DESCRIPTION: The Shared Services concept of sharing a service or critical expertise across multiple business or mission functions within a particular agency or across multiple agencies has been around for many years with the intent of building high-quality capacity through economies of scale. The goal for Shared Services is to improve quality, consistency, and timeliness, reduce duplicative investments, and provide cost effectiveness of servic...

IT modernization remains a critical component for federal agencies looking to improve operational efficiencies, digitize customer experiences and bolster service delivery and government operations. Beyond the technology changes, these efforts are normally complex and fraught with policy, legal, budgetary and workforce challenges, and can take years to fully accomplish. How can agencies successfully navigate the complex maze of technology, proc...

Registration for this event is now closed Office of Inspector General (OIG) organizations are increasingly seeking modern, secure, cloud-based solutions to provide independent oversight and monitoring of agency audit cycles and event-driven inspections and investigations. Using a pre-built solution to accelerate this cloud journey helps deliver cost-effective custom applications with the speed and stability of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) p...

Every four years, the Presidential transition from one administration to another presents the Federal Government with one of its most daunting challenges. The planning for this enormous undertaking starts months before the actual election and swearing-in of the President. Behind the scenes, this change has a profound impact on how the Departments function and how they address immediate needs and plan for the future. It is not just a change in...

The gap is widening. Your Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) challenges aren't getting any easier—onboarding still takes too long; you have a backlog of assessment work; and you're not covering as much of your vendor portfolio as you know you should. There are more vendors every day and there is more work to do, yet your TPRM resources have stayed relatively flat. It's impossible to keep up. It doesn't have to be that way. Forward-thinki...

The whirlwind of artificial intelligence tools in 2023 proved the government is eager to embrace the technology as soon as possible. An overwhelming 99% of agency leaders agree investing in safe and effective AI is essential to fulfilling their mission, according to a recent survey conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of ICF. Despite being rich in data, many agencies are lagging in the data modernization needed to support AI – and c...

Governments see the potential of Generative AI (GenAI) but recognize the need for responsible use. Pennsylvania formed a task force to explore ethical implications across sectors, while Ohio enacted a law requiring public agencies to seek approval and assess potential impacts before adopting GenAI - both pioneering states setting the stage for thoughtful and transparent implementation of this powerful technology. Join Elastic for a webinar on...

DESCRIPTION: Government and industry leaders are embracing an accelerated pace of Change. Digital Transformation is an approach they use to identify potential disruptions, create or modify status quo business processes, work culture, and customer experience, to meet the evolving challenges and promote used in government and industry to create or modify the status quo business processes, work culture, and customer experience to meet he evolving...

The world of technology is advancing rapidly, and the federal government needs leaders who can persevere. The federal government must foster proactive, forward-thinking, and adaptable leadership to drive innovation and success. To achieve this, the federal government must develop short-term and long-term goals aligning with objectives, track progress, and motivate teams toward success. With these strategies in place, agencies can empower leade...

Hybrid cloud infrastructure is complex and time-consuming to secure, manage and maintain. Modern organizations must contend with multiple cloud providers and a myriad cloud, security, and observability tools, which add layers of complexity and make it challenging to detect security threats and performance anomalies. The DoD must not only face these challenges, but also must account for disrupted, disconnected, intermittent and low-bandwidth (D...