Overview According to recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates, losses from waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs cost the government upwards of $90 billion annually. President Obama has made reducing these losses a major priority of his administration. On November 23, 2009, the President Obama issued Executive Order 13519, “Reducing Improper Payments and Eliminating Waste in Federal programs.” On March 22, 20...

Attend this conference to learn how to develop an effective identity management strategy and roadmap -- from policy to implementation -- along with helpful solutions, tools, tips and guidance to get started, including: Understanding the key technologies – how they work, costs and benefits, strengths and weaknesses – through various identity credential case study examples Overcoming the common obstacles of deploying the various cred...

Workshop Description Workshop addresses key issues for government managers and staff for the successful management of electronic records today: E-discovery requests, stubborn cultural issues, grappling with the variety of web content, the working relationship between records managers and IT, enduring collections of paper records, and groundbreaking work in e-records management. Workshop will also present an overview of current NARA policies a...

GOVERNING’S Summit on the Cost of Government is an invitation-only gathering of public officials to confront the structural problems in government and explore the path forward. After the recession, where do states go from here? What are the smart strategies to accelerate recovery, restore stability and create sustainable growth as governments go through a fundamental reset of the way they do the public’s business? The answers matte...

From open data to social media, from web services to mobile applications, from crowdsourcing to cloud computing, government is exploring the power of the latest wave of technology to lower the costs of government while increasing its capabilities. Last year's inaugural Gov 2.0 Summit brought leaders from federal, state, and local government together with individual and corporate entrepreneurs, citizens, not-for-profits, and educators, to artic...

Keep up with the latest in archiving, storage, and backup for Symantec Enterprise Vault! Please join us for our Enterprise Vault User Forum on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, in Washington, DC. During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to network with your peers, share ideas, and learn more about advanced topics in Enterprise Vault (EV) related to architecture, best practices, and integration with Exchange 2010. We will also give an ov...

EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVES to transform the government through transparency and collaboration demand new solutions. The quickest and most cost effective way to comply with orders to make vast amounts of data available to people inside and outside the federal government is via a flexible, scaleable computing architecture like cloud computing. Register now for this FREE government seminar focused on data storage, data center virtualization, and cloud...

In the fall of 2008, the Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, responsible for the Department of Defense’s Global Information Grid (GIG) realized there was a problem with how its many and diverse users were unwittingly introducing malware into the department’s closed networks. The scope of the problem was significant, as the GIG comprises more than 15,000 local and regional area networks, engaging approximately seven million com...

Excellence in Government: Open Government Produced by Government Executive Media Group, Excellence in Government (EIG) is the premier public management conference dedicated to creating high-performance government. The conference offers federal managers access to high-profile keynote speakers and practical, innovative educational sessions. Excellence in Government 2010 will consist of three 1-day events held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Was...

This is a networking event, not a conference or seminar. Event is open to govt contractors, govt employees, embassy officials, those interested in doing business with the govt and all others. This is a recurring monthly event - every 3rd Thursday of the month at the Kennedy Center, 5-8pm, Millennium Stage Area, Foyer Level. No charge to attend. Please contact Jennifer Schaus for more information. Thank You!