The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are the nation's largest source of early stage, high risk research and development funding for small businesses. These programs provide more than $4 billion annually in competitive awards, enabling entrepreneurs to develop new technologies and ultimately facilitate the commercialization of innovation. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet...

InfoSec World is excited to be back in person on September 26-28. This leading cybersecurity conference for security practitioners and executives features expert insights, enlightening keynotes, and interactive breakout sessions that inform, engage, and connect the infosec community. This multi-day event provides participants with essential information and tools required to better enhance and protect their organizations. Now in its 28th year,...

Open to Public Sector only. Government Technology's passion is promoting best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector – more important than ever in challenging times like these. Please join us for a powerful series of sessions that provide inspiration, participation, education, and thought-provocation!

New national research and on-the-ground conditions in districts have signaled urgent need for research-based administrative topics in a professional development day by Learning Counsel: Solutions for the Teacher Shortage Student Attrition and Learning Loss Systems Leadership and Software Model Architectures Hybrid Logistics Spending Prioritization and Best Practices

Data comes from many sources, data definitions, variations in data, different systems, and from many users. It is important to gather and identify data from a multitude of sources to explore data patterns and data trends to be used for forecasting, planning, future strategies, innovation, research, and others that are not affected by fluctuations, repeated sequencing over fixed periods of time, unexplained random variances, and much more. Ever...

Modernization is integral in the development of the Federal workforce as organizations fight to keep up with the private sector. Organizations and agencies need to begin to adopt more cutting edge technologies, such as automation of workflow processes, in order to be more forward-thinking and competitive. In order to fully reach a new potential within our Federal workforce, agencies need to center the implementation process as their goal. This...

It’s typical for defenders to learn about the latest adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) from a defense perspective – meaning TTPs are viewed from the lens of “how to mitigate this or prevent it from happening again.” Unfortunately, adversaries are smart problem solvers and can quickly adapt to changes made in enterprise security defenses, and even countermeasures. What is it like to view TTPs through t...

Less than half of respondents to a Center for Digital Government (CDG) survey targeting mid-sized cities and counties rate their organization’s use of data in decision-making as "effective" or "very effective." This is despite the fact that increasing the use of data in decision-making was their top listed priority. Local governments know that data is a critical part of better serving constituents, making intelligent decisions around whe...

Let’s face it, your residents expect online options to pay for nearly any type of service or fee today. But meeting this demand often isn’t easy in government. Fragmented systems operated by multiple departments, unique regulations and compliance requirements, clunky reconciliation processes — they all make it harder to provide the seamless convenience people want. Find out how jurisdictions are solving this challenge by adop...

After two years of virtual events ComDef 2022 returns to in person with the world in a very different place. While the long-term defense planning focus will be on the aspirations of China, near term attention will rightly return to Europe to deter the expansionist efforts of Russia. The theme of Integrated Deterrence will address the collective efforts of NATO and friendly countries to preserve the peace. Norway is the partner nation and will...