the journey looks difference for everyone. The administration’s Cloud Smart policy guides agencies to be thoughtful about the practical realities of moving to the cloud and consider if an on-premise or hybrid solution makes more sense based on their unique needs. During this SNG Live virtual session, federal IT officials will discuss their progress moving to the...

The federal government’s focus on data management will reach a high point this year, as the Trump administration and agencies activate around the Federal Data Strategy’s 2020 Action Plan. On top of this, the 2019 signing of the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act into law put a spotlight on federal agencies’ data practices. In addition to requiring all government data to be open and machine-readable when possible, it requires tha...

Agencies are improving their cybersecurity posture to some degree, particularly as they develop better basic cyber hygiene and modernize their legacy systems. At the same time, bad actors are getting better at finding new ways to attack and access federal IT systems. On top of all this, agencies now face new challenges presented by the coronavirus, like securing a distributed workforce. This SNG Live Virtual session will bring together federal...

Government agencies across the country faced an unprecedented shift to mass telework when the coronavirus pandemic arrived stateside. For most, remote working went from a convenient option to a mandate. And with it, things like device management, collaboration tools and connectivity via virtual private networks and the cloud became more important than ever. This SNG Live virtual session will retrace the steps agencies took during the shift to...

Forging the Future of Government Together We hope that you are staying safe and healthy during these difficult times. Now more than ever, there is a need for society, business and government to respond to change with agility and unity. To help provide the tools and education needed to accelerate essential recovery and transformation, we invite you to join us July 1 for IBM’s Think Gov Digital Event Experience. Choose from multiple sessio...

As government agencies pursue a full-scale digital transformation, they must also consider modernizing citizen-facing services, re-engineering business processes and managing organizational change. This SNG Live virtual session will spotlight best practices in digital transformation and how government leaders can overcome common challenges.

Based on the ongoing developments of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on gatherings, Fal.Con for Public Sector 2020 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC will be postponed until March 2021. Now more than ever, government agencies are under pressure to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their data and services as they try to adjust to the new reality of a global pandemic. With new threats coming online e...

As technology continues to evolve and transform the way things function, technology leaders have been trying to discern what the future will hold. Now, in an era dominated by unprecedented challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, those conversations are taking on a new tone. This SNG Live Virtual session will explore agencies' rapid response to shift to remote tele-work during the early days of the pandemic, what went right and what went wr...

Gone are the days of federal agencies trusting everything on their networks. It’s proven that malicious attacks are just as likely to come from inside a network as they are from outside — so, no one can be trusted. Instead, agencies are increasingly taking the zero-trust architecture approach, authenticating users and devices anytime they move around the network. This SNG Live Virtual session will focus on the federal adoption of z...

As the coronavirus pandemic spread across the globe, federal agencies were forced to rapidly respond, ordering a sizable majority of personnel to tele-work remotely. While many federal agencies had embraced tele-work to some degree in the past, the scale at which they've needed to move their employees to virtual work environments during COVID-19 has been unprecedented. In many cases, agencies weren't prepared to have their workforce mobilize i...