About the Splunk Fundamentals Bootcamp – Designed as an introduction to the capabilities, interface and basic search and reporting of Splunk. Emphasis is placed on investigation and discovery through demos and hands-on labs culminating in a customized situational dashboard. Previous experience with Splunk is not required. Where: Live Hands-on WebEx WebinarWhen: Check the GTRI Events Page for upcoming Bootcamps. Time: Wednesdays 11 a.m. ...

Employee data is mostly trapped in specialized data systems (human resource management, finance, emails, social media, and more), which were each created at different times to serve very specific functions. Too often organizations aren’t aware of the actual skill sets that exist within their workforce – which means they may staff important projects with inadequate talent. Imagine fully understanding the skills that exist within you...

Across our nation we are seeing dramatic changes in the demographics of our communities. Our target audiences are changing. To communicate effectively we need to rethink our strategies and make diversity and inclusion part of our communications DNA. Preeti will share with us the unique award-winning strategies created and implemented by the city of Renton, Washington, to build an inclusive and informed city with opportunities for all.

Speaker Series (Breakfast) - Category Management: Impacts on Industry Dates: 20 – 20 Jul, 2016 APMP-NCA July Speaker Series Breakfast Category Management: Impacts on Industry July 20, 7:00 AM, Westin Tysons Corner Category management is an approach the federal government is implementing to buy smarter and more efficiently. However, this strategy poses risks to contractors as single and multiple award contracts are consolidated government...

As required by The Cybersecurity Act of 2015, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is conducting a study on threats relating to the security of the mobile devices used by the federal government and will submit to Congress a report detailing the study’s findings and recommendations. Through a Request for Information (RFI) call, the government is soliciting input on products, services capabilitie...

The OpTac International Tactical Team Policy and Organization Program will be held July 18-20, 2016 in Hagerstown, Maryland.This program provides commanders, administrators, team leaders, and tactical team personnel with contemporary guidelines for the development of tactical team policy and procedures along with strategies for optimal team organization. Critical elements of SWAT policy and procedures to be presented emphasize: organization, s...

The OpTac International Tactical Command Program will be held July 18-20, 2016 in Hagerstown, Maryland. This program provides attendees with realistic guidelines and practical exercises to prepare for and enhance their command of Special Weapons and Tactics teams. Classroom presentations and tabletop exercises provide a detailed understanding of raid planning and execution, command post operations, legal and ethical decision-making, critical i...

Overview: On January 20, 2017 there will be a new President of the United States, but beneath the surface the transition period really has already begun. The last year of a President’s term poses both great dangers and opportunities for career civil servants, and the higher rank of those civil servants, the greater are both the opportunities and the risks. As outgoing political appointees focus intensely on both getting a new job outsid...

Gartner predicts that more than 80 percent of organizations have failed to develop a consolidated data security policy across silos, leading to potential noncompliance, security breaches and financial liabilities. Recent White House cybersecurity policies and congressional legislation mandate that federal agencies implement capabilities to protect high value assets and sensitive information and to encrypt or otherwise render indecipherable to...

Hyperconvergence delivers an enterprise solution that natively collapses core storage, compute and data protection components into a single, scalable building block for your entire agency. Budget requirements for the government have forced officials to look towards data center consolidation for multiple benefits - reducing the overall number of government data centers, decreasing overall spend on IT, increasing mission agility and improving op...