The Biden Administration is aiming for the highest standards of transparency. The public deserves as much transparency as possible regarding the work of our national security institutions. In an effort to enhance and strengthen transparency and accountability, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is changing the way they portray data. In partnership with Tableau, they are moving from static tables to interactive visualizations. Adopting a...

NITAAC will conduct a complimentary training session on how to procure IT products and managed services using the CIO-CS GWAC. As one federal agency to another, we know how hard you work to keep pace with innovation. But slogging through complex acquisition regulations can slow just about anyone down. What if there were a way to use those rules and regulations to your advantage? To speed up IT acquisitions to keep pace with your modernization...

Our comprehensive explanations will help new FAR users, while our in-depth examples will aid experienced contract professionals. This two-day offers critical information through hands-on workshops that will help both contracting and technical personnel better understand and navigate the FAR. Attendees will come away from the course feeling confident about how to apply the FAR to a variety of acquisition scenarios. Key Topics: Apply FAR Clause...

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...

Who Should Attend: All federal users including contracting officers, program office officials, managers, and executive staff are invited to participate in these complimentary webinars to learn how the VETS 2 GWAC can support their agency IT project initiatives. Warranted contracting officers must complete this training before requesting a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA), which will authorize them to issue orders against the VETS 2 GW...

Public sector organizations are navigating through digital transformation, further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital-first is now essential to continuity and resiliency in citizen, employee and student experiences. As a result, leveraging the cloud to manage agency application portfolios is a priority for every CIO. For public sector organizations, the app and cloud modernization journey, and enabling their teams to accelerate this...

USDA Farm Product and Conservation (FPAC) shaped its portfolio-wide IT service requirements into multiple areas named for trees. Collectively, the new procurements shaped by each “tree area” addressed new and continuing IT service delivery needs previously covered by legacy contracts. FPAC shaped their strategic procurements based on thorough market research using innovative tactics and well thought out vendor communications to cre...

Advances in technology, such as microservices and containers, continue to transform how agencies operate. Event-driven architecture (EDA), a software architecture and model for application design, is quickly becoming a preferred method for capturing insights and communicating changes instantly for improved customer experience. EDA can aid the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in achieving a flexible system that can adapt to change...

Join Splunk for a webinar where you'll learn about the current threat that phishing attacks pose to our federal, state and local, and educational organizations, and how to defend against them with Splunk Phantom. During this webinar and live demo, attendees will gain insight into: Today's phishing threat landscape How to defend against phishing with Splunk Phantom How to quickly triage, investigate, and respond to phishing attempts before the...

The words "Cost Accounting Standards" (CAS) should not strike fear into the hearts of government contractors. If you are a small business considering the impact of a transition to CAS covered contracting or if you already have CAS covered contracts and would like to improve your understanding of the CAS attend this webinar. Please join DHG's Mike Mardesich and Brad Tress as they provide an overview of the CAS and best practices to ensure you m...