Analysis

  • Dr. Allison Druin, Special Advisor for National Digital Strategy at the National Park Service (NPS), joined Federal News Radio’s In Focus to share how the agency is using science and technology to enhance the public’s experience. The NPS was founded a century ago and now totals 413 parks. Dr. Druin discussed some of the challenges in how the NPS works to preserve this remarkable heritage as well as looking to the future. For her, one key is to understand the visitor experience and what will matter to the public. To this end, the NPS has looked at many tools, including mobile, cloud, wearables, and other approaches that will give the typical visitor a better understanding of that particular park. In a perfect world, the NPS will make the visit more meaningful both today and in the future.

    August 26, 2016
  • What are benefits of pursuing enterprise risk management? How can risk management enhance department decision-making? How are you fostering a culture of risk awareness across an enterprise? Join us as we explore these questions and more with Dr. Karen Hardy, Deputy Director for Risk Management at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

    August 22, 2016
  • Back in 2005 or 2006, an emerging theme became clear when it comes to the government and industry and cybersecurity: It’s all about the data.

    July 18, 2016
  • The Federal government’s security clearance system is outdated and needs to be replaced, but fixing it is going to take time because the government is still years away from fully developing a continuous evaluation process that can replace today’s once-every-five-years investigations.

    January 29, 2016
  • The federal government has invested billions of dollars in developing and maintaining information technology and Capgemini estimates 75 percent of this spend is on operations and maintenance – just keeping the engines running. The user population is becoming increasingly tech-savvy, budgets are remaining flat or decreasing, and mission needs expanding. How can agencies meet their current demands and take advantage of innovations in technology?

    December 30, 2015
  • The Intelligence and National Security Alliance convened a breakfast forum to host the panel discussion, “Virtualization in Collaborative Information Sharing Environment” to discuss the benefits of virtualization and how the public and private sectors can best work together to share information.

    November 30, 2015
  • Federal News Radio's Executive Editor Jason Miller sits down with Rob Carey, Vencore's Vice President of Navy and Marine Corps Programs to discuss the latest in agency cybersecurity trends.

    October 23, 2015
  • Building Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Workforce sponsored by ISACA and CSX North America 2015.

    October 23, 2015
  • Insights provided by Deloitte: Cyber Risk and federal agencies – current state, what keeps agencies up at night, and what agencies need to do to protect themselves using a Secure.Vigilant.Resilient.™ approach.

    October 06, 2015
  • Federal News Radio's Custom Media Director Jason Fornicola sits down with Mike Maiorana, the SVP of Public Sector Sales for Verizon Enterprise Solutions, and George Fischer, the SVP of Global Sales for Verizon Enterprise Solutions to address the evolving government technology landscape.

    August 31, 2015
  • “We’re allowing access to important information and, of course, the government’s infrastructure, which is critical for both the government and our nation’s day-to-day operations. And it contains information about our citizens and other sensitive information. With today’s dynamic workforce and the robust attack surfaces that exist, capabilities such as two-factor or multi-factor authentication are required to secure the federal ecosystem,” retired Navy Adm. Mike Brown, vice president and general manager of RSA’s Global Public Sector, told Federal News Radio Custom Media Director Jason Fornicola on In Focus.

    August 31, 2015