In the coming fiscal year, the White House expects the federal government to spend some $7.5 billion on provisioned services like cloud computing. Four years removed from the unveiling of the Cloud First strategy, the question today isn’t whether agencies will transition services and critical systems to cloud, it’s when. Maximizing investment in the cloud requires a strategy that factors in risk, security, cost, agility and a hard...

Agencies across government are expanding their C-suites with a new kind of technology expert: the Chief Data Officer. Charged with helping agencies derive new insights from existing – and expanding – data sets, CDOs are primed to play a major role in the future of government technology. As Chief Data Officers work to define their new roles, they will face a suite of opportunities and challenges that will shape their day-to-day effo...

The mission of Excellence in Government is to provide current and rising federal leadership with the latest innovations critical to overcome key challenges, best practices and case studies, essential research and insights to further career goals and agency missions, and a place to connect with fellow leaders and discuss solutions to today’s most critical issues. In 2015, Excellence in Government: The Agency of the Futurewill focus on pro...

How Cloud is Driving Tomorrow’s Digital Government -- Cloud computing made early waves in government for its penchant to save agencies money and realize efficiencies inherent in purchasing IT as a service, but cloud has now become integral to a next-generation digital government. The federal government is both a massive consumer and producer of myriad data sets, and cloud computing is rapidly becoming the de facto mechanism for how data...

What brand attributes do government purchasers value most? Join us on December 10th at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner for an exclusive sneak preview of early research results from Leading Brands in Government - a new marketing intelligence program examining what government purchase influencers value most in their selection of vendors and how they perceive contractor brands. Hear early insights only available at this event, including: What con...

Today’s organizations and federal agencies have to protect their sensitive data from their own – it’s a simple fact of IT life these days. Thorough cybersecurity plans naturally protect an agency's secret or sensitive information from outsiders, but it’s become all too obvious in recent years that federal cybersecurity efforts must also safeguard that vital data from trusted insiders. Through malicious action or neglige...

Records and Information Management in the Federal Government has reached a tipping point in how information is created, managed, and retired or ultimately destroyed. With pressures on agencies reaching new levels of volumes and content types for both physical and digital records, and government initiatives intersecting at critical deadlines, agencies need to think differently about the future of their information management programs. Re-defini...

Big data is changing the business of government. Many agencies have turned to a platform-based approach that bundles big data tools like analytics and information management software together. This innovative approach to managing an ever-growing deluge of disparate data, allows agencies to simplify their IT landscape and make the most of their limited budget dollars. Across government, technology is doing the analytic legwork in a simplified a...

The federal government occupies approximately 500,000 buildings worldwide, spending billions of dollars annually on operational costs alone. Yet some agencies are using technology in unique ways to curb energy consumption and realize efficiencies integral to the overall success of their missions. This panel would explore the government’s innovative efforts to maximize efficiencies through data analysis and data-driven technology. Join us...

As early as next year, Department of Defense (DoD) personnel may be able to connect their personal mobile devices - Android, iPhone, iPad - to unclassified DoD networks. To get to a true Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategy, however, the DoD will need to focus on four key areas: technology, policy, security and culture. While ensuring that the devices themselves meet minimum security requirements is important, the greatest challenge will be o...