This session will provide an update on GSA’s multi-award, 10-year, $50B program, agencies’ EIS transition progress and successes, the importance of cyber, the FITARA scorecard, the transition close out, what’s ahead in 2021, and more. Learning Objectives: - Learn more about GSA’s EIS and the newly named OETS organization - Gain insights on EIS progress. key features, benefits, progress to date program’s key featur...

AI transitioned from a “boutique” concept to a “mainstream” concept during COVID-19. Public servants across every mission in government pioneered new use cases for AI, sometimes rolling out solutions at a very low cost, very rapidly, and with huge mission impact. But for many, AI is a topic that is still intimidating and daunting to think about. And for some, it's completely unapproachable. In this virtual fireside chat...

Overview: The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) Program, also known as the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program, establishes long-term, government-wide contracts with commercial firms offering millions of commercial supplies and services that federal, state, and local agencies order directly from GSA Schedule contractors, or through the GSA Advantage!® online shopping...

Mainframes have a critical role as part of the world’s computing infrastructure, across a variety of industries and workloads, and advances in the IBM Z platform have made it possible to enable even more advanced computing, like AI, Blockchain, IOT – using modern technologies like containers and microservices. As many of you have hybrid cloud environments, it’s critical to your success to leverage the benefits of modern appli...

Federal agencies are rapidly deploying intelligent automation to increase operational efficiency, reduce low-value workload and improve citizen services. Meanwhile, Industry continues delivering new and innovative solutions to the RPA, AI and Blockchain markets. Co-hosted by GSA and ACT-IAC, the Digital Transformation summit is a virtual two-day event set to examine the latest developments in intelligent automation and the work done to ignite...

In October of 2020, then-Defense Secretary Esper defined defense readiness as "our military’s ability to answer the nation’s call, and to fight and win, anytime, anywhere. … The question we must answer is this: if called upon to fight tonight, are we ready?" Ensuring that answer is "yes" demands change in every corner of the Department of Defense, and especially in the technology that will power tomorrow's military. Cybersec...

Whether it's delivering better care for veterans, transforming internal business processes to make federal employees more effective and efficient, or improving the citizen experience on federal websites, digital government aims to enable better government. New tools and technologies are an essential part of these efforts, but the true transformation takes place in the analog world -- rethinking business processes, changing the workplace cultur...

The use of Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to accelerate in the federal government. With this growing momentum, agencies are increasingly dedicating resources to the use of AI. But, how do they do this in a strategic way? What factors should be considered in the decision? How can agencies identify high value candidates and real pain points where AI would have the biggest impact? This panel will explore how agencies can identify spec...

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), MeriTalk, and the Partnership for Public Service collectively partnered on an initiative to provide the new administration operating and policy recommendations to improve the resilience of government. Through research and four round table discussions, government and industry addressed lessons learned, adapting to a "new norm," changes needed post-pandemic, and how gov...

A holistic cloud strategy is a catalyst for business innovation, but it demands agile and responsive IT to deliver on this promise. Purpose-driven agencies must embrace technical agility in order to securely meet new business demands and mission outcomes. This panel of government and industry experts will discuss steps to build and mature a lean-agile organization with an emphasis on technical agility to deliver mission success in the cloud. O...