Agencies are taking a digital-first approach to improving the public’s experience in interacting with and obtaining services from the government. The U.S. Digital Services Playbook provides guiding principles to address the whole experience for citizen services online. The Playbook is drawn from successful practices in both the private and public sector. One of the tenants of these standards is the use of data to measure how well these d...

Agencies today are adopting an open source first policy, modeling OMB’s new Digital Service Playbook. With the White House’s release of its draft Federal Source Code Policy this month, all software will be shareable across government to save taxpayer dollars and promote collaboration and innovation. The widespread adoption of open source has accelerated the reach and scope of the open hybrid cloud solutions for use across governmen...

According to IDC, over 75% of all transactions occur on business-critical applications, and the sensitive data from these systems is of great value to cyber-attackers. These systems are responsible for housing critical business processes and data, including financial and medical information about citizens, location of military assets, or sensitive personnel and clearance records. Indeed, IDC predicts that breaches will become more frequent and...

The cyberattack risks faced by government, military and intelligence organizations have never been greater. Yet the digital life of citizens and war-fighters alike demand delivery of business communications electronically, securely, and reliably.This briefing will explore the trends that are spurring digital transformation in government while driving down cost, preserving privacy and stemming security risks. We’ll also explore how agenci...

Agencies are taking a digital-first approach to improving the public’s experience in interacting with and obtaining services from the government. The U.S. Digital Services Playbook provides guiding principles to address the whole experience for citizen services online. The Playbook is drawn from successful practices from the private and public sector. One of the tenants of these standards is the use of data that measures how well these d...

The Administration’s drive toward empowering the nation using data-driven decisions has spurred scrutiny of agency efforts in harnessing data. Government maintains the largest repositories of data, storing on average 2.63 petabytes or 167 times the information in all the books in the Library of Congress. For the Department of Defense, where the mission is critical and lives are on the line, redundant, outdated and non-essential data can...

Agency leaders and managers have responded to the President’s Management Agenda on People and Culture by taking active steps to improve how employees engage with their jobs, organizations, and missions. In 2015, more than 400,000 employees participated in the Office of Personnel Management Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Results point to important topics to consider for improvement in the upcoming year. A number of occupations have be...

Although the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has defined cloud computing as a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access, the variety of technology solutions that are being marketed as cloud offerings is seemingly endless. The Federal government’s unique security requirements and protracted acquisition processes further impede the transformative benefits that many of these technologies have...

Facing unprecedented data growth, increased complexity, rising operating costs, and flat budgets, federal agencies often struggle to meet their mission requirements. As new storage technologies are driving agencies to rethink their data center architectures the network has become even more critical. How are Federal agencies balancing their storage and network requirements to meet this mission? This webinar will unveil the results of Market Con...

The cyberattack risks faced by government, military and intelligence organizations have never been greater. Yet the digital life of citizens and war-fighters alike demand delivery of business communications electronically, securely, and reliably. This complimentary breakfast briefing will feature LtCol Joy Kaczor, Deputy Commander of the 67th Cyberspace Ops, USAF. The 67th Cyberspace Operations Group is the Air Force’s only group tasked...