Cybersecurity and digital privacy concerns permeate every aspect of government and industry, driving geopolitical decisions and determining how organizations battle ransomware. Cyber is a critical component in the Ukraine war and informs how the U.S. confronts China's global influence. And the need for digital privacy protections has lawmakers pushing for new technology regulations. In the face of these developments, the brightest minds from...

Join NDIA and its Japanese counterparts, SJAC and JADI, for a return to the U.S. - Japan Defense Industry Dialogue (DID) Series. Held at NDIA Headquarters on Thursday, November 16 the Japanese DID will be focused on updates from respective governments on matters impacting bilateral defense industry cooperation. You will not want to miss out on the updates on Industry Base Policy, U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation highlights, CMMC Information Secu...

Small Business Summit: Highlighting Veterans and Transportation Innovation Join the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) for our in-person, Inaugural Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) event at USDOT Headquarters on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. In honor of Veteran’s Day, we celebrate and recognize our veterans and their service to this great nation w...

Artificial intelligence (AI), including emerging generative AI capabilities, have the potential to transform the operations and services of federal health agencies. Join us online Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 2-2:45 p.m. ET/11-11:45 a.m. PT to hear government and industry leaders discuss the role that AI could play in everything from shaping patient care and improving the customer experience to managing claims processing.

It’s that time of year — time to take a hard look at your current health benefits and select the best plan for you and your family. For federal employees, Open Season – the time when you can make changes to your benefits – can be stressful. How do you choose a plan that best aligns with your needs? Are there benefits you should drop? Or others you should upgrade? Join GovLoop and NextGen online Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 2-...

7th Annual VIB Network National Conference: San Diego, California The VIB Network National Conference is excited to be back in beautiful San Diego, California - November 13-14, 2023. This conference is designed to help Veteran businesses build connections between Corporations, Government Agencies, and Primes looking to create partnerships for contracting opportunities. This is one of the most interactive and innovative conferences, putting yo...

The federal government has been proactive in continuity of operations (COOP ) planning since at least the 1950s, when President Eisenhower issued executive orders directing various measures agencies should take to be prepared for a possible nuclear war. The need for COOP leads naturally to the question of resilience – how quickly agencies can recover from events beyond their control. Climate change is a slow-moving tsunami of many smalle...

The National Summit on Artillery & Indirect Fires will comprehensively analyze indirect fires and its current function in contemporary warfare while also examining its efficacy, efficiency, and security. Join ACI as they focus on a range of important topics related to modern warfare, including long-range precision fires, range, lethality, and digitization of fires. They will also be exploring these issues in the context of near-peer oppone...

It is hard to believe that ChatGPT isn’t even a year old yet, when you look at the tidal wave of new apps that have been released in its wake. After decades where the phrase “artificial intelligence” was sufficient, commentary in the public sphere has already moved to the next level – generative AI. What’s the difference? As Forbes describes it, “Traditional AI systems are primarily used to analyze data and...

We all now live in a data-driven world. And the federal government may be the single largest generator – and user – of data in the world. According to Digital.gov, “Every day, thousands of federal workers collect, create, analyze, and distribute massive amounts of data from weather forecasts to economic indicators to health statistics. Federal government data is a major driver of the American economy as businesses use the dat...