With the fiscal year coming to a close, organizations are solidifying their strategies, budgets and priorities as the government contracting industry looks forward towards FY 2023. The Potomac Officers Club’s FY2023 Budget & Priorities Forum will foster insightful discussion regarding what lies on the horizon for vital federal agencies and their industry partners as they usher in a new year of innovation and progress.

The Intelligence Community of today is constantly evolving to stay ahead of new threats, technologies, global events and adversarial capabilities, especially in light of complex geopolitical developments within the past year. An increasing need across the IC for data-driven decision making capabilities and space-based imagery has underscored the urgency behind deploying advanced technology solutions like AI/ML, predictive analytics, sensors an...

In today’s combatant environment, sensors have become an integral component of nearly all military weapons, vehicles, operations and systems. The U.S. military’s situational domain awareness, detection, surveillance and deterrence capabilities all rely on data collected from sensors, bringing sensing technology to the forefront of the Pentagon’s priorities. U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has said “sensi...

In today’s threat landscape, cybersecurity has become an integral part of national security. The Department of Homeland Security and its newest operational component, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, are tasked with ensuring the nation’s cyber hygiene, fortifying its cyber defenses, protecting critical federal infrastructure and deflecting a growing number of cyber attacks.Join us to hear from federal and indu...

The proliferation of next-generation, innovative technology across the global playing field in recent years has increased dramatically. From space to defense to intelligence — and every market and domain in between — advanced technologies are impacting critical missions and augmenting the United States’ capabilities every day in new ways. Now, chief technology officers and other top leaders in government and industry are har...

The IC has the daunting task of ensuring the maximum availability of and access to intelligence information within the Intelligence Community and with mission partners, and providing the most accurate and unbiased analysis of intelligence, derived from all sources, to counter the most critical threats facing our nation today and in the future. Sue Gordon, 30-Year National Security Leader and Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intell...

The threat of cyber attacks is on the rise, and hackers are getting more sophisticated. As a growing list of government agencies, commercial companies and military branches prioritize modernization and become more reliant on advanced technologies, more and more critical information, data, processes and systems are online and subject to cyber attacks. Today, cybersecurity is one of the most important priorities for the federal government. Adva...

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps have continually worked to decentralize, differentialize and digitize the service branch’s work as well as develop its talent in the field. As they continue to evolve to meet the growing demands, challenges still remain. Join GovConWire’s Second Annual Navy: IT Transformation Forum to hear notable industry and federal leaders discuss the initiatives, efficiencies and challenges the service branc...

The world is a map, and mapping tells a story about the world around us. The development and use of geospatial information is critical to building that map and building out those stories. We are pleased to have OGC’s CEO Nadine Alameh join us to discuss how OGC is improving the world of geospatial for their members. OGC was created 29 years ago to ensure there are standards for geospatial data and technologies that improve collaboration...

When error-corrected quantum computers arrive, they are expected to crack today’s -public-key-based cybersecurity. But working quantum computers may be years away, so why should you worry about this now? It turns out that hackers are already amassing large quantities of encrypted data for future decryption and exploitation. In this panel discussion with National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Bill Newhouse, former Principa...