While the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has been passed into law and relief is already being distributed to states, counties, cities, tribes, and territories, there are still many lingering questions. One of the top questions coming up - "Will my entity be subject to a single audit?" Most likely the answer is “yes". The last thing you want your government organization to experience is audit findings and the risk of owing money to the...

E-commerce is the fastest-growing retail sector in the US. New firms enter the market each day, and sustained growth is expected to continue over the coming years. Nearly every state now has some form of economic nexus laws, but limited data on out-of-state businesses makes it difficult to determine who should be filing. Furthermore, resource constraints limit agencies’ ability to stand up compliance efforts to enforce relatively new req...

Every day around the world, digital data is impacting investigations. Making it intelligent and actionable is what Cellebrite's Intelligence Investigative Platform does best. With an ever-growing variety of digital devices and cloud sources producing volumes of highly valuable data, investigators need intuitive solutions and training to leverage this critical source of evidence when resources are limited. Join us on Thursday, July 29th for a l...

The Congressional Research Service noted a decade ago that, “Intelligence is valuable only if it can be shared with consumers who need it, but, to the extent that it is more widely shared, risks of compromise are enhanced.” That report was prompted in part by 9/11. In the twenty years since, “need to know” has become “need to share” throughout the federal government as agencies have come to realize the value...

Are you interested in applying best practices from the financial services industry to your team’s IT processes? Red Hat, the industry leader in enterprise open source technologies, powers high-performance and enterprise-wide automation for financial service organizations. Hear from industry thought leader, Kelly Switt, on how financial services organizations are using Red Hat enterprise IT solutions to gain agility, boost efficiency and...

Water system design and analysis can be costly, time consuming, and challenging for municipal agencies. The combination of CAD, GIS, simulation and analysis features needed to produce a useful model usually means bouncing between different technologies and platforms. Often, it's a marginal CAD-enabled platform that requires export to a GIS platform, or a limited bolt-on tool that is tied to a GIS platform, neither supporting the iterative need...

The pandemic and great resignation have put talent acquisition and employee retainment front and center for companies and federal agencies alike. Today, there are several emerging technologies that can make a substantial impact on improving recruitment, reducing regrettable attrition, and promoting diversity and inclusion. At the forefront of this innovation is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Yet misconceptions, misunderstandings, and a lack of...

Governments everywhere and at all levels should be applauded for finding ways to meet their citizens’ needs during the pandemic. While many agencies had continuity-of-operations plans in place, no one imagined that every agency would have to act on them at the same time. What made it possible, of course, was the rapid spread of cloud-based technology that enabled government employees to work from their own homes, frequently using their o...

The U.S. military maintains bases in more than 70 countries and territories around the world, some of them in inhospitable or hard-to-reach areas. When a piece of equipment fails – whether a weapon, a radar dish, or something more prosaic like a mess hall stove – getting replacement parts can be difficult and time-consuming, and the delay can cause anything from mild inconvenience to serious problems meeting the mission. Larger bas...

The (ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) credential to ensures that cloud security professionals have the required knowledge, skills, and abilities in cloud security design, implementation, architecture, operations, controls, and compliance with regulatory frameworks. The CCSP OnDemand is a self-paced learning solution that covers the 6 domains of the CCSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) in order to study for the CCSP examin...