AFCEA Bethesda's Monthly Breakfast series features panel discussions led by senior-executive government representatives. The goals of the event series are to foster better inter-agency communication, share best practices and lessons learned and identify mission-critical IT issues affecting the federal IT community. With speakers drawn largely from federal civilian agencies, the panel format offers a compelling snapshot of multiple agency persp...

There’s a good reason that the Report on Federal IT Modernization identifies the cloud as an essential platform for IT in the years ahead. Cloud has the potential not only to improve the efficiency of existing services, but also to enable the development of a new generation of services. But there are still a lot of questions to be answered. To fully leverage cloud computing, agencies need to rethink their IT architecture, address lingeri...

Between the Report on Federal IT Modernization, the MGT Act, and the cyber executive order, the administration has put in place a framework for agency efforts to modernize their approach to manage their IT operations and delivering services. The question, now, is how to translate that framework into an actionable strategy. This event will provide agencies with an opportunity to delve into key issues around cloud, cybersecurity, acquisition, an...

A data analytics initiative is not just about the data. It’s about putting in place the technology, policies, and processes needed to leverage the full benefits of an analytics program. It’s about removing the barriers to identifying and sharing potentially valuable data streams. And it’s about understanding the organizational and cultural challenges of institutionalizing analytics as a discipline. This event will bring toget...

AFCEA Bethesda's Monthly Breakfast series features panel discussions led by senior-executive government representatives. The goals of the event series are to foster better inter-agency communication, share best practices and lessons learned and identify mission-critical IT issues affecting the federal IT community. With speakers drawn largely from federal civilian agencies, the panel format offers a compelling snapshot of multiple agency persp...

The White House American Technology Council (ATC) IT Modernization Report released August 30 emphasizes the need for updated IT infrastructure and shared services. Join AFCEA Bethesda for part two of the Chapter’s “New Faces, New Places” 90-Day sprint series with a focus on new faces in federal IT Modernization. Senior executives from across Federal civilian agencies will discuss: Adoption of cloud and collaboration tools Mod...

This is the second event in our 90 day, 3-part "IT Moderization" Sprint exploring Presidential Transition: The Impact on Fed IT, Building the Enterprise of the Future, and Executive Roundtable: Legacy Systems Modernization. The Monthly Breakfast Series The Monthly Breakfast Series features panel discussions with speakers drawn largely from federal civilian agencies. Breakfast topics span a wide range of timely issues and are presented in a for...

Presidential transitions are always a time of change and uncertainty about the future. While federal services and missions will go on, many government-wide initiatives seem to hang in the balance. The new Administration has the chance to re-prioritize federal IT reforms through budget restructuring and appointments. The current Administration has made huge strides with regards to open data and digital services, and issued directives that under...

Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals were established in the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, and the Obama Administration has adopted a limited number of CAP Goals to improve cross-agency coordination and best practice information sharing. Twenty-four major federal agencies have set mission-oriented and management-focused performance goals to improve their effectiveness, efficiency and accountability to citizens. The...

In this second of the Customer of the Future 90-Day Sprint Series, hear how senior government executives are reshaping their enterprises to support an increasingly mobile and remote workforce for the digital era. Desktop virtualization and cloud computing offer new ways to give agency employees secure remote access to their applications and information, which have the potential to enhance employee collaboration, engagement and operational effi...