Splunking your transportation and public safety data allows you to better understand your traffic and police management systems, and enables you to gain real-time awareness of traffic situations, detect patterns, and improve your citizen services.Join us for a discussion and demonstration of how Splunk can help your organization innovate with speed and confidence with:Real-time integration of video feeds to quickly have eyes on traffic situati...

As part of its risk mitigation strategy, the Cybersecurity Executive Order issued by the White House in May moves Zero Trust architecture to the center of cyber hygiene policy for the federal government. Zero Trust can be summarized easily: Trust nothing, suspect everything, authenticate 100%. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency views this as setting an example for state and local governments looking to strengthen their securi...

A number of states have enacted an elective pass-through entity tax regime including California, Illinois, and New York. We’ll discuss: The subtleties of these state pass-through entity tax regimes as well as the potential impact of electing into them Structural considerations when electing into regimes The federal tax treatment of the tax expense relating to these regimes

Adoption of AI can bring many benefits, but it can also expose organizations to new risks that require management, including bias, operational risks, and vulnerabilities to malicious threats like tampering. Deloitte speakers will discuss a framework to address these risks. We’ll discuss: Current regulatory landscape of AI usage and outlook Developing an AI risk strategy Approaches to proactively monitoring for AI risks Leading capabiliti...

This PCAOB Auditing Standard 2105: Consideration of Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit establishes requirements regarding the auditor's consideration of materiality in planning and performing an audit. In interpreting the federal securities laws, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that a fact is material if there is "a substantial likelihood that the . . . fact would have been viewed by the reasonable investor as having significantly...

This training event covers the two different subsections of the PCAOB Auditing Standard 1300. PCAOB Auditing Standard 1301: Communications with Audit Committees requires the auditor to communicate with the company's audit committee regarding certain matters related to the conduct of an audit and to obtain certain information from the audit committee relevant to the audit. PCAOB Auditing Standard 1305: Communications About Control Deficiencies...

We are seeing a growing trend of RFPs being issued with a preference for contractors with an approved purchasing system. This shift has resulted in many requests for us to address trends and issues that we are observing with Contractor Purchasing System Reviews ("CPSRs"). Please join DHG's Mike Mardesich, Cheryl Ritondale and Jill Pettibone as they discuss top CPSR related trends they have seen over the past year. During this complimentary web...

Acquisition Training for the Real World Fall 2021 Become an expert on GSA’s tools and digital services and how they can help improve your acquisitions Gain skills to improve the government’s buying power and reduce contract duplication Find out the latest information on Federal Marketplace initiatives Earn CLPs to maintain your certifications Acquisition Training for the Real World Fall 2021 is a two-week series of virtual training...

Growing IT complexity means performing even routine operations can unduly tax agency IT resources – in fact, managing the potential billions of dependencies exceeds human capacity. Using artificial intelligence to automate IT operations (AIOps) makes the impossible possible, enabling IT teams to effectively manage complex environments without piling on new tasks or yet more training – and allowing them to focus on higher value work...

The Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation (CDM) program has matured and broadened its offerings and full deployment of agency dashboards is on the horizon. In the last year, however, ominous high profile breaches in commercial and critical infrastructure networks have highlighted the continued importance of strong cybersecurity across federal networks. In the wake of the pandemic, federal IT managers are faced with an increasingly complex cyber...