Thousands of women have worked to provide U.S. government data and statistical analysis. This data helps the government operate but also helps civilians, nonprofits, and academia. Even though there have been great advances with women in the government, there is still a large gender gap in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 26.9% of women make up the federal technology workforce according to a recent study by the Equal Em...

The rise of data and analytics has heightened the need to overcome challenges posed by data literacy, culture, privacy, and accuracy in attaining actionable data insights. How are government leaders prioritizing all of the considerations they face and what lessons learned are they continuing to follow as their architectures evolve? Tune into this session to hear about data challenges as their architecture evolves and how government leaders are...

Implementing and staying up to date with your agency’s zero trust model can be challenging for a few reasons. Top three challenges that Federal agencies are facing includes: Complexity of implementing a zero trust model across a network with many diverse and large departments, agencies, and systems. Meeting compliance requirements in place to access data and systems within an agency. Especially as ZT may require significant changes to yo...

Federal regulations and agency policies can slow down the procurement processes. This stops an organization from being able to utilize the newest technologies. How can an organization deliver goods and services faster, more accurately, and with more predictable outcomes while following the needed guidelines? Tune in to this session to hear the challenges and successes of operating within the parameters of an organization’s requirements....

Federal use of cloud is a result of over a decade of legislation and funding being driven towards modernization. As more and more agencies have switched to cloud environments, further modernization of their IT systems has encouraged the Federal government to look at new technologies. Hear experts talk about where they are in the cloud journey and how it has impacted their abilities to implement other new technologies! examine the current chall...

Join us on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 for a night in celebration of the GITEC 2022 Award Winners. The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) GITEC Emerging Technology Awards will recognize government teams who have made significant contributions in the advancement and implementation of technology innovations. The awards will honor a government team deserving recognition for driving towards digital transformation.

With many older systems in place, the government is one sector that could use DevOps the most. However, like many industries, there are often challenges adopting new ways of doing things. That being said, this panel will focus on roadblocks towards DevOp adoption and addressing how to overcome them. What are the challenges to Devops adoption? What are steps that help make DevOps a reality? Join us for this discussion as topic experts will disc...

Listen as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Analytics experts explain the importance of AI and Data Analytics across the Federal Government. In this period of time of building the “new normal”, what emerging technology has led to strengthening AI and Data Analytics? This event will set out to explain the emerging technology that has been used to strategize federal AI and Data Analytics, along with the future of AI and Data Anal...

Cyber threats are evolving at such rates that Federal training of cybersecurity practitioners are struggling to keep up. The continued cybersecurity push across government and industry, it is increasingly important for organizations to have proactive cyber plans in place. As the nation looks to recover from a once-in-a-century pandemic and increasingly more sophisticated cyberattacks, the U.S. government must ensure that it can secure its netw...

Modern productivity means getting work done whenever and wherever needed. The evolution of mobile devices and networks has enabled agencies to accomplish more. Mobility has also brought together an ecosystem of interconnected networks, operating systems, mobile applications, cloud services, and data. This, coupled with efforts to shift towards zero trust architectures, requires agencies to be more diligent than ever in how they adopt and imple...