Despite decades of science demonstrating that organizations with more diverse leadership perform better, women and minorities remain grossly underrepresented in management positions across the Federal Government. Building a diverse leadership team requires building equity into every career development decision that creates great leaders, from initial branch assignments in the military to lateral assignments in the civil service. Internal mobil...

Customer experience (CX) has been embraced by many private sector organizations to help stand apart from the competition and improve customer loyalty. Its growth in the public sector has been accelerating as well, and currently over 22 federal agencies have established some form of formal CX function. Will Congress standardize federal agency organizational design to include a CXO, following the precedent of CFO’s, CIO’s or, most re...

The use of Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to accelerate in the federal government. With this growing momentum, agencies are increasingly dedicating resources to the use of AI. But, how do they do this in a strategic way? What factors should be considered in the decision? How can agencies identify high value candidates and real pain points where AI would have the biggest impact? This panel will explore how agencies can identify spec...

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), MeriTalk, and the Partnership for Public Service collectively partnered on an initiative to provide the new administration operating and policy recommendations to improve the resilience of government. Through research and four round table discussions, government and industry addressed lessons learned, adapting to a "new norm," changes needed post-pandemic, and how gov...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 10/6-10/7/2020 The most expansive explosion of innovative activity in federal acquisition in a quarter of a century is continuing to gain power as it spreads across the government, bottom to top, and side to side. Last year’s theme was “Acquisition Innovation in Action.” This year we are building on that...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. ACT-IAC in collaboration and coordination with Immix Group is hosting a Cyber Technology Demo Day where technology manufacturers will provide ongoing 30-minute product demonstrations in an "open house" style series to government information technology influencers and decision makers from the federal and state governments and systems integrato...

For three days in October, forward-thinking leaders of government and industry will converge in Philadelphia to network, share, learn, collaborate, and together imagine and invent their future. Our goal: harness creative thinking, innovation and technology to form a more perfect union of government and industry, and forge actionable approaches and practices that maximize the value we provide to our nation’s citizens. IMAGINE NATION ELC 2...

EPIC (Exploration, People, Inspiration, Collaboration) – The Future of Information Technology, is a half day event that will focus on the effective characteristics leaders need in shaping the future of the federal IT industry. This event will feature experienced practitioners serving as keynotes and panelists who have thrived through times of change taking their organizations to the next level by sharing their vision of the future. Speci...

The most expansive explosion of innovative activity in federal acquisition in a quarter of a century is continuing to gain power as it spreads across the government, bottom to top, and side to side. The theme of this year’s Acquisition Excellence (AE) Conference is Acquisition Innovation in Action. The impact of successful acquisition innovation is truly remarkable, and the opportunities continue to multiply. AE will focus on how we are...

In the Federal IT workforce, success often depends on discerning professionals who are adept at juggling responsibilities that require both strong technical knowledge and excellent interpersonal skills. ACT-IAC's NexUS community will host the final forum of 2018 focusing on the skills required for success in this career field. This forum will feature experts from industry and government who will share insights on what it takes to thrive and ex...