On March 4, 2014, the U.S. Government’s Office of Science and Technology Policy released a Request For Information on Big Data. This RFI came in response to President Obama calling for senior government officials to review how Big Data will affect the way Americans live and work, and the implications of collecting, analyzing and using Big Data for the economy, privacy and public policy. The Federal Big Data Summit: Solving Real Problems...

Back for 2014, USENIX is combining conferences and workshops, both established and new, into one week chock full of research, training, and information. The USENIX Federated Conferences Week offers a unique opportunity to gain insight into a variety of hot topics, while the joint lunches, breaks, and evening events provide cross-topic networking possibilities. Want to learn more about Hadoop, Jenkins, Apache CloudStack, SRE, or the best practi...

EAR Export Controls / ITAR Defense Trade Controls Seminar Series Mastering Reformed US Export Controls under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) regulations. EAR & OFAC Controls SEMINAR: JUNE 16-17, 2014 SEMINAR AGENDA ITAR Controls SEMINAR: JUNE 18-19, 2014 SEMINAR AGENDA **attend either seminar or both and get a discounted tuition Expor...

Transformative Technologies: Cloud, Big Data, Security, and Mobility in Government The rise of Cloud, Mobility, Big Data, and Security is shaking up IT today, and its impact is accelerating. By 2020, we’ll grapple with 30 billion devices, 40 trillion gigabytes of data, 10 million mobile apps for 8 billion people. Agencies must embrace emerging technologies now, or find their ability to support the mission lagging. This one-day educationa...

VanRoekel will take part in the chat after his appearance on Federal News Radio's Ask the CIO radio show at 10:30 a.m. Listen on 1500 AM in the Washington D.C. area and online everywhere. In addition to taking questions from chat participants, VanRoekel will discuss the White House's priorities to improve federal technology. VanRoekel will highlight the latest initiatives under the Smarter IT Delivery Agenda and PortfolioStat, as well as progr...

The mission of the National Veteran Small Business Coalition (NVSBC) is to transition Veterans into business owners. VETS2014 is designed to do just that. Our goal is to build capacity in the Veteran and Service-disabled Veteran-owned small business community to help the Federal government and large business prime contractors meet and exceed the mandated goals. This can only happen with a strong and vibrant Veteran small business community. Th...

Join MeriTalk’s Cyber Security Exchange for the second annual Cyber Security Brainstorm on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The event will bring together savvy Federal cyber security experts to share best practices, collaborate on challenges, and discuss what is needed for the future of cyber security. More details coming soon. For more information, contact Lisa Futterman...

Dirty laundry and county board meetings - what do these have in common? Both could be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Whether and when electronic communications such as emails, text messages, social media posts and tweets are subject to public records laws is a confusing and challenging question for public officials and journalists alike. This live webinar explains when such electronic communications must be disclosed and when they...

Federal agencies face ever growing volume and diversity in their data. And they’re being asked to do more with the data they do have. Data must be more open, too, such as the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 2014, signed into law on May 9, which requires federal agencies to publish their spending data in a standardized, machine-readable format that the public can access through USASpending.gov. Roughly 90% of the data in the w...

This webinar series is the result of an in-depth survey of North American government communicators. Hear from government communicators about what keeps government communicators up at night, where they find inspiration and creativity, how technology is being used to be more efficient and effective, and what innovation means to government agencies today. Join the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) and FedInsider and learn ho...