In 2022, the Government Technology & Services Coalition acquired the FITGov Summit to expand the exceptional collaboration and exchange already established by the community. GTSC reimagined the Summit to address the need to govern rapidly advancing technology, spurred by the explosion of artificial intelligence, particularly the challenges around ChatGPT and other machine learning. The GTSC FITGov Summit brings senior leadership from the f...

For fourteen years, the FITGov Summit has offered excellent learning opportunities for the CPIC community under the auspices of the AIM Council. In 2022, the Government Technology & Services Coalition acquired the Summit to expand the exceptional collaboration and exchange already established by the community. The GTSC FITGov Summit will continue to bring senior leadership from the federal government together, to share innovative ideas, ex...

Join us for CYBER 2022 the deepest dive into the cybersecurity solutions for government. We have structured this collaboration with the goal of furthering the President’s Executive Order on Enhancing the Nation’s Cyber Security and will focus on: Modernizing Federal Cybersecurity, Practices that Enhance the Software Supply Chain Security, Responding to Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities and Incidents, and Improving Detection of Cybersec...

Public-private partnerships (P3s) have long been a valuable way for state and local governments to reduce risk, speed implementation and leverage private-sector expertise for public-sector projects and services. Particularly for communications and connectivity, these partnerships have played a crucial role in equipping governments with much-needed technology. As governments look to maximize their investments from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA...

The opioid crisis is shifting, not ending. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics estimated that more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States between April 2020 to April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the same period the year before. As states continue to clamp down on abuse of legal prescriptions, the prevalence and variety of opioids and other illegal drugs continues to grow. These drugs and associated drug...

Signed into law in March 2022, the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act (SACA) legally requires operators of critical infrastructure such as water systems or electrical grids, to alert Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within 72 hours of any data breach. Organizations that make a ransomware payment have 24 hours to report those details. As local and state agencies of all sizes continue to be target...

Open to Public Sector Only. This year’s Digital Government Summit will be “digital” in every way! The conference is being held in a virtual format on Zoom for Government, a FedRAMP-certified infrastructure with advanced security controls, that is used for meetings and webinars by the Department of Homeland Security and numerous other federal, state and local agencies. Zoom for Government leverages one of the largest secured n...

With the abrupt shift to remote work due to COVID-19, public and private institutions were forced to quickly adapt to the new working environment with technologies that enable digital collaboration and productivity while also securing and protecting agency information and offsite devices. Six months in, it is clear that telework is not just a temporary solution, and for government agencies, continuing to protect information security is paramou...

Traditional remote voting options have raised questions around security, reliability and accessibility, but the current environment leaves many states and localities with few options. Fortunately, advancements in mobile, app-based voting make it a viable – and secure – alternative to help protect public health in the upcoming election. On August 31, Governing and Voatz are joining together for an information-packed webcast on how a...

New technology will play a vital role in future military aircraft, satellites and rockets. How are organizations planning to use these critical technologies and what challenges are standing in the way? This webcast will explore aerospace modernization and what it will take to make innovation a reality. Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber will sit down with experts across the military, academia and industry to discuss the technology that w...