Data comes from many sources, data definitions, variations in data, different systems, and from many users. It is important to gather and identify data from a multitude of sources to explore data patterns and data trends to be used for forecasting, planning, future strategies, innovation, research, and others that are not affected by fluctuations, repeated sequencing over fixed periods of time, unexplained random variances, and much more. Ever...

In response to the Biden Administration’s Executive Order 13985, the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is expanding our ecosystem of small businesses to include 8(a)/small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses, service-disabled veterans, as well as companies located in Historically Underutilized Business Zon...

JIFX 22-4 15 – 19 August 2022 The focus area for this event is Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments & Subterranean UGV Communication, however experiments from all areas of the RFI will be considered and are encouraged to apply. Proposals will be accepted until 08 June 2022 for experiments with aerial systems and 22 June 2022 for all other experiments. The JIFX program exists to provide an opportunity for NPS faculty, students, priv...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is one of the leading federal agencies in implementing in Cloud, UI/UX, SecDevOps and Cybersecurity capabilities. In 2021, President Biden signed Executive Orders (EO), some of them have a major impact on most components of DHS. First Executive Order is “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity”. It is a detailed overview of the Federal government’s plan to better secure America ...

A Fireside Chat with David Shive , Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration

In October 2020, DOJ announced a policy that permits state and local officers on DOJ Task Forces to wear and activate BWCs when the use of force is possible - while serving arrest warrants, executing other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants. On June 7 2021, based on recommendations from the Department's law enforcement components, the Attorney General directed the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, To...

The role of Chief Information Security Officer is important making security is front and center in protecting organizations in a post SolarWinds and Log4j world. As the need to share information between different agencies with both connected and disconnected applications increases, agencies need to think beyond DevSecOps and Zero Trust. Existing approaches to building software and the use of automation need to be reevaluated. The Department of...

The Government-wide Category Management (CM) PMO is hosting the Spring 2022 Industry Day- Spring Into Action- CM is Team Sport! Small Business and Small Business Advocates- this event is for you! CM is a Government-wide program and small businesses are important to its success! This 2 hour Virtual webinar will feature speakers from: EPA discussing how to build small business strategies from CM data GSA and NASA moderating a panel with IT Categ...

We’re bringing back our virtual roadshow, Qonnect, to share the latest news and updates from Qumulo. Federal and State and Local Government agencies are invited to attend! We’ll be bringing together Qumulo customers, and industry execs to discuss the radically simple way to manage unstructured data in any environment. We’ll cover: Who is Qumulo & Where Data Storage Trends are Heading Customer Success Story Product Demo Qu...

The Intersection between the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity & Acquisition The Federal Insights Exchange is thrilled to host a dynamic panel discussion on successfully aligning the Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity with the Department of State’s contracts. While much of the EO aims to create consistent standards and regulations, the EO also includes requirements and reporting respon...