Best Practices in Using Data Analytics to Detect and Prevent Fraud and Improper Payments Fraud Detection: Identify where fraud is most likely occurring - and ways to improve internal controls to prevent it Improper Payments: Use data analytics to uncover which payments are likely improper and recover those funds Benefits And Procurement Fraud: Examine specialized strategies for detecting and preventing fraud in a variety of benefit programs an...

Utilize performance benchmarking to drive improvements in government SELECTING THE RIGHT BENCHMARKS: Identify the right benchmarks to use in measurement-resistant government settings BENCHMARK ANALYSIS: Pinpoint specific areas where performance can be improved – what is really driving performance? REPORTING AND COMPARING: Identify how you compare with key benchmarks – and report progress MODULE 1 Introduction to Benchmarking and Be...

The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental's (DIUx) managing partner Raj Shah will be discussing defense innovation with PSC's Defense and Intelligence Council (D&IC) on Thursday, January 26th. DIUx is a new and unique DoD organization focused on accelerating innovative technology adoption throughout DoD. With offices in Silicon Valley and Boston, DIUx utilizes Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) to pursue prototypes projects. DIUx is an imp...

IDGA is proud to announce the return of our 10th Operational Energy Summit this January 23-25, in Washington, D.C. This summit will provide a forum for policy makers and technology leaders to come together to solve some of DoD's operational energy challenges. We will examine and explore critical focus areas such as energy harvesting and storage, waste management, next generation power sources, reviewing the 2016 Operational Energy Strategy and...

This course provides an in-depth look at testing the controls using NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 4 and ensuring the use of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) for Federal Security Systems. The focus of the course is an in-depth explanation of each NIST SP 800-53 Revision 4 controls to include what method should be used to test and validate each security control in accordance with NIST SP 800-53A, Rev. 4 and NIST SP 800-115, what evidence should be gat...

Additive Manufacturing – Revolutionizing Aerospace and Defense Innovation, Production, Logistics, and Readiness Unlike traditional manufacturing, which involves creating a smaller object from a larger source material, additive manufacturing takes raw materials, feeds them through a digital manufacturing system and creates a customized object from that material, eliminating excess material waste. This potential ability to exchange AM desi...

Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Remotely Piloted Aircraft have seen a golden age in the last decade growing to an annual budget of $7 billion. Most of this growth has been through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but with the drawing down of troops, what’s next? Analysts still predict growth in this industry, estimating a total increase to just over $89 billion in the next decade. Not only is the military expected to sustain its backing...

Digital transformation is the future. And open source collaboration continues to provide the strongest foundation. As we adapt to this changing environment, our emphasis is on seamless and secure design, development, and deployment. Community-powered innovation gives us the most out of emerging technologies—whether it’s modernizing architectures, speeding application development, or moving workloads to the cloud. Because when we ha...

While serving as the Army G-6 and CIO, Lt. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell once referred to the Joint Information Environment as an “operational imperative.” JIE, while not a formal program, is a driving force behind DOD-wide efforts to modernize networks, strengthen security, and improve the flow of information across the individual services and in the joint environment. JIE reflects a broader interest in providing a cohesive framework to...

Creating A Winning Formula for Meeting Your Operational Readiness We are delighted to present the CYBER, NETWORK & SECURE CLOUD Millennium Forum to be held at the Association of The US Army (AUSA) newly constructed conference and expo center in Arlington, Virginia. Hosted by ISSTSPi, the 2016 forum theme, “CYBER, NETWORK & SECURE CLOUD Millennium Forum” has been designed to feature a distinguished line-up of Industry and Go...