It’s been a decade since "Cloud First" was put forth as a formal goal of government. In that time, agencies have moved from wary experimentation to straightforward "lift and shift" efforts to, increasingly, enterprise as-a-service solutions. The question is no longer whether to leverage cloud servicers, but how best to do so. Yet as the easier moves to the cloud have been made, the remaining systems and workloads require decidedly more c...

The need for broadband access is at an all-time high. As the digital revolution kicks into high gear, it’s clear that state and local governments are still far from distributing broadband access equitably across the country. To compound distribution challenges, barriers to reliable, high speed broadband differ from region to region. In this Route Fifty event, we will examine the digital divide in all four major regions and highlight prom...

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking on an ambitious digital transformation. The agency will migrate an estimated 350 applications on-premise and in external datacenters to the VA Enterprise Cloud by 2024. Join Dave Catanoso, Director, Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO) at the VA, to learn how the VAECSO’s leadership has engaged with ‘best of breed’ technologies to accelerate goals of cloud adoption, moder...

In the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation, citizens and employees have relied on government services more than ever - and seamless customer experiences have never been more important. During the 11th annual CX Summit, Government Executive and Nextgov will explore how government has combined technological innovation and organizational culture to rethink how to serve its customers. From crisis communication to digital services,...

The federal government is a 5G pioneer. Agencies and the military are finding ways to leverage the wireless technology for a widening array of data-heavy applications. The U.S. military, in particular, is on 5G's cutting edge, leveraging the next-generation wireless technology for practical and innovative functions that could also be used in civilian applications.The DOD's $1.5B 5G experimentation and testing program at 12 U.S. military test s...

Post Sunburst, it is clearer than ever that agencies and contractors must revisit the way they manage and protect their data to minimize the risk of future nation-state attacks. It is critical that appropriate levels of cybersecurity practices and processes are in place to ensure basic cyber hygiene as well as protect controlled unclassified information (CUI) that resides on the Government industry partners' networks. Programs like DFARS, CMMC...

Two years after the White House issued an executive order creating a national strategy for artificial intelligence, agencies are moving past pilot projects and are looking for the next level of AI in government. Although some of the most visible projects are at NASA, DOD and IRS, many agencies are working on developing AI projects that support services, improve mission effectiveness and decision making and automate repetitive tasks. There is a...

Government agencies, like their private industry counterparts, recognize the power of data insights to enable more citizen centric organizations and deliver better services. Effective analysis allows agencies to make smarter, more informed decisions, resulting in better outcomes. SAP is key to that, and the future of SAP is increasingly in the cloud. Yet, organizations moving to the cloud are often faced with a myriad of decisions and many cha...

"Effective data management is the central component of the department’s Digital Modernization Strategy." That quote comes from former Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy, but it holds true for every agency, at all levels of government. Legacy systems are giving way to cloud storage and interconnected services, producing both new complexities and new opportunities for data management and analytics. To take full advantage, organizations must...

Enhancing the security of federal networks and data has never been more important. Infiltrations by nation-state adversaries are getting more sophisticated, and phishing, ransomware, and denial-of-service attacks are on the rise—according to the FBI, cybercrime has jumped more than 400% since March 2020 alone. As a result, agencies are tuning up digital defenses to better protect their data. During this interactive webcast, federal IT le...