ICIT 2021 Fall Briefing The 2021 ICIT Fall Briefing Series will be hosted on-line as a series of three weekly virtual events focused on cyber convergence or integrating physical and cyber security strategies. CISA suggests that business leaders develop a “…holistic security strategy that aligns cybersecurity and physical security functions…”. By bringing together top public and private sector leaders, ICIT is advancin...

With aging IT infrastructure, outdated job classification system and a greying government workforce, agency executive and human capital officers face a trifecta of challenges in the years ahead. Soaring demand for cybersecurity experts and data scientists are just two examples of the newer professional specialists that the government is struggling to hire. With the rise of vaccinated workers, questions have arisen about the reopening of federa...

Join us at the Red Hat Government Symposium Virtual Experience on November 16, 2021, as we dive into all things data and how the public sector can use it to fuel transformation. The 12th annual symposium will bring together top IT leaders from federal, state, and local agencies, as well as industry partners and Red Hat experts. The one-day event will include keynotes, fireside chats, panel discussions, and "ask the experts" sessions, featuring...

Cafés are a place to meet, mingle, and express ideas – and at MeriTalk’s Cloud Café, we aren’t serving up a regular menu of quiche, coffee, and chamomile. Cloud Café will focus on the latest technologies and policies accelerating cloud implementation, collaboration, and innovation across the public sector. We’ll kick off this caffeinated virtual forum with a live keynote and engaging discussions wit...

Public sector organizations are navigating through digital transformation, further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital-first is now essential to continuity and resiliency in citizen, employee and student experiences. As a result, leveraging the cloud to manage agency application portfolios is a priority for every CIO. For public sector organizations, the app and cloud modernization journey, and enabling their teams to accelerate this...

Over the past year, IT has transformed from an enabler of mission delivery to a cornerstone of mission success. Yet, the near ubiquitous push to remote work upended many agencies’ IT modernization initiatives, resulting in even greater network complexity. As government agencies recalibrate their programs and plan for post-pandemic realities, simplicity, visibility, and acceleration will be essential to break through this complexity and e...

In order to realize the benefits of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (AIDA) are to be achieved by the United States, the U.S. federal government will need to establish and enforce policies to ensure the technology is ethically, effectively, and efficiently created and implemented. There are currently more than 20 separate AI policy, ethics, and technical working groups scattered among various federal government agencies. Is it possib...

More and more, the government’s most important missions are performed in the cloud and at the edge. From intelligence gathering in a warzone to disaster response during a national emergency, public sector agencies depend on reliable, highly capable computing and advanced technologies like AI in austere, remote environments. Join top leaders and decision-makers from the public-sector IT community at the 2021 HPE Public Sector Summit as th...

USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe and Product Line Leaders to update industry on the progress of modernization efforts and its Agile transformation along product lines. To satisfy new customer demands, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) embarked on an organizational transformation to change how they deliver enterprise IT. This journey encompasses the New Ways of Working (NWOW) and new, scaled Agile practices with a focus on customer...

As technology evolves, so do the threats to its security. The remote work shift caused by the continuing pandemic has pressed security teams to reassess how they verify and allow access. Zero Trust is a strategy, not a product, which reimagines the way access is granted to users, to data and to applications. Devices, which used to be central to identity, now include personal computers and home internet connections, which are not government iss...