DevOps in the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise Learn about how the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) is using DevOps and constant coordination with industry to ensure latest tools get to IC and DoD customers (Programs and developers). The DI2E Developer Collaboration Tools are used by Government programs and their supporting developers and provide documentation and design artifact hosting, issue tracking, and projec...

With the explosion in biomedical data, the current scarcity is not in information, but in time and expertise to connect and analyze it. It would take somewhere on the order of half a million manhours to read just the abstracts of every journal article published in PubMed, and nearly a year of 24/7 reading to keep up with the 500,000 added each year. The Biomedical Data Translator is an effort to integrate multiple types of existing data from d...

Bridging the Cyber Talent Gap in GovernmentRecent reports estimate that there will be a staggering 3.5 million unfilled cyber positons in 2021. Cybersecurity engineers who possess the right certifications and education can command top salaries at any company they choose. The Federal government is the #1 target for cybercriminals, so, in the face of this shortage of cyber talent, how can government organizations succeed in the race for cyber t...

The Symposium has been rescheduled for February 6, 2019. That vital systems and processes sustaining critical urban infrastructures in the US are at great risk of repeated cyber attacks is undeniable. There is little debate that national level cyber security strategies must make this risk a top priority. Fortunately, innovative work is already underway and instructive findings are available for review and decision-making. The City of Houston,...

The cyber front is about more than just security. Defending in cyberspace takes a holistic approach, encompassing technology, policy and people. CyberCon brings together military, intelligence community and homeland security leaders to discuss the latest in cyber defense and offense, and the future of cyberwar at home and abroad.

GAIN CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE FORMEETING YOURMODERNIZATION NEEDS AUSA Conference-Events Center - 2425 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22201 Hosted by ITPA in conjunction with Accelera Solutions, the “EIS IT-Cloud Transformation Symposium will focus on Transition Services and GSA’s $50 Billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solution (EIS) Contract for modernizing and replacement of agency wide telecommunication and IT network infrastructur...

To keep pace with the needs of citizens in the 21st century, agencies must embrace digital transformation—fundamentally changing the way they operate in a digital-first world. The challenge, though, is that most agencies are stuck in the past, hamstrung by legacy systems that are both costly to maintain and vulnerable to evolving security threats. Agencies must invest in modern infrastructure, automated delivery models, and new IT and cu...

The 2018 Blockchain and Automated IT for Government Summit will provide a forum for members of the DoD, Federal Government, Private Industry, Academia, and other relevant stakeholders to discuss the innovative capabilities and applications of blockchain, robotic process automation, emerging machine-learning capabilities and varying automated IT technologies for improving business processes within the DoD and Government IT environments.

AFCEA Washington, DC hosts nine monthly luncheon programs featuring a panel of government and military leaders. Our monthly programs draw between 350-400 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community, ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goal of our monthly events is to fost...

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...