Federal agencies, both civilian and military, are seeing opportunities to expand their mission to serve the public through the application of new technologies. Leading the way: Unlocking the potential of 5G to power leading-edge IoT applications. Many agencies now have multiple sensors and edge computing devices that need blazing fast, low-latency, stable connections, particularly if they are in remote or hard-to-reach locations. For instance,...

The goal of every data initiative is to drive smarter decisions and deliver better outcomes. But that won't happen unless security is front and center in the data evolution. Join us online Wednesday, July 13 from 2 p.m.-2:50 p.m. ET to hear from government and industry experts about how to create a secure data ecosystem. These data ecosystems should have a seamless process for analyzing and sharing data, data that you can use to make measurabl...

Join us for The Benefits of Digital Document Workflows on Efficiency and Compliance, the first session of the Mission Support Summer Webinar Series presented by Adobe, Microsoft and Carahsoft. A Forrester consultant will share research study highlights on the benefits of automated digital processes for government, and how Adobe's integration with tools like Microsoft 365 can further streamline your workflows and create better employee and citi...

Identity underpins every public sector priority today, and identity modernization unleashes the full potential of digital government. The 2022 Okta Gov Identity Summit brings together top leaders from the public sector community to address the urgency of identity modernization. They will discuss how cloud-smart identity accelerates zero trust adoption, strengthens national defense, fights fraud, and improves customer experiences. Experts will...

Agencies are trying to move faster than ever to modernize and transform their systems and processes. For federal financial service agencies, from the Internal Revenue Service to the Securities and Exchange Commission, accelerating the development of new applications and the modernization of legacy ones is a critical part of meeting their mission. From Agile to DevSecOps, continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) automation to robot...

There is a lot of emphasis on IT modernization in the federal government, from the push to grow funding for the Technology Modernization Fund to Army efforts to modernize IT for multi-domain operations. On another track, the President's Management Agenda identifies workforce transformation as its top priority. There is a clear connection between these two broad initiatives – modernizing IT is a way to streamline how programs are managed...

The public sector is overburdened with repetitive and administrative work. But with automation, agencies in federal, state, and local government are offloading low-value work so that people can focus on serving the mission. From citizen service delivery and health care to rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse, automation boosts the government’s capacity, speed, accuracy, and resilience while improving employee and citizen engagement. Join...

Federal agencies with a well-rounded IT situational awareness capability can provide decision makers with the depth and breadth intelligence to gain greater IT visibility to run their operation better in support of their mission. Leaders can gain insights on what IT products are running in the environment, how much they are paying for them, which digital assets are at risk of cyber incidents, and how to move them to the cloud intelligently and...

With hybrid work on the rise, agencies need to make sure core elements of a productive workforce aren't neglected. This means organizations must prioritize collaboration, communication and inclusivity, especially as we see employee engagement and retention slipping. Join us online Wednesday, May 18 at 2 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. PT, to learn how governments can enable a more efficient and strategic hybrid workforce by focusing efforts on inclusivity an...

The federal government has been on a mission to update and modernize its IT systems and mothball legacy systems for more than a decade. From “Cloud First” to datacenter consolidation to zero trust, to name just a few – and more GAO reports than there’s room to list – both the Executive Branch and Congress have emphasized the importance of modernization. Two senators recently introduced a bill, the Legacy IT Reduct...