Massachusetts has long been a national technology center and a leader in innovation with a large number of universities and a highly educated population. In an effort to better serve its tech savvy citizens, the Commonwealth has undertaken one of the nation’s most sweeping reorganizations of its IT services. Join INPUT and TechAmerica for a State and Local Executive Breakfast featuring Anne Margulies, Chief Information Officer, Commonwea...

The GSA/DHS Building on 7th and D Street will hold a Spring Technology Expo in the Cafeteria and Room 5009 on the fifth floor. This building houses the Department of Homeland Security CIO’s Office and the GSA Office of Information Security. Sponsored by the GSA’s Center for Information Security Services, the expo will be open to all building personnel.In 2009, over 200 exposition attendees included Contracting Officers, IT Speciali...

For state and local government organizations, the network has become a critical vehicle for delivering services to the community as well as to other government agencies. However, network managers are challenged to secure the network and deliver high quality of experience to all users in the face of increasing traffic, decreasing budgets and frequent cyber-attacks, as well as federal broadband initiatives. Please join Allot Communications for a...

Mocana, which secures the “Internet of Things,” protects the 20 billion non-PC devices that are increasingly connecting to networks across every sector of our economy including Federal and Medical. These devices already outnumber workstations on the Internet by about five to one. Each device represents a comparatively easy way to infiltrate the rest of the network as hacks, malware and viruses grow more numerous and sophisticated....

Improve Control of Your Project PortfolioHP Project and Portfolio Management (HP-PPM) is a centralized software tool and service offering that enables agencies to more effectively manage demand. This in turn will improve their ability to respond quickly to enterprise project requirements and legislative/regulatory mandates. A better view into the agencies’ IT project portfolio provides critical decision support information to administra...

Nations around the world are grappling with the challenge of “open government”. Many are openly stating that they embrace it, most are struggling to understand what it is and how to actually implement it. Why are they so intent on this? Because the people, the constituents they serve, of all kinds, from families to communities, corporations to small business and non-profits, and public sector employees themselves are demanding it....

This webinar will explain how to use Bidspeed to simply and quickly respond to early stage (Sources Sought) federal government solicitations. Most small businesses lack the resources of a full time capture and business development team. Because of this, many small and disadvantaged businesses are forced to ignore early stage solicitations. Unfortunately, failing to respond to early stage notifications costs the small business dearly. Bidspeed...

Building on the 2009 event, FBC will be hosting the 2nd Eielson AFB onsite expo. Industry vendors will have the opportunity to display their products and services to personnel on base that may otherwise be unattainable. This event is part of a 2 day series with the Elmendorf AFB/Fort Richardson expo. 2009 Attendees included personnel with titles such as: Commander, Deputy Commander, Director of Operations, IT Specialist, Communications Specia...

Join INPUT for a Federal Executive Breakfast featuring Dr. David McClure, associate administrator, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, General Services Administration, to learn about the government’s upcoming technology infrastructure plans and initiatives. McClure facilitates government-wide capabilities to support the President’s Open Government Directive, such as idea management and challenge solutions. Dr. McClure is...

While Congress debates making telework programs a requirement in federal agencies, the Office of Personnel Management is launching a telework pilot program. The bill under consideration would eventually require 20 percent of the eligible federal workforce to telework about one day per week. And OPM’s Results-Only Work Environment program allows 400 federal employees to decide when and where to work, as long as they meet high performance...