With a global pandemic forcing government agencies to work remotely, cyber attacks on the rise across all levels of government, and cyber warfare an ever-looming threat, cybersecurity has never been more critical to public sector organizations, or more challenging. Through the Cybersmart TV series, Nextgov and Route Fifty will team up with Carahsoft and its partners to drive the government conversation around cybersecurity. Now in its fourth y...

On March 23, 2022, we are going to host our annual Government Summit, in-person, in downtown Washington, DC.  We’re excited to bring this event to you again (for the first time since the pandemic), enabling our clients to share best practices, learn from one another, and strengthen the federal learning leadership community. We are excited to be in-person again this year. Breakfast, coffee, snack breaks, and lunch are included. This...

Heavy documentation demands create serious challenges for you and your agency on a daily basis. While completing incident reports and other paperwork is critical to law enforcement, this time-consuming task can keep officers away from what matters most: protecting and serving the community. Now, there's a better way. Law enforcement agencies throughout North America are adopting speech recognition to make the reporting process faster, safer an...

Zero trust is at the cornerstone of every agency’s cybersecurity plan. But, that being said, Cybersecurity Executive Order (EO 14028) raises many questions, despite reams of guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the White House Office of Management and Budget. Questions like what actually is zero trust? How is it different from previous cyber strategies? Jo...

Managing and maintaining roads, bridges, dams, water systems and more is a time-consuming, expensive and sometimes dangerous process. But it’s critical work, especially as America grapples with infrastructure that needs repair. According to the ASCE’s latest report card, 42 percent of the nation’s bridges are at least 50 years old, 43 percent of our public roadways are in poor or mediocre condition, and a water main breaks so...

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is the nation's premier IT combat support agency trusted to connect, protect and serve. Following a realignment of agency assets, the Operations and Infrastructure Center Director, Don Means Jr., is leading his center in the effort to perfect operations, with a focus on command and control, as well as improving the customer experience. This webinar will focus on the center's efforts and the critica...

It has been a tough few years for state and local agencies to deliver services to their constituents. The pandemic shut down physical offices, forcing employees to work from home and requiring agencies to completely rethink how to provide services. Data breaches and ransomware attacks have harmed agencies’ operations just as they became dependent on online delivery of services. Now agencies are being warned of the possibility of new wave...

Join this webinar to discover how ClearInfo's Customer-Capture, Content and Records Service Platform can enable Salesforce business processes to work more efficiently. During this webinar, attendees will hear from our special guest speaker, Ray Chance, Chief Technology Officer, ClearInfo, and learn how ClearInfo's FIAR FUSION can: Organize structured and unstructured information into a secure integrated platform and gain control of your enter...

On March 23, 2022, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a virtual workshop on behalf of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB is interested in obtaining feedback from stakeholders to inform future implementation guidance for federal procurement of secure software. The Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity exemplifies the importance of secure software purchased by the Federal...

Successful subcontracting requires the parties to consider not only their own interests, but also compliance concerns and other risk-shifting measures. To do this properly requires attention to detail, strategic problem solving, and an informed understanding of the bigger picture and all of its moving pieces. Join us for this webinar and learn tips on how to successfully navigate the subcontracting process, from both a prime and subcontractor...