Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the final Risk Management Framework (RMF) standard (SP800-37, Rev 2), an update to the Security Control Baselines (draft SP800-53, Rev 5), and a revision to the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF). RMF now requires an additional step, Preparation Step with 18 new Tasks, and the security control baselines families have increased from 18 to 21 to include more privacy an...

Inbound and Outbound mail operations haven’t changed much in the Federal Government over the past 50 + years. The COVID-19 pandemic created a challenge and sense of urgency for many agencies to modernize mail operations. Agencies need to get the right mail into the right hands with efficient, cost-effective mail management regardless of mail type. With the appropriate resources, processes and technology, agencies can digitally transform...

In 2018, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) embarked on a Digital Transformation journey called "Vision 2020," focused on technology enhancements to streamline processes and increase efficiency for their customers. The lessons learned and accomplishments achieved are applicable to Federal, State and Local governments nationwide. With the current public health emergency, DCRA temporarily closed their offices, and quickly p...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 6/10/2020 As a follow-up to Digital Government Institute’s popular flagship E-Discovery, Records & Information Management Conference, government Records Management professionals will once again gather in June to network and continue the dialog about e-discovery, records and information management policies, appli...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 6/3/2020 Changes continue 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 20th Government Customer Experience Conference will explore the policies, applicat...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 5/27/2020 The mission of the Federal Data Strategy is to leverage data as a strategic asset to grow the economy, promote transparency and increase effectiveness of the Federal Government. Key government officials have been developing a long-term, government-wide Federal Data Strategy to leverage government data to allow u...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. Cloud Computing continues to grow in importance in the public sector. Agency personnel responsible for developing and implementing cloud-based solutions — for implementing data center consolidation and other technology efficiencies — continue to look for opportunities to learn about the best technologies, configuration...

Organizations recognize successful enterprise architecture programs as an integral part of delivering value by helping to reduce confusion and unnecessary complexity resulting from issues such as functional silos, disjointed strategy, duplication of effort, poor integration and more. However, establishing an EA practice that is valued by the organization is difficult. More often than not, existing programs fail, or new programs don’t rea...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. 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 design...

Cloud Computing continues to grow in importance in the public sector. Agency personnel responsible for developing and implementing cloud-based solutions -- for implementing data center consolidation and other technology efficiencies -- continue to look for opportunities to learn about the best technologies, configurations, service and deployment models and appropriate mix of cloud services -- based on their government agency requirements. Digi...