Massachusetts has long been a national technology center and a leader in innovation with a large number of universities and a highly educated population. In an effort to better serve its tech savvy citizens, the Commonwealth has undertaken one of the nation’s most sweeping reorganizations of its IT services. Join INPUT and TechAmerica for a State and Local Executive Breakfast featuring Anne Margulies, Chief Information Officer, Commonwea...

The GSA/DHS Building on 7th and D Street will hold a Spring Technology Expo in the Cafeteria and Room 5009 on the fifth floor. This building houses the Department of Homeland Security CIO’s Office and the GSA Office of Information Security. Sponsored by the GSA’s Center for Information Security Services, the expo will be open to all building personnel.In 2009, over 200 exposition attendees included Contracting Officers, IT Speciali...

Learn the Fundamentals of Government Contracting The federal government procurement process presents a steep learning curve for individuals and companies new to the market. This seminar provides the essentials that will help you get a quick start on pursuing opportunities and growing your business. What You Will Learn: Structure of the federal government Federal budget process Federal buying cycle and selling approaches Key opportunities and t...

Government in today's business environment is facing new management paradigms. Agencies are facing demands for decreased development costs, reduced time to deployment, and increased scrutiny into capital investments. New business solutions must address these shifts. These new solutions must also address the evolving pressures of regulatory requirements including the latest demands for transparency and accountability, combined with the prolifer...

For state and local government organizations, the network has become a critical vehicle for delivering services to the community as well as to other government agencies. However, network managers are challenged to secure the network and deliver high quality of experience to all users in the face of increasing traffic, decreasing budgets and frequent cyber-attacks, as well as federal broadband initiatives. Please join Allot Communications for a...

Mocana, which secures the “Internet of Things,” protects the 20 billion non-PC devices that are increasingly connecting to networks across every sector of our economy including Federal and Medical. These devices already outnumber workstations on the Internet by about five to one. Each device represents a comparatively easy way to infiltrate the rest of the network as hacks, malware and viruses grow more numerous and sophisticated....

Improve Control of Your Project PortfolioHP Project and Portfolio Management (HP-PPM) is a centralized software tool and service offering that enables agencies to more effectively manage demand. This in turn will improve their ability to respond quickly to enterprise project requirements and legislative/regulatory mandates. A better view into the agencies’ IT project portfolio provides critical decision support information to administra...

Nations around the world are grappling with the challenge of “open government”. Many are openly stating that they embrace it, most are struggling to understand what it is and how to actually implement it. Why are they so intent on this? Because the people, the constituents they serve, of all kinds, from families to communities, corporations to small business and non-profits, and public sector employees themselves are demanding it....

On April 26, 2010, President Obama established an Interagency Task Force to develop proposals and recommendations for enhancing the use of small businesses in Federal contracting, including businesses owned by women, minorities, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and service-disabled veterans of our Armed Forces. The Memorandum establishing the Task Force is available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidentia...

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