AFCEA Bethesda's Monthly Breakfast series features panel discussions led by senior-executive government representatives. The goals of the event series are to foster better inter-agency communication, share best practices and lessons learned and identify mission-critical IT issues affecting the federal IT community. With speakers drawn largely from federal civilian agencies, the panel format offers a compelling snapshot of multiple agency persp...

YAFCEA Bethesda is proud to host:8th Annual Winter IT Luncheon While agency budgets remain heavily scrutinized, government leaders are looking to apply new technologies, strategy and processes to achieve measurable results. Speakers and guests will come together for roundtable discussions on how agencies are tackling the budget squeezes while ensuring innovation. There will be opportunity for industry and government leaders to exchange ideas...

STRENGTHENING OPERATIONAL IMPACT For the eighth year, AFCEA Bethesda is gathering the law enforcement IT community, plus expanding the scope this year to include first responders. The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Technology Forum will bring together more than 400 executives, IT professionals and operators from across federal, state and local law enforcement, homeland security and public safety agencies with alignment around three focus ar...

Fighting Cyber Threats at Machine Speed to Defend our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure AFCEA Bethesda’s Cybersecurity Technology Symposium discloses the threats facing our nation’s critical infrastructure, and how government and industry experts are working together toward mitigating sector-specific threats at machine speed. Breakthroughs and updates on the nation’s critical infrastructure protection policy are happenin...

For 17 years, AFCEA Bethesda has supported charitable giving, including raising more than $6.75 million for charities benefiting the health, welfare, and education of children. The successful history of our A Night for the Children Gala and the generosity of the government contracting community enabled AFCEA Bethesda to help our receiving charities achieve significantly strong financial foundations. As we look to broaden our impact on the grea...

Join Young AFCEA Bethesda on July 23, 2015 for the 8th Annual Senior Government Executive Dinner. This premier networking event brings together senior government executives and emerging government leaders for an engaging discussion on next-generation technologies fueled by innovation. The event is centered on roundtable discussions with government and industry guests, moderated by industry leaders. Table discussion topics include: Cloud ...

The growing data pool created by citizens sharing information in their daily lives through sensors, open data initiatives and the proliferation of the Internet of Things positions government agencies to deliver improved services and mission outcomes. The Data Symposium is focused on how government data enhances the life of the citizen. Highlights: With more than 130,000 data sets, learn out how the government currently uses data and the plans...

Join us for a night of celebrationFor 16 years, AFCEA Bethesda has supported charitable giving, including raising more than $6 million for charities benefiting the health, welfare, and education of children. The successful history of our A Night for the Children Gala and the generosity of the government contracting community enabled AFCEA Bethesda to help our receiving charities achieve significantly strong financial foundations. As we look to...

As evolving methodologies of cyber espionage and disruption continue to grow in scope and sophistication, the federal government has sought to bolster its defenses through the implementation of a standardized cybersecurity framework, influenced by drivers such as FedRAMP, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the Continuous Diagnostics Mitigation (CDM) program, which are designed to enable the detection and elimination of threats in real time....

Big Data is exponential growth of data being collected today. Last year IBM reported that 2.5 exabytes of data was being created on a daily basis. As massive amounts of information become more readily available, the government has the opportunity to transform this data into intelligence, enabling agencies to make better decisions and meet their mission objectives. In today’s budget-constrained environment, a Big Data strategy can help go...