FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) helps keep the world’s waterways safe for commercial vessels, private boaters, military ships and other mariners. As part of its role overseeing navigation, the agency identifies obstacles and hazards at sea and supports national security efforts by warning of potential threats. Earlier this year, NGA put in place artificial intelligence (AI) technology called the Source Maritime Automated Processing System (SMAPS), which helps analysts sort thro

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 7, 2022

One of the most time-consuming and painstaking aspects of cybersecurity, both on-prem and in the cloud, is configuration management. Configuration management is critical because many products come with default settings that do not provide adequate security. One area of particular concern is the operating system, especially when considering cybersecurity in the cloud.

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Art of Procurement

OCTOBER 3, 2022

“We’re eliminating the problem of procurement not being brought in soon enough the same way we resolved maverick and rogue. The post [Pod] Improving Procurement’s Impact From the Moment of Intake w/ Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Join Fox Rothschild’s Federal Government Contracts & Procurement attorneys in Washington D.C. for targeted sessions and networking at our third annual Federal Contracts Symposium. The in-person event kicks off on October 24 with pre-conference sessions on how to win government contracts followed by an evening reception sponsored by Baker Tilly.

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Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2022

“Our data’s been compromised.” Those are words no agency team member wants to hear. And, most likely, agencies will experience significant downtime in the process of recovering data, according to the Veeam 2022 Data Protection Trends Report. The report found that after an incident affects operations, 90 percent of enterprises experience a gap between how quickly they need that data to return to productivity and how fast they can actually recover it.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2022

When you’re a newbie, the wisdom of long-timers can lift the veil on the mysteries of life as a public servant. According to our experts, the most important thing in starting your government job is to embrace the complex and varied environment you’ve entered and explore it. “Government is an ocean of opportunity,” said G. Nagesh Rao, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security.

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GovSpend

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I cannot believe that it’s Oct 3rd, 2022 and the new fiscal year has started with more than $1.18B already obligated. FY 2022 has been an eventful year, with challenges of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and economic challenges, all of which affect the federal government spend, specifically federal contracts awarded. So how much did the federal government award in FY 22?

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Ready or not, zero trust is coming to your agency soon. The Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-22-09, “Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles,” indicates that all federal agencies must “achieve specific zero trust security goals by the end of Fiscal Year 2024.” There are two foundational parts of zero trust.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“It’s not where you work, it’s the work you do.” . That was one of the main points that special guest speaker Javier Inclan, Assistant Inspector General for Management and CIO at National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General, had to make in his mission to advocate for remote and hybrid work. Inclan was interviewed by transformational workforce expert Mika Cross for her latest installment of Management Minutes with Mika.

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Art of Procurement

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“Procurement professionals tend to want to get into the data and ask a lot of questions. To find yourself in. The post Learning to Speak the Language of Mergers, Divestitures, and Acquisitions appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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GovSpend

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I cannot believe that it’s Oct 3rd, 2022 and the new fiscal year has started with more than $1.18B already obligated. FY 2022 has been an eventful year, with challenges of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and economic challenges, all of which affect the federal government spend, specifically federal contracts awarded. So how much did the federal government award in FY 22?

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The world’s fastest supercomputer is also one of the most efficient, the result of new technology that manages to maintain the machine’s brain power while improving its energy efficiency. This technology will likely trickle down to smaller systems, potentially saving federal agencies, research institutes and others money on energy bills that can total millions of dollars a year.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 7, 2022

When Shonte Eldridge was a city employee, it could take six months for her to order a box of pencils because of a lengthy procurement process that required many signatures. And when a COBOL-based financial system needed fixing, the city had to bring in a former worker from their retirement home because they were the only person who knew how to fix it.

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Art of Procurement

OCTOBER 4, 2022

When disruptive times hit, trying to keep things as stable as possible is a natural response. And while it is. The post Achieving Resilience Through Third Party Centricity appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Federal agencies have made cloud a priority in their efforts to drive modernization. Cloud technology makes IT resources more accessible and processes more efficient, but it raises new challenges, especially for backup and recovery. “When people move into the cloud, they assume that a lot of the ancillary things that were done in their data center are automatically provisioned within the cloud — backup and recovery being one,” says Richard Breakiron, senior director of strategic initiatives for

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As federal agencies increasingly rely on cloud services and data analytics, speed and uptime is more important than ever. IT leaders now need systems and solutions that require little hands-on attention and provide low latency with quick response time. Edge computing enables federal agencies to process data faster and tap advanced capabilities like artificial intelligence to make better decisions.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The size of the datasphere has exploded. In 2020, the world created or replicated more than 64 zettabytes of data. That number that is expected to increase to 175ZB by 2025, driving the need for improved storage options. “The demand for long-term data storage in the cloud is reaching unprecedented levels, and we are nearing the limit of what’s possible with existing storage technologies,” says Ant Rowstron, distinguished engineer and head of cloud systems futures at Microsoft Research.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As agencies move away from paper and on to digital platforms, one point of friction is dependence on signatures for documentation — of identity, of receipt and of agreement. Paper-based services can bring an otherwise digital process to a grinding halt. Streamlined digital workflows allow agencies to respond better — and faster — to constituents. “If you improve the user experience internally, it also enhances the user experience externally for customers,” according to Shonte Eldridge, Senior Di

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since the cloud-first policy came out in 2011, the federal government has pushed for the use of cloud technologies as a foundation to IT modernization. But cloud alone is not a silver bullet. It must be paired with modern on-premises hardware to maximize benefits. That’s because although cloud offers many benefits – flexibility and scalability, for instance – it also comes with challenges.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

For Nancy Rainosek, Texas’ Chief Information Security Officer, cybersecurity directly affects an agency’s mission and constituent service. And whether that involves helping people pay their water bills or allowing law enforcement to preserve crime data, the cost of IT security is worth it, she believes. “When you think about budgets, a lot of organizations will spend the majority of their money on meeting the mission. … And they really need to think about if they lost their IT systems, what woul

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Fall is in full swing and so is GovLoop’s online events calendar! As you embrace the cooler weather, earlier sunsets and all things pumpkin, check out the online trainings we have scheduled for the month of October. As usual, all these online trainings are free , and all registrants receive the recordings one day after the live presentation. Happy fall and happy learning!

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2022

There’s nothing easy about what agencies are being asked to do these days. They need to provide services more quickly and effectively to meet the rising expectations of their constituents. They need to do so while enabling agencies to work from anywhere. And it all must be done securely, relying on a zero-trust approach. The problem isn’t that they can’t find solutions to make it all work.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 1, 2022

From executive orders to Office of Management and Budget guidance, a range of mandates are driving federal IT leaders to take a closer look at their efforts to achieve a zero-trust security framework. In light of recent high-profile cyber exploits against government, agencies are looking to zero trust to help address long-standing vulnerabilities — risks made worse by remote work, migration to the cloud, mobility and other trends.

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Art of Procurement

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Procurement 6 is a new short podcast from Art of Procurement that will be published in the Art of Procurement. The post [Pod] Procurement 6 – September 30th, 2022 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Captain Kirk was never afraid to fly into a nebula. But alone, he wasn’t able to do it. He needed a crew that believed in him, too. In this world, the future is a nebula. “We don’t know what the next election cycle will bring, what the next presidential cycle will bring — what the world will bring,” said Kevin Brooks, Field Chief Technology Officer and Executive Strategist for Defense and National Security at ServiceNow, a workflow automation platform.

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