Complexity = Cost. Simplicity = Savings. And savings fund innovations. It has become obvious that government agencies must embrace technology and simplify at every level if they are going to compete with the innovation driving the private sector and deliver the 24x7 convenience that citizens expect and demand in their lives. Join us for the SAP Federal Forum at the historic Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., The event will feature lea...

COMPLIMENTARY BRIEFING The Watchful Eye: Mitigating Risk in the Cloud Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Time: 8:00 - 10:30 AMCost: Complimentary Credits: 3 CPEs/CEUs Focus: Government agencies are adopting a Cloud First approach to do more with existing resources while rapidly opening up new ways to meet citizens’ demands to engage with agencies online. Using a pay-as-you-go model, agencies can now access a broad portfolio of middleware...

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Workforce 2020: Rethinking People Strategies in Government Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014Time: 7:30 - 11:00 AM Credits: : 3 CPEs/CEUs Leadership has moved from a hierarchical model to one where agencies are now dependent on people outside their organization. These leadership skills are necessary for government to effectively work across work teams, across programs, across agencies, and even across countries. Join government peers to explor...

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Government relies on technology to develop new ways to deliver services to the citizen. At the same time, Congress and the White House have historically kept a tight rein on high risk I.T. projects that incur costly delays while contributing little to mission-related outcomes. To lower the risk and to innovate in the face of rapidly changing technologies, the Office of Management and Budget recommends that agencies abandon multiyear developmen...

BREAKFAST BRIEFINGFederal Cybersecurity Update: Managing Information Security Risk Through CDM Continuous Monitoring as a Service Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) has become essential as attacks on federal networks have become ever more sophisticated, aggressive, and persistent. The CDM Program is intended to transform the way federal organizations manage cyber threats to their networks through strategically sourced tools and servic...

Oversight and Enforcement: The Role of Analytics in Crime Every day, oceans of information become available to enforcement and audit organizations, providing invaluable insight to enforcement organizations across government. The job of turning data into intelligence is the role of business analytics. Deciphering criminal patterns, surveillance, and tracking data are also playing a role in prevention. These enable enforcement officials to pred...

Both the executive branch and Congress have recognized the need for improved interagency collaboration to reduce duplication, overlap, waste, and fragmentation. Join the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership and FedInsider News for a day of learning and networking around Multi-Sector Leadership in a Digital World. This event will draw federal, state & local, association, and educational experts and manager...

Check out more details about this event here! Whether it's a catastrophic accident, devastating weather event, or act of terror, we cannot predict when and how disasters will strike. But we can always be better prepared. Encompassing expert strategies and tactics, and a wealth of practical information, our Summits are a superb opportunity for gaining new ideas, best practices and peer relationships critical to collaborative response capabiliti...