On February 13, shortly before the Covid pandemic, a USPTO executive team met with industry to discuss IT opportunities and challenges. CIO Jamie Holcombe and several colleagues shared their vision and anticipated journey, and invited industry to help address challenges in modernizing USPTO’s IT for its important mission. Mr. Holcombe and his team will share a six month update on progress made, and plans for the future. The team will she...

Join the Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice (AI CoP) on July 15, 2020, from 2:00-3:00 PM EST at How to Draft Objectives for Your AI Acquisition Problems webinar. This webinar will focus on the process of drafting objectives based on a defined problem an organization is facing, along with the techniques that can be used and decisions that have to made that will provide a potentially scalable solution. Hear these topic experts discuss...

A GSA Schedule Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is an agreement established by a government buyer with a Schedule contractor to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services. In this course, you will learn how BPAs leverage an ordering activity’s buying power by taking advantage of quantity discounts, saving administrative time, and reducing paperwork. This is a two (2) CLP credit course. Note: Industry may participate by following thes...

Day 3 Focus: U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Learn how COVID-19 will reshape the business of government in the national security community. Be informed and engaged about how COVID-19 will restructure the four specialty areas that drive the business of government; personnel, acquisition, financial management, and information technology, in the national security community. This 5-part series will explore how the national security community will...

Working safely and securely from remote locations has never been more important. However, legacy methods of remote access can open potential security risks. With most remote work happening over cloud-based email and other SaaS apps such as Office 365, G Suite, and Box, this leaves your remote workforce vulnerable as these apps contain sensitive data, which must be protected. The path to better cloud application security lies in an integrated a...

With recent events in the world, it is important to note that the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 are quickly emerging and are more serious than we could have imagined. More than 40 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits. As the need continues to grow, social services agencies are managing an unprecedented number of citizens applying for unemployment and other social services benefits. Join Google Cloud and Carahsoft for a...

While everyone is scrambling to address the current crisis, and keep their communications and data safe, government and law enforcement entities should also be looking at the long-term effects of managing an online workforce that will be exposing your network security. Now more than ever, you need to protect your online identity. Operating on the Internet, especially remotely, creates a cyber threat to law enforcement entities who might want t...

The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure continues to evolve its mission critical application status as organizations of all types realize the importance of enhanced user mobility and remote access. Paul will discuss: (1) Common challenges of access; poor user experience; and application issues; (2) How to use network visibility to understand and manage your VDI environment; and (3) Best Practices for Instrumentation.

This course presents an advanced look at category management and the Acquisition Gateway. The Acquisition Gateway helps federal government buyers from all agencies act as one acquisition community. Inside the Acquisition Gateway, you can find governmentwide solution comparisons, connect with other acquisition professionals, and explore product and service category hallways. Learn how to access expert articles, templates, market research tools,...

Most of our lives have drastically shifted this year. Along with the impact to family and health to consider, many government customers have a workplace that has shifted from on-site face-to-face interactions to a remote environment. In these challenging times, the mission to learn from mass quantities of data and communicate with citizens is more important than ever. That data is nothing if we don't make it actionable and use it to provide im...