Cloud-based services are now included in federal technology plans, and cloud-adoption within the government is moving forward. Also moving forward is The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative which calls for reducing the number of data centers by 39% by 2015. Government agencies are required to make available a current list of planned and completed data center closures and consolidations each quarter, in accordance with an updated sched...

Federal agencies must meet a quickly approaching deadline to deploy IPv6 on their public-facing websites. But, 99% of all federal websites aren't supporting the next-gen Internet Protocol on their DNS, email and Web services, according to a survey conducted by NIST. This free one-hour webinar will give you the tools, as well as outline 5 steps, to help your agency move quickly toward compliance as the clock ticks precariously down. Participate...

According to several recent surveys, the top two priorities for CIOs are cloud computing and shared services. Private sector organizations including Ford, GE, Pfizer and Rolls Royce have been successfully implementing shared services since 1980. However, failed implementations in the US public sector have been widely publicized leading to misconceptions about the role of shared services. In this session you will learn what shared services are...

Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are placing increased emphasis on implementing an effective "information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) program" for all government and contractor run IT systems. This will be accomplished by DHS and OMB increasing the annual FISMA reporting requirements and NIST issuing NIST Special Publications (SP). T...

Join us for a webinar where former DIA CTO Bob Gourley, current publisher of CTOvision.com, will provide a detailed analysis of the issues involved with deploying systems in today's federal enterprise and offer potential design and field solutions to keep the agency operating at full capacity. Many new and exciting leading-edge technologies are providing government agencies data optimization solutions for faster, more efficient data access. Th...

Are you struggling to meet the federal government’s Oct. 1 deadline to comply with IPv6 implementation guidelines? Digital Government Institute’s 6th Annual Government IPv6 Conference on June 6 will help you get a handle on what to do as the deadline approaches, explore how others are making the transition, and learn what to do to expand your website into the world of the next generation of communication. The event coincides with W...

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made some major advances in improving the future of government information system security. How do you leverage all of these advances to successfully meet your 2012 FISMA requirements? This 2-day course explains the specifics of these advances and provides strategies for leveraging them into meeting your individual and enterprise FISMA resp...

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 – including updating FISMA rul...

Bricks and Mortar data center consolidation efforts have failed to meet the desired savings. So, government organizations mandated by FDCCI need a strategy for realizing true and dramatic cost savings. First, organizations need to understand that data center consolidation is not an IT problem. It is a business strategy that engages and aligns with IT that can have positive impacts across the organization and can provide an extraordinary return...

Architecting Solutions for Smarter and Leaner Government How are changing technological capabilities and economic pressures forcing change within the public sector? A new movement for Smart Lean Government is gaining traction. The goal of the movement is to provide increased public access to government by aligning technology to shared processes, services and data and reducing duplication. The Enterprise Architecture (EA) discipline can be the...