In today's rapidly evolving landscape, you live in two places, your city and online. A smart city model does the work of connecting your physical space to the digital world, using state-of-the-art technology to intertwine the business of government with the interest of citizens. From faster traffic to improved permitting, adopting the smart city model will make your city a better place to live, online and off. Implementing smart city initiati...

A 2 Day Workshop One of the key elements of performance based management in government is the ability to get results through other people. This practical, skills-oriented program provides insights into human behavior at work, improves communication skills so people respond positively, and enhances the motivational tools associated with top performance. Participative leadership concepts are integrated into current issues such as working with th...

VA Initiatives for Women Veterans Women consist of almost 2 million or about 10% of the total current veteran population, and the number is expected to continue to rise. Recent legislation, both the John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Bill and Deborah Sampson Act, is working to bolster services for women veterans in areas such as counseling, women health providers, retrofitting VA facilities, and more. Please join us for a VA Federal Insi...

The importance of data isn’t new. What has changed is the ever-growing number of sources generating data – mobile devices, cloud-based software, IoT sensors, and more – and how organizations are using emerging technologies to rapidly unlock its value. As the recent wave of ransomware attacks demonstrates, agencies have come to recognize that protecting that data is imperative. By building in security they can accelerate innov...

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), the government-wide plan to secure cloud products and services, is almost a decade old. It is still evolving, however. Early in 2021, the House of Representative passed a bill that would have codified a number of its provisions into law, standardizing its processes for agencies to on-ramp cloud computing technologies. To date, the Senate has not acted on the bill. At the same tim...

Like commercial industry, federal agencies see data as the lifeblood of their operations. Inconsistent access to that critical asset can dull agency missions. A unified, cohesive data fabric that can weave in all types of data from all locations, operations and applications is growing more critical.Having an edge-to-core-to-cloud approach to data management increases access and sharing. In turn, those access and sharing capabilities allow grea...

Adobe Digital Learning Webinar SeriesThe Future of Hybrid Learning With many organizations going through extraordinary change, remote learning has become a front and center focus. Now that many instructors and enablement teams moved everything online, creating an engaging virtual learning environment has never been more vital. Join our 8-part complimentary webinar series to learn how to create, deliver, and track exceptional online training f...

Since 1999, Data Connectors has facilitated the collaboration between cybersecurity professionals and solution providers. Today, the community is comprised of over 650,000 members and 200 active vendor partners. Members enjoy informative education from industry luminaries, innovative solution providers and government agencies such as the FBI, InfraGard, US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Data Connectors brings live conf...

SAVE THE DATE! Please visit our website for more details. GSA invites you to its second session in its Federal Acquisition Service Training series; highlighting GSA’s Facilities and Construction offerings. Join us August 18th at 1:00 p.m. EST to discover best practices, tools and techniques to getting the most out of your next Construction and Facilities procurement. GSA’s category experts will lead discussions on: Market research...

The federal government is facing the most complex and highly sophisticated cyber threats against their IT infrastructure and their mission. In addition, managing technology today is becoming even more complex with the increasing number of products in the IT infrastructure and the lack of full visibility into an organization’s IT estate. Federal IT departments are being encouraged to adopt enterprise software within record speed while man...