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...

In the last two years, public sector ransomware attacks have exploded in both frequency and sophistication. These attacks pose an urgent national security risk to all levels of government and to critical institutions like schools and hospitals. The Institute for Security + Technology’s Ransomware Task Force issued a report earlier this year that identified almost 2,400 ransomware attacks against public sector agencies and organizations....

For federal, state and local government cybersecurity executives, the mission to detect and eliminate hackers on their expanding digital networks has always been a fluid exercise. In the last year, their work has become even more challenging. As the pandemic pushed agencies to remote work, they leaned even more on cloud computing, mobile and remote access capabilities, and the attack surface has become more diffuse and vulnerable. Sly, determi...

As public sector agencies develop plans for delivering on the objectives of the presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity, we at Lumen know that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. While agencies expand their cyber protections to combat cyber threats and protect against attacks, their focus should be on taking a holistic approach and not looking at this new directive as simply a set of compliance mandates. The attack surface wi...

In a recent ASBCA split decision, a GovCon was denied the opportunity to challenge annual, recurring audit findings. Each year, the contractor would file a claim and then the government would withdraw its claims and settle the issue, only to have the cost questioned again the following year. Compounding the issue, a recent DoDIG report continues to challenge ACOs that do not support audit positions. Does it seem like it takes more time, effort...

The Federal Directive for M-19-21 mandates a complete transition to electronic recordkeeping by the end of 2022. For federal agencies, this means ensuring that all permanent records are in an electronic format and the appropriate metadata is attached. As the deadline approaches, it's time for agencies to rethink how they manage records. Are you prepared? This webinar will discuss the challenges of compliance, how agencies are dealing with thes...

The Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) have entered a new age of warfighting, where battlefields exist in the digital realm as much as the physical one. This makes moving to the cloud a mission imperative, but the resulting multi-cloud and hybrid landscape can lead to immense operational complexity. Managing that complexity is critical to the success of IT modernization projects both currently underway and contemplated...

The pandemic was a driving force for agencies at every level of government in providing the necessary digital services to constituents and employees. Many agencies converted legacy processes in a matter of weeks that would have previously expected to take years. Now that improved processes are in place, how can agencies continue to expand their reach, propel innovation, and further drive digital services to be easily accessible, seamless, and...

The pandemic was a driving force for agencies at every level of government in providing the necessary digital services to constituents and employees. Many agencies converted legacy processes in a matter of weeks that would have previously expected to take years. Now that improved processes are in place, how can agencies continue to expand their reach, propel innovation, and further drive digital services to be easily accessible, seamless, and...

In this course, you will learn why market research is conducted, when and how to conduct market research; the regulatory nature of FAR Part 10 and how it ties into other decisions such as acquisition planning (Part 7) small business set-asides, commercial items, contract type selection and more, and how to get better results by making your data collection methods easier. The course will use real life scenarios, examples from GSA’s market...