Every department in the agency is a service provider whether that be human capital, finance, or acquisition. Yet, very few have matured the service model to the level of the IT department. While service relationships with the IT organization are well defined and automated, they are often inefficient, unstructured, or non-existent in other service domains. This webinar will explore how government leaders are leveraging IT service expertise to e...

Multi-tenant infrastructure is playing an increasing role in government’s drive to reduce operating costs through innovative delivery of services using information technology. This movement toward shared, multi-tenancy is the result of both new policies and emerging technologies such as: Data center consolidation is pressuring agencies to reduce their footprints, consolidate applications and data into denser, highly utilized data center...

Government agencies have made significant strides incorporating cloud computing into their IT portfolios. From the OMB “Cloud First” strategy, to GSA’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), the government is following commercial best practices to leverage the cloud. This webinar will touch upon public and private clouds and explore in more depth the blend of the two approaches, often referred to as a h...

There is an understanding gap among the military and civilian employers regarding how military experience and knowledge translates into the skill sets needed in the civilian marketplace. Take a look at these facts: • 47 percent of veterans feel unprepared for their career transition out of the military (Monster.com 2012 survey) • 77 percent of employers reported that veterans could do a better job translating their military skills i...

Cybersecurity is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation, but one that we as a government and as a country are not adequately prepared to counter. Spurred by the Administration, government is charging ahead to establish a front line of defense against today's immediate threats by creating or enhancing shared situation awareness of network vulnerabilities, threats, and events within the Federal gove...

The Chief Financial Officers Act requires all Federal agencies to produce a clean financial statement on their budgets. The 2017 deadline for the military services is still four years away, and the Marines entered 2014 as the first to reach that milestone. Federal leaders face expanding mission requirements and shrinking resources, and internal controls and robust management are the necessary underpinnings of success. Relying on examples from...

The Department of Homeland Security plays a leading role in mandating the Federal Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program to provide agencies visibility into their networks and identify cyber threats. Many agencies have implemented a number of security tools, and they are moving toward new methods to aggregate and analyze the collected data for a holistic picture of their security posture. Join us for a discussion between public an...

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...

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...