IT Everywhere: Technology's Role in Tomorrow's Military The Defense Department operates a vast and sometimes-disjointed IT ecosystem that is as complicated an enterprise as any that exists today. Throughout the department, IT teams manage operations by maintaining legacy systems alongside emerging technology. The common thread throughout is the desire for speed, insight, and security. The 2018 Defense Systems Summit brings together thought lea...

Across the public sector, agencies are grappling with major initiatives aimed at improving the performance and security of their IT operations, delivering new capabilities to their missions and improving citizen services. Despite clear mandates, and perhaps even increased funding, many agencies are struggling to achieve their objectives. The problem is that agencies lack adequate insight into their operations, making it difficult to understand...

The government has reached a technological tipping point.As agency missions evolve, the workforce must progress with it. In order to competitively recruit the best talent and become a top choice among potential employees, human resources technology must modernize to align with the mission, getting the right people in the right roles to achieve success and, ultimately, serve the taxpayer.Next-generation human resources technology can transform...

The ever-increasing cybersecurity threat requires an all-hands approach to security. In response, state and local governments are building the groundwork for teaming across both the public and private sector to build a common defense against a wide range of persistent threats. This webinar will introduce you to the leaders who are delivering security as a service, share lessons learned, and explore what the future of state and local cyber defe...

As technological advancements across the world rise at an unprecedented pace, the U.S. military is searching for tools and tricks to provide a tactical advantage against adversaries. This year, the Pentagon is taking leaps forward by bringing these technologies to the battlefield. The Army is streamlining the way it buys weapons through a “Futures Command,” which will focus on long-range precision fires, a new battlefield communica...

Technology holds a vast potential to change the way government runs and transform public service. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing are disruptive forces for change that can ultimately improve government services and operations through lowered costs, increased efficiency, and better citizen services and engagement. Innovation in the federal sector isn't restricted to Washington, D.C. To find...

IT Strategies for the Modern AgencyModernization is not enough. If agencies limit their efforts to replacing or upgrading outdated legacy systems, they will only make limited gains in terms of performance and security—and set themselves up for more costly modernization efforts in the years ahead. What’s needed, instead, is digital transformation. Register now for this event where thought-leaders from across government will explore...

Partnering in IT to Protect the Homeland The Department of Homeland Security is one of government’s largest purchasers of information technology, with $6.8 billion in its fiscal 2018 budget. With $100 million in appropriations from the Modernizing Government Technology Act expected to be distributed later this year, DHS, like all departments, is eager to spend more on IT modernization. DHS’s IT demands are vast and vary widely betw...

What makes you think?How can technology help make government work smarter?First, we need to understand what's happening related to AI, Blockchain, Cloud, Data and Security and other emerging technologies. It takes thinkers like you working together to understand how these next generation technologies will help us to modernize and secure our world—from ensuring mission readiness for the warfighter to building applications tailored to an...

Big changes are coming with the third phase of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Even as agencies continue to work on the first and second phases, the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services are laying the groundwork for CDM Phase 3, with its focus on providing much greater and timelier insight into what’s happening on the network—and providing the tools for rapid response and recovery. GSA has alr...