Today our nation's critical infrastructure industries are benefiting from the latest advancements in communications technologies, and continue to thrive from the development of next generation networks. But as these industries rely more heavily on these networks, it is up to industry and government alike to make securing these networks a high priority. The Homeland Security for Networked Industries (HSNI)™ 2010 conference focuses on the...

This is a monthly recurring networking event - held every 3rd Thursday of the month from 5:30pm - 7:30pm in Washington DC for government contrators to share best practices. Hosted by Jennifer Schaus & Associates. This is a high-level professional event. There is no cost to attend. Please register http://JenniferSchaus3.eventbrite.com

Last summer's impassioned debate over the Obama Administration's health care bill has faded, but the real work of transforming the United States health care system has only just begun. In order to expand health care coverage to more than 31 million uninsured citizens, the federal government has been given a host of new mandates, subsidies and oversight powers. Federal agencies can now penalize individuals who don't buy insurance and employers...

Attend this conference to learn how to develop an effective identity management strategy and roadmap -- from policy to implementation -- along with helpful solutions, tools, tips and guidance to get started, including: Understanding the key technologies – how they work, costs and benefits, strengths and weaknesses – through various identity credential case study examples Overcoming the common obstacles of deploying the various cred...

Workshop Description Workshop addresses key issues for government managers and staff for the successful management of electronic records today: E-discovery requests, stubborn cultural issues, grappling with the variety of web content, the working relationship between records managers and IT, enduring collections of paper records, and groundbreaking work in e-records management. Workshop will also present an overview of current NARA policies a...

GOVERNING’S Summit on the Cost of Government is an invitation-only gathering of public officials to confront the structural problems in government and explore the path forward. After the recession, where do states go from here? What are the smart strategies to accelerate recovery, restore stability and create sustainable growth as governments go through a fundamental reset of the way they do the public’s business? The answers matte...

From open data to social media, from web services to mobile applications, from crowdsourcing to cloud computing, government is exploring the power of the latest wave of technology to lower the costs of government while increasing its capabilities. Last year's inaugural Gov 2.0 Summit brought leaders from federal, state, and local government together with individual and corporate entrepreneurs, citizens, not-for-profits, and educators, to artic...

EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVES to transform the government through transparency and collaboration demand new solutions. The quickest and most cost effective way to comply with orders to make vast amounts of data available to people inside and outside the federal government is via a flexible, scaleable computing architecture like cloud computing. Register now for this FREE government seminar focused on data storage, data center virtualization, and cloud...

In the fall of 2008, the Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, responsible for the Department of Defense’s Global Information Grid (GIG) realized there was a problem with how its many and diverse users were unwittingly introducing malware into the department’s closed networks. The scope of the problem was significant, as the GIG comprises more than 15,000 local and regional area networks, engaging approximately seven million com...

Excellence in Government: Open Government Produced by Government Executive Media Group, Excellence in Government (EIG) is the premier public management conference dedicated to creating high-performance government. The conference offers federal managers access to high-profile keynote speakers and practical, innovative educational sessions. Excellence in Government 2010 will consist of three 1-day events held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Was...