ATARC is excited to announce the nominees for its GITEC Emerging Technology Awards 2021. This year’s awards will focus on recognizing Government teams and their initiatives that have made significant contributions in the advancement and implementation of technology innovations. These awards focus on Government teams deserving recognition for their advancements in Government IT modernization in support of increased agency mission. Our 202...

Every day, government employees do incredible work. Particularly in 2021, there were a number of pressing issues government agencies faced that led to significant gains for the workforce, the public and government operations. Join us online to hear from government and industry leaders to learn about those innovations and how you and your agency can bring that momentum into 2022. Specifically, you’ll learn how: The hybrid workforce has an...

Join us for a live webinar to learn how SolarWinds solutions for observability for Microsoft Office 365® (O365) can help in performance and security. As organizations adopt O365, IT teams focus and responsibility shift to more hybrid operations. These present new issues when needing to aggregate on-premises and cloud operations. Observability helps ensure effective operations and identify faults at the cloud, ISP, or site level to ensure w...

There are plenty of positive quotes about teamwork, such as “There is no ‘I’ in team,” or “A team is more than a collection of people.” Another popular one is “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” But actually creating an effective and productive enterprise-wide team is much more difficult than just making up a catchphrase. Coming out of the pandemic is placing overwhelming pre...

Data quality is of the utmost importance when it comes to actionable insights and model performance. In this presentation, Vinay Malkani, Figure Eight Federal's Chief of Engineering will discuss why quality data is critical, opportunities and challenges associated with data, and how to integrate multiple data sources to produce consistent, accurate, and useful information. Jack Hild, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Hall of Famer...

The concept of zero trust is the core of the Cybersecurity Executive Order released in May. While its directives and deadlines apply to all federal agencies, it offers a useful model for state, local, territorial and tribal governments and educational systems whose cybersecurity needs are just as great. It is easy to say, “Never trust – always verify.” It is much harder to put into practice. The National Security Agency relea...

Of all the consequential potential applications for artificial intelligence, nothing may rival its use by military operations. The very idea of life-and-death decision-making by AI-enabled weapons systems has induced fear in the collective social imagination for decades – the first “Terminator” movie was released in 1985.Hollywood’s deployment of special effects is lightyears beyond the capabilities of today’s AI....

Join the Quantum Working Group at ATARC for an open meeting presentation by Eric Miller on The Quantum Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges for Canada from his published October, 2021 policy paper. Mr. Miller is also the President of Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, a cross-border consultancy that advises clients on government affairs, economics, cybersecurity and geopolitical developments. He previously served as Vice President of Policy, N...

The pace of change in government IT has never been faster and data center optimization and cloud initiatives have driven digital modernization. Federal and state agencies continue to drive cloud adoption in an attempt to achieve additional savings, security, and faster service delivery.This SNG Live session will feature IT leaders on the front lines of cloud adoption exploring successes and challenges facing agencies at both the state and the...

Join us on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 9 AM – 12 PM EST, for this virtual summit featuring government and industry IT Modernization and Cyber thought leaders for this unique sharing and learning experience. As agencies find solutions for their current needs, they are thinking about what comes next. Accelerating their IT and network modernization efforts should be at the forefront of their thinking and strategy. The summit will explore the...