For most agencies, the fall will mean a mixed bag of open offices and remote workforce. Agencies spun up solutions quickly for expanding and protecting networks and data, and now they are planning for supporting both approaches.What has worked for agencies with managed services and what is available to help as employees return to offices? Can collaboration tools substitute for face-to-face discussion? Are there scalable solutions that allow ag...

New ways of working have emerged, both for citizens and the government agencies serving them. Agencies are reevaluating their technology needs during this pandemic time, and furthering their IT modernization, through DevSecOps. This panel will set out to discuss how advancements in DevSecOps lead to an increased visibility for security and push for further modernization in the Federal IT space. These topic experts will also discuss solutions f...

Closing the Gap: CDM’s Role in Telework in Government The Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program relies on automated tools to strengthen the cybersecurity of government networks and systems for agencies to continuously monitor their networks. Modernization of networks, while maintaining the security and risk mitigation capability of CDM, helps reduce the threat posture of government ag...

The ATARC Federal Zero Trust Virtual Summit presented by Duo Security is on September 22, 2020, from 1:30-3:45 PM EST. Don’t miss this gathering of cybersecurity topic experts as they discuss trending and relevant topics in Federal cybersecurity, including Zero Trust, Identity Management, and policy alignment. Hear how government agency team leaders are adjusting their team's policies, processes, and procedures, to help guide their emplo...

It’s been more than 40 years since the last major revamp of the federal job classification system—before the internet and cell phones, let alone cloud services and data scientists. And in the wake of COVID-19, even employees in long-established roles are being forced to adapt to radically different working environments. The challenges for federal agencies are massive -- but so too are the opportunities to reimagine roles within the...

The last few months have altered work in ways never before imagined. Conference rooms are now conference calls, and the new normal is still being defined. Government CIOs have been operating on the front line, triaging technical issues remotely, maintaining on premise servers from afar, and dealing with spikes in help desk services. Technology is just the tool; people are the driver to building enterprise-wide agility. The pandemic response ha...

The Federal government’s procurement process has long been burdened with inefficiencies. The complexity of the process has resulted in major acquisition shortfalls because program management is undervalued, with procurement actions plagued by poor performance, cost overruns and schedule delays. Procurement reform known as frictionless acquisition is now one of government’s cross-agency goals. Agencies, modeling commercial purchasin...

The NextGen Summit is the embodiment of what NextGen represents: inspiring government innovation and providing training and leadership opportunities for public servants. Since 2010, the two-day summit has inspired over 5,000 federal, state and local govies to be positive change ambassadors. This year, the NextGen Summit will be hosted virtually on August 19-20, 2020. Why does it matter to me? The NextGen Summit is a place to cultivate and enab...

The last few months have altered work in ways never before imagined. Conference rooms are now conference calls, and the “new normal” is still being defined. According to OPM’s most recent telework report to Congress, only 22% of government employees had adopted telework as part of their regular work week prior to the pandemic. Telework and flexible work schedules are in the toolbox to ensure the health and safety of governmen...

Three months after the impact of the pandemic spurred virtually universal work from home, agencies are reviewing state by state plans for partial or full return to work. To encourage collaboration and effective delivery of agency missions, technological tools such as cloud solutions, virtual private networks, and teleconferencing were implemented, with close monitoring the impact of these changes on their cybersecurity profile. This webinar wi...