Federal agencies are managing complex programs with evolving missions and growing customer expectations. Improving outcomes and efficiency, while reducing overspending and waste, are essential priorities for policymakers, agency staff, contractors, and taxpayers. Program management and acquisition reform remain key drivers of federal performance, but implementation remains a work in progress. Additional reforms and initiatives from the White H...

“Leveraging Advanced Materials and Processes to Strengthen America’s Defense” DSI’s Advanced Materials for Defense Summit will focus on the efforts to develop and integrate technology-based options for advanced materials and manufacturing processes across the Department of Defense that supplement defensive and technological capabilities. This collaborative discussion will also provide the opportunity to examine advanced...

Today’s cloud generation wants it all – flexibility, connectivity, agility, and security. As Federal agencies embrace cloud as the key to a dynamic and modern IT enterprise, they struggle to meet all of these demands, on top of ensuring FedRAMP and FISMA compliance. Join us July 12th as we discuss where cloud implementations deliver results, best practices for cloud security and migration, and how agencies can accelerate cloud prog...

The new administration’s directive to “do more with less” calls on federal agencies to both increase efficiencies and improve results with existing resources. To meet this challenge agencies are harnessing the power of data and analytics to implement effective, evidence-based programs. This culture of results-driven decision-making enables more productive employees, fewer wasted resources, better service for citizens, and hig...

Delivering EW and Cyber Capabilities for Multi-Domain Operations The 2017 Electromagnetic Spectrum Summit will focus on emerging concepts, technologies and challenges that exist within the ever-growing domain of electromagnetic spectrum operations. As EW warfighting continues to evolve in complexity, it is clear that EW systems must work collaboratively across multi-domains. Management and manipulation of the EMS by the DoD allows our nation t...

Advanced Capabilities for Better Decision-Making Department of Defense and intelligence organizations have only just begun to tap the potential of advanced analytics to strengthen national security. Early efforts have demonstrated the ability of analytic tools to collect and sift through large volumes of diverse data and gain better insight into a given problem or environment. But so much more can be done. Government and military leaders have...

The American Express OPEN for Government Contracting program provides free events, resources, mentoring and networking opportunities to help small and mid-sized businesses get the insight and experience they need to do business with the world's largest customer: the U.S. government. Don't miss the opportunity to attend the annual OPEN for Government Contracting: Summit for Success in Washington, DC to learn how small and middle market business...

Sophistication of adversaries and complexity of modern theaters of war, including Cyber, are giving rise to new challenges across the Department of Defense. Without shifting the way IT infrastructures are designed and built, the gap between the military’s operational requirements and the ability of IT operations to deliver will continue to widen. From advanced urban environments to austere corners of the planet, the availability of techn...

Improving Security and Innovation for the Mobile Ecosystem DSI’s Mobile Security for Defense and Government Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations, industry and academia can come together for actionable discussions and debate. About the Summit & Why You Should Attend Both the DoD and Federal agencies are in...

The new AFA Breakfast Series: Capitol Hill Edition will address a variety of important topics such as the need to increase and train the necessary manpower to achieve the needed readiness to be an effective force, undertake the advanced research into the weapons and strategies of the future and build our airlifters, tankers, bombers jets and surveillance and reconnaissance platforms to ensure that America is protected into the future. We will...