The Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC) is an entity focused on fostering professional development and collaborative platforms for the Federal government, academia, and industry to address and overcome emerging technology challenges. The Federal Government is in a perpetual state of evolution, adapting to dynamic challenges and emerging trends. In this ever-changing landscape, the need for collaboration and unity become...

GIST24 explores the missions, strategies, and operational goals that government agencies face in delivering successful mission outcomes and meeting the needs and expectations of citizens and other stakeholders, and the major role that AI is playing. Gartner foresees a transformative shift in 2024, projecting that 60% of government investments in AI and data analytics will directly shape operational decisions and outcomes. GIST24 unravels pract...

Threat remediation encompasses a series of risk prevention steps to know how best to act when defending your surface systems from data breaches and financial disruption. This workshop is to help inform and advise SOC professionals on an agnostic, interoperable, risk adverse way to prioritize and measure the impact to your end-to-end incident response framework and act on ways it can be improved through trusted, targeted use of AI and Automation.

DESCRIPTION: The Shared Services concept of sharing a service or critical expertise across multiple business or mission functions within a particular agency or across multiple agencies has been around for many years with the intent of building high-quality capacity through economies of scale. The goal for Shared Services is to improve quality, consistency, and timeliness, reduce duplicative investments, and provide cost effectiveness of servic...

GovFuture Forum, a monthly demo and panel event where government innovators, technologists, thought leaders, movers-and-shakers, government ecosystem partners, and interested people see showcases on cool new technology in a demo format, learn from innovators in high-value panels, and interact with each other. Agenda: 9am-9:15am: Check-in and networking 9:15am-10:15am: Innovation Demos 10:15am-11am: Hot Topic Panel & Discussion

Federal agencies collect vast amounts of data that often goes untapped because unlocking its full value is complex. But as agencies move to comply with the White House Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, harnessing the potential in their own data can help meet the EO’s objectives. Agencies can facilitate the use of AI by using their data to train custom large language model...

On January 9, 2024, the ATARC Insider Risk Working Group conducted its first webinar on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Insider Risk Programs. During that webinar, panelists explored the use of AI as a critical tool in support of Insider Risk programs in Government, Industry, and Academia. In the second part of this conversation, panelists will discuss Culture, AI, and Insider Risk, and how and why to use AI in Insider Risk Programs...

The whirlwind of artificial intelligence tools in 2023 proved the government is eager to embrace the technology as soon as possible. An overwhelming 99% of agency leaders agree investing in safe and effective AI is essential to fulfilling their mission, according to a recent survey conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of ICF. Despite being rich in data, many agencies are lagging in the data modernization needed to support AI – and c...

It is hard to think of a technology that has taken over the IT ecosystem faster than artificial intelligence. OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022, and yet it already has evolved so much that it bears little resemblance to v .0. The federal government has been moving quickly by its standards to address AI’s challenges and capabilities, including a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, an AI Risk Management Framework from the National I...

Leaders across the federal government are under pressure to deliver on an ever-expanding mission with limited resources. Doing so requires the modernization of systems and processes to connect data, content, and applications to maximize existing infrastructure investments and enhance information availability, value, and security. With countless directives and executive orders on everything from cybersecurity and data sharing to improving the c...