DESCRIPTION The COVID-19 pandemic has altered how the business of government gets done. Within acquisition, new opportunities have presented themselves to innovate and collaborate more effectively with industry. In this changing landscape with a new Administration, an increased focus on supporting the federal workforce, continuing telework, and a new urgency to address supply chain and cybersecurity challenges, it's a different world and we ma...

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...

The workplace of April 2021 looks dramatically different than the workplace of March 2020. While employees have adjusted to the changes in policies, procedures, and even work location, are they as engaged and fulfilled as they were one year ago? Now more than ever, it is critical to provide self-service access to workplace information that helps people do their jobs and feel secure that management understands and is addressing their concerns a...

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...

While much attention has been paid to DoD audits and the savings they’ve identified, that’s only one side of the balance sheet.Automating the budget formulation process also can identify funds to support the military mission and foster data-centric decisions on budget priorities.Join us for an in-depth discussion of how automating and streamlining financial management and budgeting is facilitating planning, allocating and adjusting...

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...

Strengthening the Federal information and communications infrastructure is essential to our national security and economic prosperity. Consequently, significant resources are being allocated to this effort. How then do agencies tackle the challenges they have long faced– legacy system interoperability, multi-vendor integration, and the rapid evolution of technologies and dynamic cybersecurity threats? In this session, learn how agencies...

DevSecOps within the Federal landscape has been a topic of growing priority, implementation, and necessity over the past several years. Join this webinar to hear from leaders in DevSecOps practices as they discuss the current status, modern projects, and drive forward of Federal DevSecOps platforms used to push IT modernization, operational efficiency, and cybersecurity. Listen as topic experts discuss the middle point of where DevSecOps, Zero...

Moving “left of breach” is the modern cybersecurity path forward that every agency should be striving for. That means focusing cybersecurity resources more on detecting and preventing potential breaches rather than cleaning up after a breach has already occurred. Join ATARC for a robust discussion on how agencies are innovating to stay ahead of advisories. Hear from Dr Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon institute as he shares the latest...