After a successful 3-day unconference with over 200 attendees last June, CityCampers are finally getting out of the summer slump. Join us on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 6:30pm at Cafe Cattura for our first CityCamp Raleigh meetup. If you’re a techie, govie, or a citizen who wants to create solutions for our local government, then CityCamp is the right group for you. We are focused on improving access to data and creating solutions that...

Aspera's fasptm technology is quickly becoming an emerging standard for moving large amounts of data across wide area and mobile networks. Aspera’s software solution offers Federal agencies and system integrators with highly efficient, fast, reliable, and secure data transfers over any network (long haul circuits, wireless, satellite, etc.). Register now to learn how Aspera’s new Sync product offers multi-site and multidirectional...

Web 2.0 applications bring great leaps in productivity by enabling instantaneous, always-on communications. However, these new applications bring security concerns because they can tunnel through trusted ports, use proprietary encryption algorithms, and even masquerade as other applications to evade detection and blocking by traditional firewalls. In order to prevent data loss and mitigate new threats, agencies must be able to effectively con...

The 5th Annual HAZUS Conference will be held August 10-12, 2011 at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building at 915 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA. The Hazus Conference, sponsored by FEMA Mitigation Division is the premier risk assessment conference for GIS specialists, emergency managers, geologists, state/local planners, educators and private entities that are using Hazus for decision-making and response planning. This year’s conference will include...

FBC and the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA) - Oklahoma City Chapter will be partnering once again to host this one-of-a-kind Information Technology Expo at Tinker AFB. This is the only IT Expo held at Tinker AFB each year. This annual expo allows exhibitors the opportunity to have access to information technology, communications, engineering, and contracting personnel at Tinker AFB which would otherwise not be...

The Administration recently issued an Executive Order directing federal agencies to create new technology-based plans to deliver services better, faster and at a lower cost to the public. During this free webcast, members of the Government Contact Center Council (G3C) will address the Order’s required Customer Service Plan and how their agency will accomplish the specific actions outlined in the memo, including: A signature initiative to...

From the White House and Congress, to agency and departmental leadership, unprecedented attention is being directed towards “.gov” websites and the value they bring to citizens and government operations. This attention, more so now than ever, is driven by each citizen’s expectations and online experience when accessing services and information from these government websites. We have tools available to enhance your citizen...

Join us for this complimentary breakfast briefing as we explore how mobility is changing the way government works. We’ll look at ways government is increasing transparency and accountability of Federal spending and delivering data from the cloud to mobile devices. Learn how Recovery.gov is providing mobile transparency on spending of Recovery-related funds and how they are preventing and detecting fraud, waste and mismanagement. We...

Communicators today must be masters of the printed and digital word, experts in the latest methods and technologies. If you create, manage or distribute Government information, GPO can help you achieve your mission. Learn how at the GPO Open House. Who Should Attend: Program Managers, Public Affairs Specialists, Writer/Editors, Visual Information Specialists, Printing Officers/Specialists, Records Managers; and And anyone involved in dissemina...

Two of the hottest trends in 2011 are open source technology and cloud computing. Every conference I go to there seems to be whole sessions devote to cloud computing and whole separate sessions to open source. However, you rarely see to see the two discussed in the same session or discussion which is kind of weird since they share commonalities. A lot of the thinking behind cloud computing and open source is very similar. For example, I think...