In October 2020, the Federal Communications Commission established the 5G Fund for Rural America as another way to help bridge the digital divide between rural and urban/suburban areas. The advent of 5G wireless connectivity has the potential to boost new applications and citizen experiences across all levels of government. It also represents a fundamental change in how networks operate – 5G networks are the first end-to-end implementati...

Identity management -- both for citizen customers and for an increasingly decentralized workforce -- is a complex challenge that combines security, privacy, CX and data-management considerations. Legacy systems often lack the interoperability and granular controls needed by users and admins alike, and weren’t designed to fully support the expectations set by the Office of Management and Budget with M-19-17.Thankfully, there is a growing...

Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) have been very successful as an enterprise solution in the commercial world, but security concerns and the government’s former emphasis on working in offices has slowed its deployment in the public sector. Now, however, with large parts of the federal workforce working remotely, demand for access to the public internet has dramatically increased. Release of new interim guidance about TIC 3.0 a...

Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise 2020 SP1 (LRE), is a simplified project-based performance load testing solution to quickly identify abnormal application behavior and now fully support bursting performance testing load generators (LG) automatically into the AWS GovCloud regions. Join Micro Focus Solutions Architects in this live demonstration to see how your load and stress testing can be executed on load generators in your organization's dat...

As a utility professional you are a person of service. You serve the citizens of your area to provide them with what we consider a basic right. Unfortunately in this age of social media those same citizens you serve may have lost their gratitude for the privileges you provide, often only engaging at the roughest moments, without worry because of the shelter and anonymity provided by social media. You may have even asked yourself why you would...

A number of significant changes to Federal employment law have taken place in recent years. These changes affected employers’ obligations in areas such as hiring, wages, discrimination, and termination. During this topic, we will: (1) review significant changes in recent years; (2) take a look at the employment law changes in 2018; (3) review current and anticipated changes in employment law (including EEO developments, leave laws, ADA u...

According to recent government analysis, of the 2.6 billion visits to government websites in the past 90 days, nearly half came from a mobile device — 42 percent from a phone and 6 percent from a tablet. But the explosive use of mobile technology goes beyond citizens to the heart of government itself. This webinar will explore how agencies are using continuous diagnostics and mitigation to improve government’s overall security post...

Technology has become a pervasive part of government, whether it’s internal employee communication or reaching out to the IRS. Recent updates to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 have now it harmonized with European Commission standards as well as the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The mandate for federal websites and digital documents to be accessible to all is more than a suggestion – it...

The passage of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act brought with it a charge for government to modernize its technology infrastructure through the Modernizing Government Technology Act (MGT Act.) The law spurred agencies to enhance mission effectiveness, reduce cybersecurity risks and build a modern IT workforce in order to deliver better service to citizens. In this briefing, we’ll explore the approach that government is taking i...

In the recently released President’s Management Agenda, IT modernization is identified as one of three key drivers of transformation in government. This hard-charging discussion will focus on agencies can achieve the next generation network, methods to secure their enterprise, and best practices to spur transformation. This video webinar will feature Government Matter’s host Francis Rose discussing IT modernization with IT leaders...