The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is on a years-long journey of data modernization -- as more sources of GEOINT become democratized by private sector companies, more satellites join Earth’s orbit, and more emphasis is placed on larger Department of Defense data-sharing initiatives like Joint All-Domain Command and Control. During this special GovExec TV program, recorded at USGIF’s GEOINT Symposium in St. Louis, you...

Given the most recent Zero Trust guidance and directives from the Whitehouse, OMB, CISA, NSA and DoD, what role does Zero Trust Architectures play in the foreseeable future? How and where will this impact our IT Critical Infrastructure? What impact will Zero Trust have on the federal government’s expanding adoption of IoT? During this digital event government and industry experts will explore what Zero Trust means for the nation’s...

The sophistication and volume of cyber-attacks that government agencies face on a daily basis requires more than just technology to combat it. Zero Trust offers a holistic strategy and framework that is not tied to a single decision of technology, but rather enables IT and agency leaders to promote and support enterprise wide shifts in where and how it provides access to data and/or systems and applications. As agencies consider a zero trust m...

With warfighters and staff already located around the globe, the Department of Defense workforce has become more distributed than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to quickly ramp up telework. As DoD addresses security risks of the expanded network, it is increasingly turning to Zero Trust. This security architecture/paradigm, recently named a top initiative of the Digital Modernization Strategy, is intended to provide protect...

The U.S. Navy finds itself under unexpected new leadership for the second year in a row after losing an acting secretary and an aircraft carrier commander to the coronavirus outbreak aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt this summer. The new hands must chart a course toward the president's mission of more ships, secure technologies, and shows of force.

How should government agencies think about their AI journey? As government leaders strategically approach artificial intelligence, considering their data foundation and maturity, agile and predictive analytics, and people and processes are critical. During this edition of the WWT AI Digital Series, we will share dynamic use cases from companies and agencies who have navigated the AI development journey. We’ll detail the real world outcom...

This October, Government Executive will celebrate Teddy Award winners through a special series of virtual events. Winners will be unveiled each day from October 6-8, 2020. Throughout the week, we'll be unveiling the winners in each category, as well as interviews and presentations from those federal and private sector leaders, including from the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, and more! Details about announcemen...

Federal government agencies and the technology teams working to support them today are facing increasing demands and unprecedented challenges. A top priority for them is cultivating the best possible digital workforce to ensure they are fully prepared to meet these challenges. The continuing retirement of a significant number of experienced tech workers, however, calls for investment in new approaches to talent recruitment, training, and manag...

The newly-established Space Force is pulling in space-based components from across the Army, Navy, and Air Force and integrating capabilities from those services. To military leaders, that means space is now considered to be a war-fighting domain, as China and Russia move swiftly to contest the U.S. presence above. Learn how Space Force is moving ahead with those plans, and new initiatives in Low Earth Orbit sensing, jamming, and next-generati...

Commandant Gen. David Berger has emerged as a forward-leaning leader who is remaking the Corps for modern missions and for modern society. His effort to scrap outdated weapons and formations is already an example to other service branches. His ban of the Confederate flag, months ahead of the summer's protests, is echoing across the Pentagon.