Federal use of cloud is a result of over a decade of legislation and funding being driven towards modernization. As more and more agencies have switched to cloud environments, further modernization of their IT systems has encouraged the Federal government to look at new technologies. Hear experts talk about where they are in the cloud journey and how it has impacted their abilities to implement other new technologies! examine the current chall...

Over the past year, the Biden-Harris Administration has increased the focus on improving federal services through the President’s Management Agenda which presented a roadmap for ensuring an equitable, effective, and accountable Federal Government that delivers results for all. The three priorities were: Strengthening and empowering the Federal workforce; Delivering excellent, equitable, and secure Federal services and customer experience...

Join us in Boston, Nov. 6 - 9 for APHA’s 2022 Annual Meeting & Expo and 150th anniversary celebration. The Meeting blends the legacy of APHA with innovative and exciting opportunities to help you reach your goals. Engage with public health experts, collaborate with other advocates and grow professionally. "150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity" APHA's Annual Meeting and Expo is an Investment: Hea...

Imagine Nation ELC 2022 brings together the government technology community to discuss the issues facing government and work together to develop practical solutions and innovative strategies. We expect over 650 executives from government and industry to participate in person plus a virtual audience in what has been described as the “best event in the government technology arena.” Seating is somewhat limited this year. The best way...

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...

Modernization is a Journey, not a Destination. Federal agencies raced to update their systems and move as many programs as possible to the cloud during the pandemic. But federal leaders realize that modernization is a continuing process that includes, but is not limited to, updating IT equipment and data centers. It also means upgrading networks and connections, software and services, security, workforce, and acquisition processes. At this sum...

Data comes from many sources, data definitions, variations in data, different systems, and from many users. It is important to gather and identify data from a multitude of sources to explore data patterns and data trends to be used for forecasting, planning, future strategies, innovation, research, and others that are not affected by fluctuations, repeated sequencing over fixed periods of time, unexplained random variances, and much more. Ever...

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...

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...

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...