PRE-EVENT WORKSHOPS: December 2CONFERENCE & EXPO: December 3Building on 12+ years of leading federal technology events, we're taking a new approach to our popular government technology training events to provide you with 5 events in 1! By co-locating events covering current policy and technology trends in big data, cloud, cyber, mobile and records & information management all in one location at one time, you benefit from 10+ training s...

Theme: Award-Winning BIG DATA Programs Hear About BIG DATA at NASA, IBM, DHS, National Science Foundation, DARPA, National Institutes of Health, Dept. of Defense and Presidential Initiative on BIG DATA Research and Development - ROLE OF UNSTRUCTURED DATA IN THE BIG DATA WORLD - THE PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE ON BIG DATA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - NASA SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND BIG DATA: THE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AND DATA WAREHOUSING STORY - BIG D...

Join your peers and colleagues in the nation's capital to learn about the latest policy updates and methodologies regarding: the full lifecycle of shared services, intra and inter-agency shared service opportunities, alternative analyses and FEA implementation. The 2013 event encompasses: The Current State and Future Role of EA in Government New Segment and Enterprise Architecture Approaches EA's Impact on Organizational Culture Tools and Meth...

GEN Keith Alexander, Commander U.S. Cyber Command, and Director, NSA, is Confirmed to Keynote GEN Keith Alexander, Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Director of the NSA/Chief, Central Security Service and Dr. Pat Gallagher, Director, NIST are among the distinguished speakers confirmed to keynote at the 4th Annual Cybersecurity Summit on September 25, 2013 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The 4th Annual Cybersecurity Summit will be...

A continuing education series for Communications Professionals looking to keep informed and get ahead. 10 Elements of Successful Communications in the Public Sector - Public programs and initiatives must be able to tell a story. Public programs and initiatives need to be able to talk about themselves. Whether it’s raising public awareness of an issue and government resources, building partnerships with stakeholders in the private sector,...

Attend this Briefing to hear from the author of Cyberwar Will Not Take Place, Thomas Rid, who will address how to focus on the significant problems of fraud and cyber defense and possible countermeasures. Attendees will meet industry experts who will share insights into specific programs focused on limiting the misuse of government funds and information assets, including protection techniques and deterrents to cyber-criminal behavior. You will...

There is no doubt that virtualization gives agencies greater flexibility to meet current computing requirements while maximizing the value of investment in hardware assets. For this reason, most government organizations have implemented some form of virtualization — especially server virtualization — which has delivered notable savings in operations and maintenance budgets. Virtual environments, however efficient, are not without c...

Join AFCEA Bethesda on August 8, 2013 for the Mobility Technology Symposium, a half-day education and training event, which will go beyond the business case for mobility and look at how agencies are developing and implementing emerging mobile technology to deliver the mission. The demand for mobility is all around us. With lowered budgets and new technologies, the need to do more with less comes at an opportune time. The trends we see today wi...

The 4th installment of the Federal Mobile Computing Summit and Technology Showcase will examine the post-Digital Government Strategy landscape, and look at how agencies have actually implemented mobility within their organizations. It will also examine the next generation of mobile technology and what lies ahead in Mobile Government. Topics to be addressed during the course of the day: Developing Government-Wide Best Practices, Guidance and St...