Define and establish diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility communications for your organization at Diversity, Equity & Inclusion For Government. Government agencies are in varying stages of implementing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs. Whether you’re determining where to start, or how to grow your initiatives—you can take action now by learning best practices from your federal, state, and loca...

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Hosted annually since 1999, the Government Performance Summit (GPS) is the annual performance management event for the Federal, State & Local government organizations. The Summit is led by speakers from upper echelons of the Executive and Legislative branches, subject matter experts in Federal, State and Local space as well as industry leaders well versed in implementing increased efficiencies, and improved processes with quantitative res...

The Society of Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP) will host its Annual National Education Conference (NEC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from June 14-16, 2022. The in-person 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 education credits for CGMP and CMP are availabl...

About the NAGC Communications School: The NAGC Communications School is the only event of its kind that provides invaluable networking opportunities and practical educational sessions to help government communicators increase their skills. Federal, state and local government communicators and contractors gather to network and attend educational sessions. Who Should Attend: Federal, state, and local government communicators, including contracto...

With cyberattacks on the increase at all levels of government, The White House issued a new executive order at the end of January that requires agencies to have a zero trust architecture in place by the end of FY 2024. The Office of Management and Budget followed with a memorandum (M-22-09) that laid out the requirements agencies must meet and the deadlines for completing the tasks outlined in the document. OMB identified five areas of focus--...

Forced by the pandemic and remote work requirements, agencies at all levels of governments made a pivot to digital services quickly in 2020. Now, many organizations are pausing to evaluate their progress so far and create a strategic plan to target new opportunities, evaluate customer expectations and experience, and address workforce training needed in the new environment. As part of this digital re-evaluation, agencies will need to get buy-i...

The nation’s defense systems and capabilities are challenged as never before-- on the ground, in the air, on the seas, in cyberspace and real space. The military must rise to those challenges on all those fronts to ensure the nation is secure. Information technology remains warfighters’ and defenders’ powerful primary tool for their jobs. From cloud computing, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, to machine learning and...

Data has become the lifeblood of federal, state and local agencies’ missions, allowing more nimble, informed and effective operations and service. It drives almost every aspect of government services, from cyber threat detection, to mission critical support operations at civilian and military agencies, to externally-facing customer services. Understanding how to harness that data and use it in new, innovative ways remains a continuing ch...

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...