Every year, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are raising the FISMA requirements to achieve the ultimate goal of “Near-Real-Time System Security Awareness” and “Ongoing Authorization.” Additionally, they are making available automated security solutions to improve our protection and security awareness for our systems. How do you project, plan and program for these requir...

About the Event 930gov is the end-of-year learning exchange for Government IT, Management, and Acquisition professionals. This free, one-day, multi-track conference is where government technical communities gather to: Benefit from over 20 sessions for five technical communities Finalize your year-end strategic buying decisions Learn better ways to network and hear what’s new Tap Into Five Government Communities The power of 930gov is tha...

As a follow-up to Digital Government Institute’s popular flagship Cyber Security Conference held in May, government IT security professionals will once again gather in August to network and continue the dialog about today's cyber threats. The Cyber & IT Security Conference is co-located with the 4th annual 930gov Conference, Tradeshow & Training Symposium. 930gov is a fiscal year-end strategy exchange bringing together Government...

Digital Government Institute is proud to announce the DevOps for Government Conference @930gov, to be held this August at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The term "DevOps" continues to increase in importance with the public sector. Much of this importance is related to the need to migrate applications to cloud-based solutions. But what is DevOps? Why is it important? How is it impacting the public sector? DevOps has been defined as...

There are plenty of changes underway in how the federal government operates and manages technology for improving service, including the Administration challenging government agencies to focus on effective ways to foster citizen engagement. DGI's 16th Government Customer Experience Conference (formerly called Customer Service)-- which is free for government professionals -- will explore the policies, applications and technologies involved with...

Federal, State and Local Knowledge Management professionals have been working on turning information into knowledge since the 1990’s. The need for government to learn, innovate, adapt and change continues to grow in importance. Knowledge Management can be a key driver for positive change and should be used to solve agency problems and help agencies perform better. By implementing and enhancing KM strategies, government agencies can more...

As a follow-up to Digital Government Institute’s popular flagship E-Discovery, Records & Information Conference held in March, government Records Management professionals will once again gather in August to network and continue the dialog about e-discovery, records and information management policies, applications and technologies, to include updates to meeting the Government Records Directive requirements. The Records Management Con...

With all of the negative press about how weak the collective good-guy cyber defenses are, there is reason to hope. This online seminar will review the ‘Four Cyber Security Innovations’ that not only work but will fundamentally change how we will all do our jobs in the future. Some in the IT Security community are leaning forward with these ideas and showing us the way. They are teaching us how to transform tactical Incident Respons...

In October 2015, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the first-ever government-wide operating model for shared services, including the establishment of the Shared Services Governance Board (SSGB) and creation of the Office of Unified Shared Services Management (USSM). See official White House announcement. On May 4th, OMB issued guidance to agencies on Improving Administrative Funct...

Data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication. The growing use of collaborative technologies – from mobile devices and social media to virtualization and cloud computing – will continue to be one of the most significant factors impacting the security landscape. For these reasons, the federal government has increased efforts to minimize and prevent cyber security attacks, and will continue to place signific...