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...

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...

Since the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) was passed in December 2014, this Administration has worked with Congress to implement the law. In an effort improve Information Technology (IT) operations and acquisition, OMB and the Agencies have implemented about 46% of the 800 related GAO recommendations, according to the GAO. What will happen in the next administration? Congress just issued their third FITARA Scorec...

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...

The Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, Denise Turner Roth, and Tom Sharpe, Commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, have brought a new focus and strategic direction to government acquisition in order to assure that the widest spectrum of technologies are available. How have these initiatives brought greater innovation and nimbleness to the procurement process? Hear from GSA’s Commissioner of Federa...