At the core of all government technology operations in 2020, a comprehensive and secure data strategy is essential if agencies are to deliver on their missions and serve the American public. With the arrival of COVID-19 this became even more apparent as agencies looked to data to power their response efforts and considered new ways to securely deliver streaming data insight into the hands of teleworking employees. As governments expand use of...

Technology Business Management (TBM) Conference 2020 (TBMC20) **TBM Conference named as a global top tech conference by CIO Dive (www.ciodive.com) Theme: Bringing Future Forward 2020 has presented technology and finance leaders with an unprecedented level of disruption. The need to bring future forward while continuing to move at the pace of the market, has never been greater. Critical to that will be the ability to effectively leverage approa...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been rescheduled due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 11/5/2020 The last five years have seen rapid changes in the tools and technologies available to government agencies. These new solutions offer capabilities that expand and enhance the government’s ability to provide services to citizens in a more efficient and manageable way. The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy of Cloud Sm...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been rescheduled and is now online due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 10/15/2020; Virtual TIC…Tock. The clock struck midnight for the outdated Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) initiative. The new TIC 3.0 policy will eliminate barriers to the cloud, enable emerging technologies like SD-WAN, release the stranglehold on network access points, all while ensuring even greater F...

First floated as an idea in 2010, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program was officially launched in 2012 as a government-wide program to secure cloud products and services. A recent audit by the General Accountability Office showed that more than 900 government cloud projects have been authorized by FedRAMP, but hundreds more continue to operate without authorizations, which presents a kaleidoscope of security challenges to the...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Dates: 7/14-7/30/2020 Women in Tech Summit (WITS) is the tech conference for women working in technical and non-technical roles. WITS includes hands-on tech workshops, discussions about trending topics in tech, and information on thriving through tech career phases and facets. WITS connects women working on the business and tec...

Registration is now open for BbWorld 2020! This is our flagship, annual conference where professionals like you come together to learn, share, brainstorm, network, and celebrate. This year, the event will be virtual and free. And, you don’t have to be a Blackboard customer to take advantage of this year's event. Our Government-focused track will help keep your agency mission-ready with online sessions addressing: Remote-learning best pra...

The YAFCEA Summer IT Luncheon is an opportunity for government and industry to discuss how we can apply digital transformation best practices and emerging technologies to lead sustainable change and innovation across the government. During the virtual event, two federal agency leaders (paired with an industry representative) will be placed in each breakout room to lead a roundtable discussion on one of the following topics: Artificial Intellig...

Based on the ongoing developments of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on gatherings, Fal.Con for Public Sector 2020 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC will be postponed until March 2021. Now more than ever, government agencies are under pressure to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their data and services as they try to adjust to the new reality of a global pandemic. With new threats coming online e...

The 2nd annual Python Web Conference is a virtual event that features international tech experts presenting on 40 topics such as microservices, identity management, machine learning and CI/CD. The talks are split into 3 exciting tracks. Each track is accessible live via Zoom and participants can chat via Slack channels. Access to presentations and post-event recordings will be available exclusively to registered attendees. Don't miss this one-...