The 2020 election has ushered in a new president but we still face a very divided government. How will this impact the priorities and policies of the Biden Administration? No matter what, the transition to a new president will have a profound impact on outlook for government contracts in 2021 and beyond. Many top-line priorities will remain the same – a focus on COVID-19, cybersecurity, IT modernization and other technology driven initia...

This year’s edition of Defense One's annual summit will feature a series of virtual 1-on-1 interviews, once again gathering defense and global security leaders with national security journalists. In each session, leaders will discuss news of the day and the year ahead, including what to expect in global security issues and the future of defense acquisitions and technology. These interviews will explore the current unknowns and questions...

This year’s edition of Defense One's annual summit will feature a series of virtual 1-on-1 interviews, once again gathering defense and global security leaders with national security journalists. In each session, leaders will discuss news of the day and the year ahead, including what to expect in global security issues and the future of defense acquisitions and technology. These interviews will explore the current unknowns and questions...

This year the pivot to virtual work happened practically overnight. It was unprecedented and it was mandatory. It was also enlightening. The Evolution of Identity governance forum will dive into how the past few months have revealed the critical role identity plays into security.As government agencies move to modernize identity to support digital transformation and adapt to new missions, they must look across their complete portfolio of identi...

Health technology has never felt more prevalent or more important than in today’s current climate. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of the need to revamp and disrupt legacy infrastructure by utilizing modern information technology. As healthcare professionals and systems experience an uncommon amount of strain, how can the latest technological advances help tackle government’s most pressing challenges? Could moderniz...

As many Americans are limiting contact and spending more time at home, state and local governments must go contactless and deliver essential, critical services digitally, and the pandemic has made it clear that governments need a “digital-first” mindset moving forward. Of particular, pressing interest? Unemployment benefits and services. While the current unemployment rate may not be as high as April spikes, hundreds of thousands s...

The federal government is fast approaching the midway point in its push for the fully electronic recordkeeping mandated by M-19-21. And while most agencies have made significant progress in identifying the myriad systems business processes that must change, translating those assessments into action remains a daunting challenge. This year's COVID-19 crisis, continued churn at the executive level and the uncertainty surrounding FY 2021 funding h...

With social distancing guidelines in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, parole, probation, alternatives to incarceration programs and specialty/collaborative Court operations, all essential to the successful reintegration or transitioning populations, have become increasingly complicated in their operational methods. Community implications are far reaching as well, including impacts of recidivism, healthcare costs, homelessness, and substance...

Security is a critical design-in requirement for all government customers’ workloads whether in the cloud or in local data centers. Not all workloads or applications fit within the typical constraints of cloud computing. With these requirements and combining their security hardware and software expertise, Intel and Lockheed partnered to create a hardened security platform that is now being delivered in the FEDramp certified ORockCloud. T...

Recent events have forced many government IT departments to embrace IT transformation more rapidly than ever before. The need to support remote workers and bring more government services online have put stresses on dated IT architectures which are not as easily adaptable to support new workloads. Some legacy systems completely failed under the new user loads and some required major infrastructure updates to provide continued services. Moving f...