Identity and Access Management is key and crucial to managing the roles and access privileges of individual network users through a digital ID that has to be maintained, modified and monitored throughout what many call “the access lifecycle”. This entire process is inextricably linked to the security and productivity of an organization to protect their digital assets and enhance business productivity. Whether it be an individual di...

OASIS will be publishing an Open Season On-Ramp for Small Business Contractors later this summer. This On-Ramp signals big changes in response to the shifting landscape of Federal Procurement. Thanks to the innovative flexibilities of the On-Ramp processes, the OASIS vehicle remains agile and flexible to meet Government needs while reinforcing our commitment to partnership with our Industry Partners. In the Base period of the OASIS contracts w...

Information Technology (IT) modernization in Government has lagged compared to similar efforts in the commercial sector, leading in many cases to significant and ongoing cyber security challenges; IT system deficiencies; excessive spending on older, legacy technology; lack of interoperability with both internal and external systems; and difficulty in maintaining infrastructure and applications. With the goal of modernizing their IT portfolios,...

Prepping for the Digital Frontier, “Smart Trends in IoT” hosted by ACT-IAC will provide attendees with a wide-range of discussions around the frameworks; implementation and methodologies; business and technology; connection between federal, state and local IoT; and cybersecurity, compliance and privacy enablers in the emerging IoT landscape to help prep agencies for the Digital Frontier. Keynote speakers will highlight topics which...

The ACT-IAC Federal Insights Exchange in collaboration with the IT Management and Modernization Community of Interest invite you to join in this conversation and gain insight into the future of cloud at DHS, key objectives, target outcomes and ideas on how industry can participate. The IT modernization forecast definitely includes clouds. Within the Department of Homeland Security, the incoming Chief Information Officer, Dr. John Zangardi anno...

The ACT-IAC Federal Insights Exchange in concert with the General Services Administration OASIS Program Office is hosting an information session to generate awareness and educate small businesses about the OASIS SB contract vehicle, and the criteria involved with becoming a suitable Industry Partner for the OASIS SB contract. Previous OASIS SB Industry Partners have outgrown their size standard, resulting in an upcoming on-ramping to back-fill...

ACT IAC is pleased to announce the first Network Modernization Forum to be held on Tuesday, June 19 at the Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C. With the 2017 award of GSA's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) and the explosion of new technologies, the time to transform the government's IT and telecommunications into a robust, powerful and secure network is here! Join us for a special all-day program featuring keynote speaker and Federal C...

In the past, many federal agencies paid little attention to customer experience as many felt they were often the only place a citizen could go to get important jobs done such as filing for social security or Medicare, paying taxes, getting a passport or sending a letter in the mail. As citizen expectations have been shaped by their commercial experiences with service providers, federal agencies are now expected to provide speedy and efficient...

Modernize, Optimize, Visualize, Evangelize (MOVE) Forward -- On Friday, May 18th, ACT-IAC Voyagers Class of 2018 is hosting a half-day event centered on IT Modernization. To fuel discussions and harness the power of thinking across both Government and Industry, this event will feature keynote speakers, multiple panel presentations, and roundtable discussions. The panels feature distinguished guests, who accentuate the discussion by providing s...

While many Federal organizations are moving aggressively to lower monthly portfolio data center costs by leveraging public and private cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings to run legacy virtual machines, this approach does not take full advantage of the potential benefits of a cloud architecture. Cloud-native development reconstructs an application in a target cloud ecosystem, and calls upon cloud services inherent in the cloud e...