Just as COVID-19 has forced all of us to re-imagine our lives, we give you ReImagine Nation ELC 2020. Having invested in a cutting-edge delivery platform, we will exceed expectations by offering live and just-in-time content to a geographically dispersed audience, across the world. Our conference theme, “Mission Resiliency: Technology, Culture, & Agility”, brings together content across cybersecurity, emerging technologies, mis...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 10/6-10/7/2020 The most expansive explosion of innovative activity in federal acquisition in a quarter of a century is continuing to gain power as it spreads across the government, bottom to top, and side to side. Last year’s theme was “Acquisition Innovation in Action.” This year we are building on that...

Karen Evans, appointed DHS Chief Information Officer in June, will share her perspective on IT leadership needed to address the DHS mission. How has her previous executive experience shaped her approach for this role at this time of new safety and security challenges? Evans arrives as DHS ushers in the next generation of computing and networks. What will assure the success of these initiatives and what other challenges will her team take on? E...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance in coordination with the IT Government-wide Category as we host another webinar aimed at assisting small businesses in succeeding in the Federal contracting landscape. The webinar will consist of small business agency representatives and an industry participant discussing the ways to navigate the Federal Government for contracting opportunities. The discussion will include an overview of regulation and...

Overview: As stated in the Office of Management Budget, Memo-19-16, Shared Services will create efficiencies and optimize the workforce by shifting resources to higher value work and reducing duplication across agencies. The President's Management Agenda (PMA) identifies Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) goals to target those areas where multiple agencies must collaborate to effect change and report progress. This is the fifth Summit being held on S...

On February 13, shortly before the Covid pandemic, a USPTO executive team met with industry to discuss IT opportunities and challenges. CIO Jamie Holcombe and several colleagues shared their vision and anticipated journey, and invited industry to help address challenges in modernizing USPTO’s IT for its important mission. Mr. Holcombe and his team will share a six month update on progress made, and plans for the future. The team will she...

As the largest bureau in the Department of Commerce, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) executes just over $3B annually in contracts and financial assistance grants to support of NOAA’s missions. AGO has two major strategic sourcing acquisition programs, the NOAA Mission Information Technology Services (NMITS) contract program for IT services and the Professional, Scientif...

Category management is a strategic business practice that the Federal Government is applying to buy smarter and more like a single enterprise. It enables the government to eliminate redundancies, increase efficiency, deliver more value and savings from the government's acquisition programs, and meet the government’s small business goals. Accordingly, the government-wide IT Category has a strong commitment to small businesses and wants to...

The Department of Veterans Affairs provides comprehensive health services to eligible military veterans at VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country; several non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, home loans, and life insurance; and provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at 135 national cemeteries. The VA...

When addressing identity management (also known as identity and access management), customer experience should be considered in the policies and technologies for people to appropriately access technology resources (not just Cyber). This webinar will explore the future of CX and identity management – securely utilizing data sources across agencies to help verify identity that contributes to safe, secure, and better CX. Discussion will inc...