Now in its third year, the AFCEA DC Emerging Technologies Symposium was created at the request of many of our government AFCEA members, and those in small-to-medium-sized businesses who are working to bring new innovative technologies to the Mil-Gov IT Market in support of National Security. The conference provides for cross-agency dialogue in an ethical public forum between Mil-Gov executives, program managers, technical SMEs, and other inter...

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.

For the past 15 years, AFCEA Bethesda has proudly sponsored an annual gala supporting The Children's Inn at National Institutes of Health NIH. Together with organizations and individuals representing all areas of the federal IT community who have generously contributed their time and financial support, we have been able to donate over $5 million to The Children's Inn at NIH.The Children's Inn at NIH is a residential "place like home" for sick...

Big data projects are found all around us, and many of us have one attached to our hand all day. Apple’s personal assistant technology, Siri, began as a big data project in the Pentagon laboratory, priding itself on the ability to collect, store, analyze and disseminate practically any data you throw at it – structured or unstructured. But Siri isn’t the only government big data project that has recently gained traction. Last...

The AFCEA Homeland Security Conference is the premier event in the National Capital area to learn about our nation’s most significant homeland security issues. The conference offers an opportunity for you to engage with key Government and Industry leaders on these critical matters. The Conference will address these current Homeland Security IT issues: Cybersecurity Critical Infrastructure Protection Biometrics/Identity Management Informa...

The 4th Annual AFCEA DC Cybersecurity Symposium will focus on the state of the U.S. cyber protection one year after the stand-up of U.S. Cyber Command - the partnerships, relationships, dependencies, policies, and reach that must achieved to fulfill the Federal cyber mission. We will explore CYBERCOM’s interface with the five Military Services, the Unified Commands/COCOMs, DHS, Civilian Agencies, Industry, and Coalition Partners - as the...

The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) are becoming increasingly vital to agencies by enabling them to leverage GSA’s buying power, achieve multi-agency objectives, and acquire acquisition and contract management functions at competitive rates. As the number of companies seeking schedule contracts has roughly doubled over the last several years, with over 80 percent being small bus...

AFCEA Bethesda is pleased to announce an innovative educational symposium for government and industry participants who are or want to be on the cutting edge of smart technology and sustainability. The goals of the event are to make the business case for sustainability, show "big data" applications for energy management, highlight accomplishments with smart building technologies, illustrate saving from effective Federal fleet management, data c...

RightPath is a framework that combines transformative changes in people, processes, and technology to enable the Department of Energy (DOE) to move towards a virtual workforce that will give employees the ability to work the way they want to, where they want to, on the device of their choice. It also establishes a formal partnership between the DOE Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and the National Nuclear Security Administration...

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. The awards will be pres...