Join AFFIRM for on January 25 for our monthly speaker series. Each month, our speaker series brings a panel of government experts to discuss cutting-edge issues in the Federal IT community. Since the passage of the Pendleton Act of 1883, it has been a fundamental value of civil service to draw from all segments of society, and the first woman to be appointed to the U.S. Civil Service was Treasury Department employee Mary Hoyt in September of 1...

AFFIRM is hosting this event to network with Government, Academic and Industry IT Professionals in a lively and informal setting. We will be inviting a Government Featured Guest who will be available for individual discussions. This event is part of an annual series of AFFIRM After Hours Networking events, offering our members and guests the chance to connect after working hours. CIOs and other IT professionals from many Federal agencies will...

It's time to kick of the Holiday Season in style with your government and industry information management and technology colleagues at the 2017 Ugly Christmas Sweater Cyber Smoke Event presented by Intelvative in partnership with AFFIRM. The 2017 Cyber Smoke Series is sponsored by Acquia, Bromium, Crowdstrike, Cylance, Cynergy, FireEye, Forescout, One Identity, Symantec, Tanium, Tenable, and Trustwave The deck at Morton's will be open to enjoy...

A special October Cybersecurity event will feature several key cybersecuty leaders including: Kevin Cox, Director of DHS's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program, Carlene Ileto, Executive Director, Products and Services Delivery Management Office and Charles Taylor, Deputy Director. (Invited). We will hear more about a recently released CDM dashboard which will allow agencies to better leverage CDM information to power their decis...

Join AFFIRM on Thursday, September 14, as we kick off our monthly speaker series for the 2017-2018 program year. Government agencies are under increasing pressure from tight budgets, shifting policy, and the impact of new leadership within their agencies and the country. Despite these challenges, public sector organizations strive to improve performance against the agency mission, to well and nobly service the citizens of the United States. Th...

This on the record program will feature GSA's Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Deputy Commissioner, Kevin Yoeul-Page, Judith Zawatsky, Director of GSA's MAS Transformation Program Management Office with moderator, Chris Dorobek of GovLoop. This event will help you learn more about GSA’s recently published Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Rule and how it can benefit your business. The TDR rule is the most significant change to the Mult...

Federal agencies are facing ever more sophisticated adversaries and threats that place our privacy, our economy, and our Nation at risk. These cyber threats are diverse and include the prevalence of malicious actors who operate globally at will; the growth of risks from the Internet of Things, and increasingly complex networks, all elevating the security and resilience of cyberspace to a critical homeland security imperative. Exacerbating thes...

Come find the networking "Pot of Gold" at the St. Patrick's Day Cyber Smoke and meet your government and industry colleagues at Morton's Steakhouse. Join your government and industry information management and technology colleagues at Cyber Smoke and AFFIRM’s next co-hosted "After Hours" networking event at Morton's Steakhouse. The deck at Morton’s will be open and warmed with space heaters, while you enjoy your cigars amongst the...

As a means to express our thanks to our government and industry members, past speakers, past Presidents, and government executives who help our organization achieve its goals of information technology education, we are inviting you to join AFFIRM at our 12th annual member and sustaining partner appreciation event. The evening program is high on networking, and we are setting up high-top tables with executives from government to permit AFFIRM s...

Spring is upon us, let’s pretend that the snow is all behind us and it is time to start venturing out! AFFIRM is partnering with GITEC and Thirsty Thursday for this event to network with Government, Academic and Industry IT Professionals, in a lively and informal setting. We have invited a couple of Government Featured Guests that will be available for discussions and a brief chat. This event is part of an annual series of AFFIRM After H...