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 1883. Now over a century later, diversity of experience and perspective in government continue to flourish. Women in the public sector have played pivotal roles in moving toward a more open,...

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 annual AFFIRM Leadership Awards Celebration is the recognition of outstanding leadership in the Federal Government since 1979. The AFFIRM Leadership Awards are among the most prestigious of the Federal community, honoring individual and team outstanding leadership from the preceding year. First awarded in 1979, award honorees join a prestigious list of agency executives and managers. Awards are for demonstrated leadership leading to succe...

The Administration’s top three priorities for government IT policy promise improved service delivery and citizen experience, reduced cybersecurity risks and targeting taxpayer dollars wisely. Technology Business Management or TBM is at the heart of these priorities and will serve as a tool to help drive them forward. The goal of TBM adoption in the public sector is to improve the accountability and transparency within the IT budget proce...

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...

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...

Registration and Networking: 11:30am - 12:00pm Lunch: 12:00pm - 12:30pmProgram:12:30pm - 1:30pm

Gartner recently reported that, along with infrastructure and analytics, cloud computing is one of the top three high tech priorities for government CIOs. Federal adoption of cloud has lagged behind other industries, and visibility of assets and concerns over exposing data to serious risk are posing an impediment to adoption of the government’s Cloud First mandate. This briefing will bring government stakeholders to the table to discuss...

Time to kick of the Holiday Season in style with 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 sponsored by Sponsored by Veeam Software . The deck at Morton’s will be open to enjoy the holiday weather, along with space heaters, while you enjoy the warmth of colleagues during the Holidays! Cyber Smoke even...