With the increased emphasis on cybersecurity in government, open source software places a critical role in keeping government information secure. In this training, we will discuss open security projects and techniques that support and protect government cyber assets. Specifically, we will address these hot topics: Where is government using open source software as part of their cybersecurity posture? How are government adopters learning about o...

Get Your Gov On, Austin! Every wonder if you're the only one dealing with a specific work issue? Do you like to talk through challenges and ideas with people in your shoes? Interested in discussing, learning, sharing governmen'ts tech trends in 2012? Join GovLoop and fellow government Austinites as we talk through a few gov related hot tech trends and issues, share ideas and give one another a pat on the back! During this GovUp (a MeetUp for G...

Two of the hottest trends in 2011 are open source technology and cloud computing. Every conference I go to there seems to be whole sessions devote to cloud computing and whole separate sessions to open source. However, you rarely see to see the two discussed in the same session or discussion which is kind of weird since they share commonalities. A lot of the thinking behind cloud computing and open source is very similar. For example, I think...

Learn how government agencies are using Social Media as a knowledge management tool to extract information and data to better serve citizens. Included in the presentation will be best practices, case studies and tools that are being used to manage this critical function. Join RightNow and GovLoop on Thursday, June 9th from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST by registering for FREE today!