Timekeeping has long been an area of focus by Government auditors. When you add a pandemic and increased work from home practices by Contractors, we are seeing an increase in timekeeping scrutiny. Please join Mike Mardesich and Brad Tress of DHG's Government Contract Advisory Team as they provide an overview of timekeeping guidance and traditional best practices as well as a focus on work from home requirements. Some of the topics our team wil...

Government agencies and private sector companies alike are evaluating ways to embrace and standardize the changes brought about by the pandemic regarding where employees do their work. One often-overlooked aspect is employers’ responsibility for their employees’ well-being, whether they work at home or in an office. In a traditional on-premises environment, most enterprises have well-established policies and programs to keep emplo...

Tableau has partnered with the Air Force Chief Data Office to be the data visualization standard on the Air Force VAULT platform. Through this partnership, Tableau has enabled organizations all across the Air Force to better see and understand their data. By using Tableau, these organizations have already been able to secure additional funds from Congress, increase mission performance, and reduce downtime and gaps in reporting.During this webi...

The American Rescue Plan offers Federal, State and Local government agencies the resources they need to restore America’s communities. This bill was designed to facilitate America’s recovery from the economic and health effects of COVID-19. In order to mitigate the economic impact, organizations must be purposeful with their strategies not only for today but for tomorrow and the future onward. How can Federal agencies build and mov...

The U.S. Air Force is aggressively pursuing both cutting-edge technologies and new methods of driving innovation across the service -- and for almost every mission, better use of data is essential. The individual innovations and broader approaches alike hold valuable lessons for IT leaders at any government agency.In this editorial webcast, FCW will explore how the Air Force is capturing and leveraging data for JADC2 and other key missions, th...

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...

While 84% of Department of Defense (DoD) IT decision makers say accelerating enterprise cloud adoption is critical to meeting warfighters’ needs, 96% still continue to face migration delays. What is hindering progress, and what do DoD organizations need to move the migration needle forward? MeriTalk surveyed more than 100 DoD IT decision makers to explore the impact enterprise cloud migration delays have on DoD missions, security, and co...

As the country shifts from pandemic response to pandemic recovery, the federal government is planning to preserve many of its flexible work practices initially triggered in 2020 by the sudden, urgent need to shelter in place while keeping agencies functioning. The past year has allowed organizations to test – at scale – massive cybersecurity initiatives to allow agency employees to continue working uninterrupted from homes far outs...

For more than a year, cybersecurity professionals in the government have been wrestling with a vastly more complicated threat landscape. Millions of employees suddenly working from home, often using their own devices, brought the full impact of “computing at the edge” to light. Meanwhile, high-profile cyber attacks, from the Solar Winds breach to ransomware threatening public safety and national security, have demonstrated the need...

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...