The COVID pandemic spurred agencies to move their data and applications to the cloud quicker than many had planned to make it more accessible for a remote workforce and to protect it from intensifying cyberattacks. More than a year into the new normal world of remote work, agencies are evaluating the best ways to secure the hybrid and multi clouds and their data troves to make sure it can meet the increased challenges. In May 2020, the Biden A...

5th Annual Conference: VIRTUAL + IN-PERSON! The VIB Network is excited to be virtual + in-person experiences. This conference will bring together more Veteran Businesses, Corporations, and Government Agencies nationwide. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and share through an easy and engaging virtual conference platform. We are blending virtual with in-person for a unique hybrid experience. In-person experiences...

In just a few short years, Robotic Process Automation has gone from a few scattered pilot projects to an essential tool deployed by dozens of agencies. Hundreds of thousands of staff-hours have been saved, and organizations are increasingly looking to leverage artificial intelligence to automate more-complicated workflows. Automation at scale comes with challenges, however -- from credential management to siloed systems to ensuring that outdat...

The Society of Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP) will celebrate its 40th anniversary and host its Annual National Education Conference (NEC) in Huntsville, Alabama from September 21-23, 2021 and virtually. The hybrid conference is the oldest annual event in the government meetings industry and where government planners and suppliers from across the country come together for non-stop education, resources and connections. Nine continuing e...

Federal agencies must shift fully to electronic records management by December 2022, when the National Archives and Records Administration will stop accepting new paper records. Successfully making that transition entails far more than simply digitizing existing documents. Meeting the goals set by M-19-21 demands changes to current business processes, dramatically different approaches to content classification, new systems that are digital thr...

The Virtual Leadership Summit II remains by far the best value for your dollar and continues to be committed to Federal Government training, education and learning. The workshops will focus on such topics as Leadership Development, Training Design & Development, Career Development, Learning Measurement & Analytics and Learning Technologies. We have so much to offer in a single week and most important is the networking opportunities. So...

EXCEL is the premier training conference for equal employment opportunity and human resource professionals, employment law attorneys, and alternative dispute resolution professionals in both the private and public sector (including federal, state, and local) communities. This highly informative and interactive training conference, featuring EEOC senior leaders and some of the nation’s most sought-after experts in EEO, offers nearly 40 l...

The Department of Defense's cloud strategy aims to transform virtually every aspect of the warfighting effort, and has resulted in a rapidly growing ecosystem of both general-purpose and fit-for-purpose clouds. Some of those efforts are unique to DOD, reflecting the scale, missions and austere operating environments of military operations, while others are readily transferrable to most any agency. All, however, hold valuable lessons for those...

As agencies push their modernization and digital transformation efforts forward, they know that the foundation of the work must focus on the network level. Right before the pandemic hit, the CIO Council provided a white paper to help agencies lay out a plan for their next generation networks. It discussed how new and emerging technologies will change networks of the future and predicted increased use of 5G wireless networks and software define...

Two years after the White House issued an executive order creating a national strategy for artificial intelligence, agencies are moving past pilot projects and are looking for the next level of AI in government. Although some of the most visible projects are at NASA, DOD and IRS, many agencies are working on developing AI projects that support services, improve mission effectiveness and decision making and automate repetitive tasks. There is a...