5G for Government – From Warehouses to Virtual Reality The advent of 5G – fifth-generation mobile communications – is creating a host of opportunities for government applications. A "smart warehouse" at Naval Base Coronado is delivering on optimization of the facility’s operations, including identification of materials and supplies, organization, storage, retrieval and transportation. Meanwhile, the U.S. Army is develop...

Building the Cyber Environs: Tools, Technology and Workforce The shift to digital, cloud, AI and other technologies has given rise to a variety of cyberattacks with an alarming cost. Government and industry continue to face critical security and risk issues with increased cyber threats, supply chain and cloud vulnerabilities, ransomware, phising, stolen credentials and identities, new sophisticated attack approaches and other cyber-types of at...

The American Association of Health and Human Services Attorneys (AAHHSA) is a professional organization of attorneys who represent the state and local government agencies that administer health and/or human services programs. AAHHSA facilitates the exchange of information between attorneys and promotes innovation in the field of H/HS services. Attendees at this conference will be able to earn contiuning legal education credits including 3 hour...

Just as the pandemic changed the American workplace, it had a major disruptive effect on colleges and universities across the country, forcing them to adopt new remote learning initiatives and revealing the technological shortcomings that campuses faced. At the same time, it opened opportunities. During the pandemic, Carnegie Mellon University used a rapidly deployed private wireless solution to power live video streams on high definition came...

Modernization is integral in the development of the Federal workforce as organizations fight to keep up with the private sector. Organizations and agencies need to begin to adopt more cutting edge technologies, such as automation of workflow processes, in order to be more forward-thinking and competitive. In order to fully reach a new potential within our Federal workforce, agencies need to center the implementation process as their goal. This...

Two years of pandemic living made clear the depth and breadth of the digital divide – states lacking robust internet and wireless infrastructure discovered the gaps that made it far more difficult to provide essential services in a work-from-home world. Today, states and localities are considering investment in such diverse areas as IoT, emergency preparedness, school security, and strengthening their logistics and supply chain managemen...

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,...

F5 is going on tour! We hope you'll be able to join like-minded IT professionals in the state, local, and education space for SLEDFest in Tallahassee on August 3rd. Headlining this event will be curated content on topics and solutions listed as top priorities by SLED leadership, including cybersecurity, IT modernization, F5's future vision, and much more! You can check out the event agenda below and see detailed course descriptions on our F5...

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...