With all the buzz surrounding disruptive technologies like machine learning, blockchain, artificial intelligence, drones and more, it can be easy to forget federal technology’s raison d’être: enable the mission. These technologies are a means to the mission’s end, empowering agencies to achieve mission goals more efficiently and securely while permanently changing roles and processes. Join Government Executive and Next...

Russia, China and Iran. Legacy systems and an aging workforce. An incredibly vulnerable national critical infrastructure. Cybersecurity threats exist almost everywhere you look. Whether it’s organized hackers, institutional breakdowns or simply a system that previously didn’t need cyber protection, the problems government cyber officials face are almost everywhere. Luckily, in recent years and too many breaches to count, there are...

Technology is changing the way government interacts with the citizens it serves, offering new tools, techniques, and frameworks. We'll explore these changing dynamics and take a look at case studies from agencies and teams who have transformed the way their services are designed, delivered, and perceived, all with an eye towards championing their customers — the citizens and people who use their services.

The push for innovation has made our world more interconnected than ever. IT advancements in cloud, IoT and mobility have forced interdependency among federal agencies and reliance on various outside vendors and contractors to enhance productivity and ensure efficiency. With innovation comes vulnerability, such as cyber breaches and compromised information - so how can federal agencies stay technologically progressive, but still remain secure?...

In its fifth year, the 2016 Cloudera Government Forum will bring together public and private sector practitioners to discuss the state of data analytics and share case studies of how agencies are leveraging their data to enable improved decision-making. Spend a day discovering how your organization can evolve with transformative technologies powered by Apache Hadoop and results-driven data management and analysis.

Managing, matching, and analyzing cultural name data continues to be one of the most challenging aspects of recognizing those masking or misrepresenting their identities. Long before the attacks on the USS Cole, Pentagon and World Trade Center, there was the 1993 shooting at the CIA Headquarters where Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani militant, killed two and wounded three CIA employees. Kansi had entered the United Status under the family name Ka...

Each year, federal agency Inspectors General offer up their lists of each agency’s top management challenges. The President’s Management Agenda is comprised of initiatives designed to resolve these major management challenges and improve the performance and efficiency of the federal government. This session will explore these challenges and what progress we’re making addressing them. Tune in to learn: What are the top manage...

Sequestration and budget constraints have had a profound effect on already-limited federal resources. Agencies face the unenviable task of managing increased workloads with decreased tools. Given this state of fiscal affairs, what can agencies do to contain and diminish the impact of spending cuts and stalemate budgets, while maximizing data to achieve their goals?

Force Readiness is at the forefront of the federal government’s agenda. Preparedness planners must be able to provide predictive insights about availability and readiness in order to support the multiple roles of our armed forces in addition to humanitarian and healthcare missions such as delivering global aid, responding to natural disasters, meeting global pandemic disease threats, and responding to traumatic mass casualty incidents. R...

Used to dealing with companies that distinguish themselves through superior customer engagement, today’s public has come to expect a level of customer experience to which most agencies haven’t been able to live up. However, the Obama administration’s prioritization of customer experience puts federal agencies in the challenging position of pushing to provide a first-class customer experience while meeting their unique missio...