According to the Government Accountability Office, 70% of government’s information technology budget is spent maintaining legacy systems. With the ever-growing demands for innovative and mobile technologies and rapid solutions to citizen needs, agencies are seeking ways to shave dollars and time off the application development process. Innovations in software development like agile computing, platform as a service, and the use of open so...

Overview: Successful Transformation to FedRAMP Cloud Security is a one-day, in-depth, educational program for Government Executives, Managers, Program Managers and Staff & Industry Partners. This event is not a vender oriented conference, but a course that provides practical information for the Government and Industry on cloud security, the Federal Governments FedRAMP program and what agency leaders should be doing now. Potomac Forum is A...

Overview: Hiring federal employees was never an easy process, and so it is especially frustrating to both line managers and HR offices when a new hire might leave after just a year or two. In today’s budget environment, with hard or soft hiring freezes, and early out and buyouts becoming ever more common, it is especially important that once a job offer has been accepted that the hiring manager be able to retain the new hire for a reason...

AGILE Development in Government Training Workshop IV: Implementing and Managing Agile Development in Government: What Managers and Development Staff Need to Know -- A “How to” Workshop Discussing Best Practices and Lessons Learned Overview of the Workshop:Many federal agencies have begun adopting Agile principles and Lean methodologies with the goal of reducing risk and accelerating successful delivery of their IT investments. Acro...

There are plenty of changes underway in how the federal government operates and manages technology for improving service, including the Administration challenging government agencies to focus on effective ways to foster citizen engagement. DGI's 13th Government Customer Service Conference -- which is free for government professionals -- will explore the policies, applications and technologies involved with improving customer and citizen servic...

COMPLIMENTARY BRIEFING The Watchful Eye: Mitigating Risk in the Cloud Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Time: 8:00 - 10:30 AMCost: Complimentary Credits: 3 CPEs/CEUs Focus: Government agencies are adopting a Cloud First approach to do more with existing resources while rapidly opening up new ways to meet citizens’ demands to engage with agencies online. Using a pay-as-you-go model, agencies can now access a broad portfolio of middleware...

Catastrophic response, challenges, and immediate lessons learned This July 2014 Continuity Training Workshop is the 15th Presentation of this very informative program consistently rated as "Excellent" by previous attendees - the Previous 14 times. (Material is Updated to Include the Latest Guidance from NIST, DHS and Administration Initiatives) We are so confident in the quality of this COOP Workshop, that we offer a guarantee you will be plea...

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As the government focuses on creating innovative solutions to save money, thieves are focused on undermining that progress. Sometimes it's hard to tell which side has the advantage. Identity thieves and others who cheat the government are working on an industrial scale, devising complex scams that include hundreds of accomplices. The Federal government is losing an estimated $300 billion per year to fraud. Thieves target Medicare and Medicaid,...

Workforce 2020: Rethinking People Strategies in Government Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014Time: 7:30 - 11:00 AM Credits: : 3 CPEs/CEUs Leadership has moved from a hierarchical model to one where agencies are now dependent on people outside their organization. These leadership skills are necessary for government to effectively work across work teams, across programs, across agencies, and even across countries. Join government peers to explor...