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The In Focus mini-series examines more closely issues and topics of importance to federal agencies and contractors. Each month, Federal News Radio speaks with key stakeholders to better understand challenges and opportunities. This month focuses…
September 09, 2016-
Tune in to learn what the career workforce and political apparatus are doing to prepare for the 2017 Presidential transition! September 9, 2016
September 09, 2016 This content is sponsored by Nutanix The Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) is expected to help modernize the government by establishing new technology and acquisition policies that reduce duplication and drive significant cost savings.…
September 07, 2016What are the strategic priorities of the USDA’s Food and Inspection Service? How is FSIS ensuring this country’s food is safe and uncontaminated? How is FSIS leveraging technology and innovation to meet its mission? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and much more Alfred Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
September 05, 2016-
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September 05, 2016 This week's guest is Paula Braun, Entrepreneur in Residence for the CDC Mortality Project. Paula has both a master’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in analytics. She is the ideal person to apply analytics to the world of big data.
September 02, 2016Cyberattacks and data breaches are a threat to every enterprise in every industry. Learn what you need to do to protect against cyber threats with the most up-to-date information from experts at the CSX 2016 North America Conference.
September 01, 2016This content is sponsored by Brocade Federal Storage Networking Report
August 30, 2016Insider threat: cybersecurity considerations when the walls will never be thick enough
Five technology experts collaborated to discuss cybersecurity in the federal government with a focus on insider threat. Members of the panel included Kerry Long, program manager at Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Deborah Pierre-Louis, chief information security officer and director of the Policy, Liaison and Training Oversight Office, Directorate of the Deputy CIO for Information Assurance at the Department of State; Melinda Rogers, chief information security officer at the Department of Justice; and Tim Estes, founder and CEO of Digital Reasoning.August 29, 2016What are the strategic priorities for FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division? How does the FBI’s CJIS Division foster information sharing across the law enforcement enterprise? Join us as we explore these questions and more with Stephen Morris, Assistant Director, FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division.
August 29, 2016-
In this Expert Edition, you'll read which agencies are working on the cutting edge to make government-to-government and citizen-to-government transactions simpler and safer in the modern digital age.
August 28, 2016 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, 2016Today’s applications are increasingly complex, and they are critical for meeting agency mission objectives. At the same time, agencies continue moving toward shared services models. Does running these bandwidth-intensive, latency-sensitive applications and data on a shared IP storage network put storage performance, availability, and data security at risk?
August 23, 2016What 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-
This program will provide a progress report on DevOps and Containerization in government.
August 21, 2016