Critical infrastructure services in North America face accelerating threats from both nation-states and other sophisticated threat actors. Governments globally are grappling with how to best balance incentives, support, and direct oversight. Meanwhile, critical infrastructure owners and operators face significant challenges with technology, staff resources, and expertise to better manage cyber resilience. For instance, the healthcare industry...

Cybersecurity is a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s priorities and has never been more important to securing the nation’s infrastructure and data from cyber threats than it is today. Government IT leaders must remain vigilant against near-constant cyber threats while maintaining legacy systems and securing a remote workforce. In this workshop, Nextgov/FCW will examine the most important trends in cybersecurity across the f...

Join us online Wednesday, Nov. 29 at12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT We will discuss how to empower people, strategy and technology for the agency of the future. Specifically, you’ll learn: How technology can help drive mission success. What core skillsets agencies are looking for from their employees to create a more modern government. How agency leaders are prioritizing and strategizing to meet future mission objectives.

The federal government has been proactive in continuity of operations (COOP ) planning since at least the 1950s, when President Eisenhower issued executive orders directing various measures agencies should take to be prepared for a possible nuclear war. The need for COOP leads naturally to the question of resilience – how quickly agencies can recover from events beyond their control. Climate change is a slow-moving tsunami of many smalle...

Burns & McDonnell and Cisco are teaming up to deliver a 2-day utility network training that will cover substation and power systems basics, industrial network design and operations within the substation environment, as well as techniques and architectures to secure your power operational network. This in-person training provides an opportunity for both classroom and hands-on laboratory learning. We'll take you through three key topics that...

October 3 – 4, 2023 | The Sunset Room, National Harbor, Maryland This senior level educational and networking Summit is designed as a highly interactive forum that provides an interchange of in depth knowledge and serves as a catalyst for collaboration across large built environments that share the common goals of: Integrating smart, data-driven capabilities in a usable way to help support energy optimization goals throughout the design,...

The Forum is designed for public and private sector professionals engaged in facility and sustainability projects. offering a chance to connect, share best practices and learn about new emerging technologies. Join us for a hybrid online and inperson event highlighting strategies, best practices and technologies behind successful public sector facility projects.The agenda for this year's event includes access to education sessions, live keynote...

"Improving Energy Efficiencies and Environmental Sustainability in the Built Environment" The 3rd Annual Facilities & Campus Energy Summit is designed to provide an interchange of in depth knowledge and serve as a catalyst for collaboration across large built environments that do not necessarily engage one another on a daily basis but all share the common goals of: Improving strategic planning and technical operations to support decarboniz...

Doing Business With Oak Ridge National Laboratory https://www.govassociation.org/events The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Small Business Programs Office focuses daily on small business outreach, counseling, support, and advocacy. This includes attending conferences and trade shows, one-on-one meetings with small businesses, and individual problem-solving. As a contractor to the Department of Energy (DOE), ORNL works to meet annual small busine...

The 2023 DE Test & Evaluation Joint Conference on T&E Support to Prototyping and Experimentation will discuss the practical implications of T&E support in prototyping, experimentation and other developmental activities. The conference will leverage the DoD vision set forth in the DoD Prototyping Guidebook and the recent significant increases in prototyping and experimentation efforts to explore the role of T&E in prototyping, e...