There are plenty of changes coming in the way the federal government operates and manages technology. And it’s always important to keep up to date with new developments with both government and the private sector. The Administration has challenged all agencies to focus on effective ways to foster citizen engagement as part of its mandate for more open and transparent government operations. And a recent Executive Order directs federal age...

When Nate Rushfinn, Certified Enterprise Architect with CA Technologies’ Public Sector, presented “A Cloud Model That Works for the Federal Government” at the 2011 Digital Government Institute Cloud-Enabled Government Conference & Expo, attendees wanted more. Session attendees called the presentation “fantastic” and said Rushfinn gave an "excellent presentation about guidelines for going to cloud”. Sever...

Over the past year, Office of Management and Budget Memorandums (OMB M) have made great strides ratcheting up FISMA requirements, but how do you know what you should be doing? OMB has formally improved and standardized the Authorization process by: Setting the goal to achieve “near-real-time security awareness for all government Information Technology (IT) systems Increasing authority for CIO’s (Federal Information Technology (IT)...

The Administration has issued a directive requiring all U.S. government agencies to upgrade their public-facing Web sites and services to support IPv6 by September 30, 2012. There have been plenty of starts and stops in implementing this next generation Internet address operation. And with this deadline quickly approaching, many federal agencies are still looking for guidance on what to do, how quickly to do it, and the business case for doin...

With Federal agencies directed by OMB to have one cloud solution in place by December 2011 and up to three by June 2012, cloud-based services are now included in technology plans, and cloud-adoption within the federal government is moving forward. Those responsible for developing and implementing these solutions continue to struggle with understanding the variety of models available and choosing the best technologies, configurations, service a...

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has identified IPv6 as a critical technology necessary to achieve many of the Administration’s aggressive IT modernization goals such as Cloud Computing, National Broadband Deployment, and SmartGrid. In addition, with the depletion of the remaining IPv4 address spaces in under a year; the transition to IPv6 has also become a continuity of operations issues that must be met to ensure continued us...

Many agencies are discovering that existing data centers simply cannot provide the energy, cooling and equipment density required to support evolving needs. In addition, building new data centers is a lengthy, capital-intensive process, with additional capacity not available until years after the start of construction. Containerized Data Center (CDC) Solutions can provide a fast, flexible way to expand, complement or even replace traditional...

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...

The Center for Digital Government is pleased to invite you to sponsor its fifth State & Local Government Industry Summit. This event is specifically designed for state and local IT companies. Each year, the event kicks off with golf and an industry specific awards dinner. The following day includes informative speakers, such as prominent state and local CIOs and leading industry experts. This day-long event will feature trends, current mar...

Establishing a foundation for data governance has never been more critical as federal agencies face more data center consolidation pressures. Many agencies are following the IT trend of breaking their problems into smaller pieces to make a complex problem more solvable. Your agency may be planning to send “some data” and “some applications” to the cloud, but do you have a methodology for optimizing your data once it...