Veterans Affairs is the largest civilian agency in the US Federal government. It offers a vast array of opportunities for vendors. Yet, selling into VA can be challenging. With its size comes complexity. In our first of four webcasts, we'll address the budget, strategy and priorities of the VA's Office of Information and Technology (OIT). Those who attend will come away with a better understanding of how decisions are made and by whom.

From wildfires and hurricanes to increasing crime rates and the continuing pandemic, public safety organizations at all levels of government find themselves spread thin these days. However, a continued wave of technology innovations can help fill their need for better data, quicker response and effective delivery of services. The move of many public safety organizations to the cloud has opened new options for using and sharing operational data...

Artificial intelligence is increasing productivity and driving federal agency missions forward. But challenges remain on getting the workforce productive and integrated into the technology, and also hiring and recruiting the best talent. AI leaders discuss change management principles and how they are upskilling and training the next generation of the public service AI workforce.

It’s never been more obvious that cybersecurity is critical to the missions of every organization across the public sector. As the nation looks to recover from a once-in-a-century pandemic and increasing and more sophisticated cyberattacks, the U.S. government must ensure that it can secure its networks and data against evolving threats and provide resilient services to Americans during this new normal. Join top public sector decision-ma...

ICIT 2021 Fall Briefing The 2021 ICIT Fall Briefing Series will be hosted on-line as a series of three weekly virtual events focused on cyber convergence or integrating physical and cyber security strategies. CISA suggests that business leaders develop a “…holistic security strategy that aligns cybersecurity and physical security functions…”. By bringing together top public and private sector leaders, ICIT is advancin...

A comprehensive and secure data strategy is essential for federal and state agencies to deliver on their missions. Data is the foundation for most emerging technologies and agencies are poised to transform the way they think about, manage and secure their agencies data.The SNG Live Virtual Speaker Series will gather IT decision-makers to discuss best practices and the progress they’re making around data strategy, and how it undergirds de...

The world is facing a digital boom with massive amounts of data generated each and every day. There’s 40-times more bytes of data than the number of stars in the observable universe. And soon, a vast majority of the global GDP will be digitized. So, now what? After an unprecedented year of increased remote work, more data is being produced than ever before. In the age of open data, where intelligent applications are running on hybrid pla...

Active or current (used within 24 months) security clearance issued by the U.S. federal government is REQUIRED for this event. Are you nearing separation or retirement and looking for a Defense, Space, Cyber, IT, or Intelligence Job? Do you have an active or current federal security clearance and interested in finding new career opportunities? Learn, chat and network with defense, technical and intelligence focused employers to explore job and...

Join us for a 4-part educational series on how event streaming enables legacy modernization and cost reduction. Our leading Apache Kafka experts will share how customers are improving customer experience and operational efficiency with a real-time data pipeline - eliminating the point-to-point connections and allowing your services to scale effectively and teams to work with one another. We will explore these topics and more: Rethink tradition...

Government agencies are constantly working to improve the citizen experience, but in the now-year since the COVID-19 pandemic forced users to interface more with their governments and higher education institutions from home, digital services have taken on a crucial role.State and local agencies, as well as higher education institutions’ investment in digital services provides for a citizen-centric approach to IT but also improves efficie...