Seeing is believing. Knowing federal records must be protected is one thing. Experiencing how it's done within the walls of one of the most secure federal records storage facilities with industry leading security, environmental, climate-controlled and fire safety standards in the country is something completely different. Join a select group of federal government agency attendees for an exclusive tour of Iron Mountain’s Federal Records C...

7 Secrets for Getting to 100% Email Categorization for Government How To Increase Your Email Categorization Accuracy Through Automation Wednesday March 19th at 2pm ET|11am PT 55,500,000,000,000. That's the total number of emails received worldwide in the last 12 months. And it probably feels like your Agency gets about half of those. The Bad News: If you're on your Agency's Records Management team - or support those who are - you're already qu...

On March 12, 2014, the National Contract Management Association Free State Chapter is hosting an educational program you won’t want to miss. Nine experts from Crowell & Moring LLP will cover four vitally important topics: 1. Counterfeit Parts Under the Microscope: Is Your Company Ready for New DoD Regulations? 2. Introduction to Organizational Conflicts of Interest: Learning How to Spot, Avoid and Resolve a Serious Procurement Pitfal...

Government Business Process Reform Series Think Outside The (Drop)Box: Why You Need To Stop Using Google Drive, Box.net, and DropBox in Government Business Do you use File Sync and Share offerings like Google Drive, DropBox, Box.net, iCloud, and SkyDrive/OneDrive (the Public Cloud) for government business applications, like sharing documents and files with colleagues or with yourself, sharing across locations and devices? It's guaranteed that...

Stop Making Your Agency's Employees Be Records Managers Records Management Automation For Government Wednesday, February 19th: 2pm ET|11am PT Not everyone in your agency or office is a Records Manager. Then why do you expect everyone in your agency or office to Records Manage? Whether it's email "categorization" by having staff set up rules & macros in Outlook, drag & drop documents into messy folders, or manually set reminders or make...

As technology continues to permeate nearly every area of daily life, citizen expectations for interacting with government entities are shifting. Citizens today want a personalized, multi-channel experience when interacting with government services. In this webinar, featured speaker Ruthbea Clarke, Research Director of the global Smart Cities Strategies program at IDC, will address how to build a robust citizen engagement strategy through digit...

6 Mistakes You're Making By Using "Public Cloud"-Based File Sync & Share for Government Business 1. Trusting The Public Cloud. You or others in your agency are already using applications like Google Drive and Dropbox to share business documents because those services are easy to use. But your colleagues may be jeopardizing security, especially from within government offices. You should limit users from taking files of any classification to...

Join AFFIRM, in collaboration with TechAmerica Foundation, for an informative discussion of seismic shifts taking place in the Federal market at AFFIRM’s December 18th monthly luncheon. You’ll hear from thought-leaders from DOE, VA, USDA, and GSA as they share their perspectives on budget priorities within their agencies and the mission imperatives that are driving them. We’ll also discuss highlights from the TechAmerica fede...

When: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Duration: 1 hour Cost: Complimentary Federal Identity Management: Digital Security in Cyberspace With the widely-dispersed mobile and BYOD landscape, security strategies have shifted away from the traditional model of maintaining a perimeter around your data, and towards a new user-focused approach: ID management. This educational video webinar will explore trends, techniques, and tools in ID management that are...

As the Administration develops the U.S. Open Government National Action Plan 2.0 to further harness new technologies, policy continues to drive innovation and change. Open data, mobile computing, identity management, Cloud First and more have brought to government leaders new tools to improve mission performance. AFFIRM’s November educational forum will draw upon both government policy leaders and practitioners to talk about how to seaml...