NexUS's premier event features government and industry leaders engaging and speaking to effective ways to inspire a shared vision as driven professionals. This half day forum will include a mix of Ted Talk style presentations, roundtable activities, engaging key notes, and interactive panels. Topics to explore throughout the forum will include Government and Industry Acquisition Communication, Engaging Acquaintances, Inspiring Creativity and I...

The most expansive explosion of innovative activity in federal acquisition in a quarter of a century is continuing to gain power as it spreads across the government, bottom to top, and side to side. The theme of this year’s Acquisition Excellence (AE) Conference is Acquisition Innovation in Action. The impact of successful acquisition innovation is truly remarkable, and the opportunities continue to multiply. AE will focus on how we are...

This forum will provide government and industry with a much clearer understanding of Robotics Process Automation (RPA), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intelligent Automation. To set the stage for this half-day forum, we are providing a short description of these terms. RPA promises to speed up and automate routine processes while reducing the amount of errors, which in turn will enable human team members to pursue higher value tasks that can...

Join the ACT-IAC Federal Insights Exchange on December 5, 2018 at the City Club of Washington DC featuring Rod Turk, Acting Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce. Mr. Turk's discussion will focus on Department of Commerce’s modernization efforts to improve the security posture of IT to align with ongoing mission work to improve services, technology solutions, and advance security across the Federal enterprise. In response to...

In the Federal IT workforce, success often depends on discerning professionals who are adept at juggling responsibilities that require both strong technical knowledge and excellent interpersonal skills. ACT-IAC's NexUS community will host the final forum of 2018 focusing on the skills required for success in this career field. This forum will feature experts from industry and government who will share insights on what it takes to thrive and ex...

ACT-IAC is planning a “Shark Tank” event focused on the viability of solutions that use Blockchain technology in addressing potential healthcare agency use cases (needs). Potential blockchain use cases have been pre-vetted by a variety of health sector participants from the ACT-IAC Blockchain Working Group, government representatives from HHS and its Operating Divisions (OPDIVs), the VA and DHA.Our health agency participants, alo...

This forum seeks to bring together people from the data, analysis, financial, policy and public communities to better understand the challenges and solutions to financial integrity. This forum is looking to provide cases of how using seemingly disparate data led to company or agency success. We want you to imagine the possibilities and provide you with a couple of tools along the way. Keynote Speaker:Suzette Kent, Federal Chief Information Of...

Identity and Access Management is key and crucial to managing the roles and access privileges of individual network users through a digital ID that has to be maintained, modified and monitored throughout what many call “the access lifecycle”. This entire process is inextricably linked to the security and productivity of an organization to protect their digital assets and enhance business productivity. Whether it be an individual di...

OASIS will be publishing an Open Season On-Ramp for Small Business Contractors later this summer. This On-Ramp signals big changes in response to the shifting landscape of Federal Procurement. Thanks to the innovative flexibilities of the On-Ramp processes, the OASIS vehicle remains agile and flexible to meet Government needs while reinforcing our commitment to partnership with our Industry Partners. In the Base period of the OASIS contracts w...

Information Technology (IT) modernization in Government has lagged compared to similar efforts in the commercial sector, leading in many cases to significant and ongoing cyber security challenges; IT system deficiencies; excessive spending on older, legacy technology; lack of interoperability with both internal and external systems; and difficulty in maintaining infrastructure and applications. With the goal of modernizing their IT portfolios,...