It’s impossible to avoid difficult conversations at work. How many times have you run into a conflict with a colleague? In a one-on-one meeting with your supervisor? Working as a team with your peers? Or even publicly questioned? Join NextGen on Wednesday, June 26 from 2-3 p.m. ET/11 a.m.-noon PT, to learn from our expert how to have these sometimes-painful conversations. That way you’re well-prepared when they happen in your workp...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies play an increasingly important role in our daily lives (i.e. Siri, Alexa, or Garmin applications). The companies that design them often include a name, voice, or avatar to humanize the tech interface. Several federal agencies are employing this technique on desktops, in call centers, in the battlefield, and more. This program will bring together some of those thought leaders ...

The President’s Management Agenda is a multi-generational vision for reform that brings to government customers a customer experience that compares to or exceeds that of leading private sector organizations. Transforming customer service means improving the usability and reliability of our most critical digital services; creating measurable improvements in customer satisfaction by using the principles and practices proven by leading priv...

Chairman: John Pescatore, SANS Director of Emerging Security TrendsKeynote: Ashley Mahan, Secure Cloud Portfolio & FedRAMP Director Sponsors: AWS, IBM, Rackspace and Okta The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has been a highly successful GSA initiative to enable government agency use of cloud services by providing streamlined approach to assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring. Providers of cloud servi...

The Adaptive Network is a new approach that expands on autonomous networking concepts to transform the static network into a dynamic, programmable environment driven by analytics and intelligence. IT modernization permits the federal government to lay the groundwork for technological advancement and innovation as well as improved efficiency and network strength, better user experience for employees and citizens, and increased reliability and s...

Governments at all levels are being tasked to think outside the box to meet today's ever-growing list of challenges. From new legislation like the 21st Century IDEA Act, to NIST Cybersecurity Framework updates, to the new Cloud Smart policy, agencies are being asked to transform. But despite these mandates to modernize, many agencies are still struggling with common challenges like slow legacy systems, untrained personnel and outdated processe...

Do you have an application running on legacy hardware hidden away in the back corner of your data center that is marked with cryptic warning signs and a healthy wealth of cobwebs? These legacy applications present a real headache when attempting to uplift the people, processes, and tooling needed to embrace a cloud model. Hybrid cloud is a reality for most infrastructures rather than being purely in the public cloud or purely on-premises. This...

Arming senior DoD leaders with visibility and insights derived from cutting edge analytics is a top priority for FY 2019. Budget has been allocated for numerous IT modernization projects designed to consolidate data storage systems, making information readily accessible for analysis, but accomplishing this objective requires an agile strategy and coordination across multiple organizations. Data analytics can provide military leaders with the...

Government employees face communications risks daily, and the potential negative ramifications are staggering. While strong protections have been in place a long time for classified desk phone calls, it is significantly more difficult to provide these protections on mobile phones. Field-deployed personnel will soon have greater bandwidth on their mobile devices than they have at their desks today. This webinar will take an in-depth look at gov...

The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program provides agencies with the tools to monitor suspicious activity on their networks in near real-time. This program, managed by GSA and DHS, affords government agencies with capabilities and tools to identify cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis. This hour-long video webinar will bring together thought leaders from the public and private sectors to talk about ways to build a culture for...