This event has a rich history of providing the "latest and greatest" developments in fraud detection and prevention, internal controls and more; together, we can find solutions, and make a difference in our workplace and the government finance profession. The agenda includes a range of timely and valuable information including: fraud detection, data analytics, improper payments and risks with government payment cards. More than 95 percent of s...

Overview: This one day Potomac Forum workshop will focus on taking organizational CDO/EDEs to the next level within their respective organizations, based on lessons learned and best practices. In order to be effective, CDOs require specific prerequisites or risk becoming casualties. Paramount among these is the need for an organizational data strategy. Without a well understood and organizationally accepted data strategy, governmental organiz...

Here are the top 5 benefits to attending this year’s summit, “Transforming the Citizen Experience”: It's FREE! – We know your budget is tight, so don’t miss out on this free educational opportunity. Improve the citizen experience – Most agencies think they know the information citizens want and how they want it, but only 45% of citizens would agree. Learn strategies to raise overall citizen satisfaction. Net...

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the...

Every two days, we create as much data as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003. Every two days! And we’re talking about Exabytes of data being produced. However, all the data in the world can’t help solve problems or make government more efficient if it isn’t applied correctly. That’s where data analytics come in. Proper application of analytics to data is what makes that data useful. For far too long, man...

The growing data pool created by citizens sharing information in their daily lives through sensors, open data initiatives and the proliferation of the Internet of Things positions government agencies to deliver improved services and mission outcomes. The Data Symposium is focused on how government data enhances the life of the citizen. Highlights: With more than 130,000 data sets, learn out how the government currently uses data and the plans...