As multiple, prior administrations came to understand, a good portion of the annual Federal IT budget is allocated to keeping legacy systems functioning, ultimately draining precious funds away from modernizing systems and capabilities. Over the years, costs to maintain these “end-of-life” systems continued to grow. The goal of the IT Modernization effort is to replace legacy IT systems and modernize so agencies can (1) more easily...

Changes continue in how the federal government operates and manages technology for improving service, including the Administration challenging government agencies to focus on effective ways to foster citizen engagement. DGI’s 18th Government Customer Experience Conference — which is free for government professionals — will explore the policies, applications and technologies involved with improving customer experience and citi...

As a follow-up to Digital Government Institute’s popular Cyber Security Conference held each May, government IT security professionals will once again gather in August to network and continue the dialog about today’s cyber threats. The Cyber & IT Security Conference is co-located with the 6th annual 930gov Conference, Tradeshow & Training Symposium. 930gov is a fiscal year-end strategy exchange bringing together Government...

Data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication. The growing use of collaborative technologies – from mobile devices and social media to virtualization and cloud computing – will continue to be one of the most significant factors impacting the security landscape. For these reasons, the federal government has increased efforts to minimize and prevent cyber security attacks, and will continue to place signific...

Cloud Computing continues to grow in importance in the public sector. Agency personnel responsible for developing and implementing cloud-based solutions -- for implementing data center consolidation and other technology efficiencies -- continue to look for opportunities to learn about the best technologies, configurations, service and deployment models and appropriate mix of cloud services -- based on their government agency requirements. Digi...

As a follow-up to Digital Government Institute’s popular flagship E-Discovery, Records & Information Conference held in March, government Records Management professionals will once again gather in September to network and continue the dialog about e-discovery, records and information management policies, applications and technologies, to include updates to meeting the Government Records Directive requirements. The Records Management...

As multiple, prior administrations came to understand, a good portion of the annual Federal IT budget is allocated to keeping legacy systems functioning, ultimately draining precious funds away from modernizing systems and capabilities. Over the years, costs to maintain these “end-of-life” systems continued to grow. The goal of the IT Modernization effort is to replace legacy IT systems and modernize so agencies can (1) more easily...

As a follow-up to Digital Government Institute’s popular Cyber Security Conference held each May, government IT security professionals will once again gather in September to network and continue the dialog about today’s cyber threats. The Cyber & IT Security Conference is co-located with the 5th annual 930gov Conference, Tradeshow & Training Symposium. 930gov is a fiscal year-end strategy exchange bringing together Governme...

There are plenty of changes underway in how the federal government operates and manages technology for improving service, including the Administration challenging government agencies to focus on effective ways to foster citizen engagement. DGI’s 17th Government Customer Experience Conference — which is free for government professionals — will explore the policies, applications and technologies involved with improving customer...

The 2016 annual conference for PNWGITA will be taking place April 18 & 19 2016 meeting at the Future of Flight in Mukilteo, WA only 30 minutes North of downtown Seattle. Come to Mukilteo, participate in our sessions and discuss today’s hot topics in Geomatics with your peers. We have a phenomenal roster of industry leading speakers that is second to none. GITA Pacific Northwest represents and supports the Geomatics industry throughou...