Within the Military Health System (MHS), Electronic Health Records are now servicing over ten million patients and are being utilized by 137,000 Military Health System staff, in 412 medical clinics, 413 dental clinics and more than 65 military hospitals and with a total budget of fifty billion dollars. However, there continue to be problems in getting the DoD EHR system (ALHTA) to interoperate efficiently with the Department of Veterans Affai...

“In the next 20-30 years these things [RPAs] are going to explode” –General Mark A. Welsh, III, Air Force Chief of Staff Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) have seen a golden age in the last decade growing to an annual budget of $7 billion. Most of this growth has been through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but with the drawing down of troops, what’s next? Analysts still predict grow...

The Symantec Government Symposium is the largest annual public sector focused gathering of the leading global IT thought leaders from government, academia and industry who come together each year for one day in Washington, D.C., to discuss top tech trends and share best practices through successful peer collaboration sessions. This year’s event will host 10 track sessions dedicated to top IT security and management trends including: Enab...

Electronic Warfare Asia 2014 Evolving Electronic Warfare in the ASEAN and Pacific Regions 10-11 March 2014 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia About Senior leaders, military operators and decision makers from the ASEAN and Pacific regions, responsible for Electronic Warfare operations, specification and procurement, are set to come together in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the latest developments in EW and related Electromagnetic capabilities. As growth in the...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Does your organization have a plan for an active shooter event or hostage taking? Given today’s ever-changing threat environment, preparing for and training employees to cope with workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization’s incident response planning. A Unique Training Opportunity Iona College and the National Protection and Programs Directorate Office of Infrastructure Prote...

This inaugural Symposium will bring together over 500 parents, students, teachers, corporate/government executives, and non-profit representatives. The forum's mission is twofold: To provide an opportunity for K-12 students in the National Capital Region (NCR) to showcase their achievements in STEM, and to interact with key business, education, non-profit and government leaders through real-life applications and presentations about how science...

It has been 18 months since the Digital Government Strategy was released on May 23, 2012. Since then, Federal agencies have made significant progress — with an unprecedented level of collaboration between agencies. The next 18 months will be equally as important. The Federal Mobile Computing Summit: Digital Government Strategy II will be held on Friday, March 7, 2014 in Washington, D.C. and feature government leaders who played an instru...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Does your organization have a plan for an active shooter event or hostage taking? As recent events at the Columbia Mall in Maryland have demonstrated, given today’s ever-changing threat environment, preparing for and training employees to cope with workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization’s incident response planning. A Unique Training Opportunity The National Protection and...

Hesitant to take adverse action toward employees who have a disability or a medical issue because you are fearful of triggering discrimination claims? Don’t be. If warranted, you can discipline those employees for misconduct and take action for performance problems. Make decisions based on case law and leave your reluctance behind. Avoid costly and embarrassing EEO complaints when you know the proper action to take in these emotionally c...

EVOLVING TO OPERATIONALIZE CYBER: Presenting Solutions to the Top 5 Challenges of Federal, DoD & Intel You are invited to get involved as the planning of the Cybersecurity Summit gets underway. Bring your ideas and creativity to our committee of cybersecurity enthusiasts from both Government and Industry. We will be working closely with our Government counterparts as we prepare the agenda and program addressing current topics, and providin...