As multiple, prior administrations came to understand, a good portion of the annual Federal IT budget is allocated to keeping legacy systems functioning, ultimately draining precious funds away from modernizing systems and capabilities. Over the years, costs to maintain these “end-of-life” systems continued to grow. The goal of the IT Modernization effort is to replace legacy IT systems and modernize so agencies can (1) more easily...

As a follow-up to Digital Government Institute’s popular Cyber Security Conference held each May, government IT security professionals will once again gather in September to network and continue the dialog about today’s cyber threats. The Cyber & IT Security Conference is co-located with the 5th annual 930gov Conference, Tradeshow & Training Symposium. 930gov is a fiscal year-end strategy exchange bringing together Governme...

There are plenty of changes underway in how the federal government operates and manages technology for improving service, including the Administration challenging government agencies to focus on effective ways to foster citizen engagement. DGI’s 17th Government Customer Experience Conference — which is free for government professionals — will explore the policies, applications and technologies involved with improving customer...

The #NYCSchoolsTech connects educators, administrators and other staff to technology experts and thought leaders, products and practices. Hundreds of dedicated NYCDOE professionals came to the fourth annual School Technology Summit in 2016. As one principal stated, "This was a great venue to exchange practice/strategies by people engaged in the work. This will only get bigger and better." We hope you will join us on July 26 at LaGuardia High S...

In March 2017, the Center for Digital Education invited all K-12 districts/schools to participate and nominate their school for the fifth annual Digital Content and Curriculum Achievement Awards. The Digital Content and Curriculum Achievement Awards program was established to recognize schools for their innovation and hard work in implementing digital content and curriculum, including: Adoption and use of digital curriculum Upgraded learning d...

The Center for Digital Education will host a Market Briefing event in Nashville, TN. IT leaders from Tennessee school districts will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans for the coming years. The participants will brief the audience on district plans in a variety of topic areas, including computing infrastructure, mobile devices, digital content, professional development, cyber security and their plans to incorporate ble...

Data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication. The growing use of collaborative technologies – from mobile devices and social media to virtualization and cloud computing – will continue to be one of the most significant factors impacting the security landscape. For these reasons, the federal government has increased efforts to minimize and prevent cyber security attacks, and will continue to place signific...

The Center for Digital Education will host a Market Briefing event in New Orleans, LA. IT leaders from Louisiana school districts will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans for the coming years. The participants will brief the audience on district plans in a variety of topic areas, including computing infrastructure, mobile devices, digital content, professional development, cyber security and their plans to incorporate b...

The Center for Digital Education will host a Market Briefing event in Cincinnati, OH. IT leaders from Ohio school districts will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans for the coming years. The participants will brief the audience on district plans in a variety of topic areas, including computing infrastructure, mobile devices, digital content, professional development, cyber security and their plans to incorporate blended...

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the...