Modernizing the federal government's information technology (IT) infrastructure is critical to improving government services. This is a core theme in the President's Management Agenda (PMA), the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA) and the IT Modernization Centers of Excellence. In most current federal environments, responsibilities for service delivery is separated across different areas within agencies. This results in a lac...

ACT-IAC's third Annual Forum will feature wide-ranging discussions among top executives, government leaders and industry experts on bold ideas, policies, and strategies to harness emerging technologies - including Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud, Artificial Intelligence and other cognitive technologies - for advancing economic growth and inclusion, modernizing governments and industries, promoting safety and security, and ensuring...

This forum will provide government and industry with a much clearer understanding of Robotics Process Automation (RPA), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intelligent Automation. To set the stage for this half-day forum, we are providing a short description of these terms. RPA promises to speed up and automate routine processes while reducing the amount of errors, which in turn will enable human team members to pursue higher value tasks that can...

This forum seeks to bring together people from the data, analysis, financial, policy and public communities to better understand the challenges and solutions to financial integrity. This forum is looking to provide cases of how using seemingly disparate data led to company or agency success. We want you to imagine the possibilities and provide you with a couple of tools along the way. Keynote Speaker:Suzette Kent, Federal Chief Information Of...

INVENTING THE FUTURE OF MISSION DELIVERY TOGETHER For three days in October, forward-thinking leaders of government and industry will converge in Philadelphia to network, share, learn, collaborate, and forge actionable approaches and practices that maximize the value we provide to our nation’s citizens. Covering the Most Important Topics at Imagine Nation - ELC 2018 Acquisition: Innovations in Acquisition, Other Transaction AuthoritiesB...

Deep Dive into NASA SEWP's Acquisition Tips, Tools and Innovations Get a Deep Dive into NASA SEWP - this session starts with a quick overview of the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract vehicle and promptly moves to an interactive web-based demonstration with participant engagement activities. You will learn in-depth details on SEWP as an IT acquisition vehicle that provides simplified acquisitions using customer frie...

Identity and Access Management is key and crucial to managing the roles and access privileges of individual network users through a digital ID that has to be maintained, modified and monitored throughout what many call “the access lifecycle”. This entire process is inextricably linked to the security and productivity of an organization to protect their digital assets and enhance business productivity. Whether it be an individual di...

In the past, many federal agencies paid little attention to customer experience as many felt they were often the only place a citizen could go to get important jobs done such as filing for social security or Medicare, paying taxes, getting a passport or sending a letter in the mail. As citizen expectations have been shaped by their commercial experiences with service providers, federal agencies are now expected to provide speedy and efficient...

Mission Possible We are living in a time of unprecedented change. In the world, our country, economy, and government and in the area of emerging technologies - everything is changing. It is not only possible, but imperative that we harness change, to make our government more effective, secure and citizen driven. This conference is designed to share ideas and successes that will lead to this outcome. Are you results-driven? Successful in your f...

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) invites you to Drones in the Federal Airspace and Internet of Things (IoT) Forum on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at the Renaissance Washington in Washington, DC.The theme, "Unleashing the Power of IoT and Drone Technology', will focus on how drones and IoT are currently being used in the federal arena and look to the endless possibilities that IoT and Drones can offer. The...