The FY15 budget continues to ensure progress towards the goals of improving services for citizens, advancing efforts in cybersecurity and reducing duplicative IT efforts across government. Will federal spending for IT investments in FY16 continue to focus on service delivery, security and privacy protection? There’s no question that security will be a major focus of federal IT spending in FY16, but what other technologies resources be a...

Effective Data UsageAccording to recent estimates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day. By the year 2020 it’s widely estimated there will be 40 zettabytes of data and government agencies will own much of it. This data comes from everywhere including sensors used to gather climate information, public safety and emergency management organizations, healthcare systems and more. The value of making this data open and available...

After a decade long hiatus, FBC is proud to be back at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Naval Support Activity Bethesda! The Naval Support Activity Bethesda's (NSAB) main function is to promote a culture with positive changes in energy and technology use. FBC has been invited to help promote their goal by coordinating exhibits that will provide information and technologies to educate and challenge everyone at NSAB regar...

AFCEA Bethesda’s Seventh Health IT Day is expected to bring together more than 600 senior-executives and IT professionals from across industry and federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. The goals of the event are to foster bett...

Leveraging Data as an Enterprise AssetThere is no lack of data in government and the challenges of managing data, how to leverage it and make good organizational decisions about it are increasingly on the minds of government leaders everywhere. Government leaders are continually asking themselves how they can use data efficiently, maximize the value of data, and leverage data on demand to better serve their mission – especially in the ar...

The 2014 IPM Workshop is your chance to learn about project performance techniques, including earned value management (EVM). The workshop provides training, current topics from practicing professionals, access to world leaders in project performance management, networking and the latest in software and consulting to make your program successful.

Government-wide Initiatives: Impact on People, Resources, Budget and Program DeliveryThe Administration and Congress are focused on enhancing program delivery while reducing operating costs. In order to achieve this it is critical that evolving IT trends like shared services are harnessed to improve information integrity, security, availability and value across the enterprise. By combining strategic IT solutions across the IT infrastructure th...

ISS World Americas is the world’s largest gathering of North and South American Law Enforcement, Intelligence and Homeland Security Analysts as well as Telecom Operators responsible for Lawful Interception, Hi-Tech Electronic Investigations and Network Intelligence Gathering. ISS World Programs present the methodologies and tools for Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Government Intelligence Communities in the fight against drug traffick...

Next-Generation CIOs: The Future of IT in GovernmentThe immersion of technology in all areas of government is changing the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at its very core. To be successful, CIOs must play a multidimensional leadership role that requires them to fully understand the business needs in the new government environment.CIOs work strategically with other government leaders to adapt and transform their enterprises through...

Each year the AFCEA Bethesda Government-wide Initiatives Excellence Awards recognizes individuals or groups whose contributions in information technology have significance beyond their organization. These contributions represent achievements that advance business and citizen interaction, leading to improved effectiveness, cost-savings and leadership that meet national priorities and serve as a model of excellence government-wide. We will learn...