TOPICS WILL INCLUDE Leadership and Succession Planning Transparency and Open Government Cloud Integration Challenges Health Care Reform and IT Shared Services: Best Practices and Opportunities Enterprise Data Sharing Mobile Technologies: Driving Change Virtualization Trends - Desktops and Applications Reaching Out: Community Digital Inclusion Operating Like a Business Managing Social Technology Agenda Tuesday, October 11 8:00 am Registration a...

Business Opportunities and Networking for Small Disadvantaged, Minority-Owned, Women-Owned, Veteran and Service-Disabled-Owned, HUB Zone, and 8(a ) Certified Firms with Potential Teaming Partners and Clients. Representatives from government agencies will present informative sessions and provide an overview of procurement opportunities, agency forecasts, and how best to secure federal contracts. Also participate in one-on-one Matchmaking Sessio...

IDGA’s Data Center Consolidation conference is a forum on the revolutionary challenges the IT community currently faces in data consolidation and optimization. You will have the unique opportunity participate with an audience of military, government, academic and private sector leaders. In 2010 the Federal Government began what could be the largest data center consolidation project in history. The Federal Data Center Consolidation initia...

SharePoint4Gov - the nation’s only educational symposium designed exclusively for government professionals that are using or evaluating SharePoint as an enterprise information platform. SharePoint has become a de-facto standard for Government enterprise information platforms. It offers enhanced capabilities for connecting communities, building collaboration and improving agency and department performance, key objectives for budget-constr...

On August 29th, MeriTalk announced the results of the Uncle Sam at Your Service: The 2011 Federal Customer Experience Study, underwritten by RightNow. To conduct the study, MeriTalk surveyed 1,000 Americans to identify current customer perceptions and set a benchmark for Federal service improvement. The associated Webcast will address how the Federal government interacts with Americans from a customer service perspective and offer advice from...

WHAT'S COVERED The vast majority of BI professionals are excited about the prospects of data mining, but are fully mystified about where to begin or even how to prepare. Of those who did initiate a modeling initiative, a recent data mining industry survey of predictive modeling practitioners reports that 51% of data mining projects either never left the ground, did not realize value or the ultimate results were not measurable. Despite its elus...

Join Federal Computer Week and Cisco on September 27th at the Willard Hotel for this FREE educational seminar on secure cloud computing. Hear real-world case studies from government and industry innovators on evaluating cloud-based alternatives, weighing capacity, security and reliability considerations. You will learn how to: Establish trusted cloud-based environments Apply innovative thinking and technology to existing architectures Incorpo...

About Event: This year’s theme, "Performance Measurement: Training, Teaching, and Action", highlights the importance of training and teaching of performance measurement applications in government and nonprofit organizations. The conference brings together leading practitioners and academics, showcasing best practices and effective performance measurement models. Conference Tracks include: Track 1: Bringing Experiential Learning to Teachi...

Learn how experts mine data by attending The Modeling Agency's vendor-neutral and application-oriented predictive analytics and data mining courses. Participants will learn about predictive modeling strategy, best practices, capabilities, limitations, risks, rewards, methods, tools, techniques, applications, practice, and how to get started. Courses may be attended independently, or as a series. Since The Modeling Agency is not a tools vendor,...

25-Point Plan: What’s Next in IT Management Reform in 2012 In April, Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra gave an update on the 25-Point Plan to reform information technology. During that update, it was noted that seven objectives had already been delivered and all but two were on track including reducing duplicate data and consolidating data centers. As the new Federal Chief Information Officer takes over the top IT post, how...