Law enforcement and national security depends on adaptation—adaptation to the economy, adaptation to technology and adaptation to criminal methodologies. As budgetary cutbacks become commonplace in the Federal government, creativity in new technology initiatives must take precedence as agencies are increasingly expected to do more with less. Law enforcement agencies and officers will need to use new tools, including, data analytics, sec...

AFCEA Bethesda is excited to announce this year's Fifth Health IT Day is moving back to the Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center. Health IT Day is expected to bring together more than 700 senior-executives and IT professionals from across industry and federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health,...

Law enforcement and national security depends on adaptation—adaptation to the economy, adaptation to technology and adaptation to criminal methodologies. As budgetary cutbacks become commonplace in the Federal government, creativity in new technology initiatives must take precedence as agencies are increasingly expected to do more with less. Law enforcement agencies and officers will need to use new tools, including, data analytics, secu...

AFCEA Bethesda is excited to move this year’s Fourth Health IT Day to its new venue at the Mayflower Reniassance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Health IT Day is expected to bring together more than 600 senior-executives and IT professionals from across industry and federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of H...

Law enforcement has primarily been a reactive process: whether it’s responding to a fire, tracking down a criminal suspect, or enforcing penalties on financial malfeasance. From the first, information technology was deployed to help augment law enforcement’s needs. As these IT systems have grown, so has the need to better manage them. For years, law enforcement has struggled with the task of linking these systems to provide greater...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act promised $19 billion for Health IT. Since then, electronic health records and health IT management have emerged as a major component of the healthcare debate. As industry struggles over the costs and benefits of health IT, many government agencies have surged forward---leading the way, from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Department of Health and Human Services. AFCEA Bethesda’s Healt...