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UAS Commercialization Anticipated Attendee Snapshot
April 03 by IDGA StaffThe UAS Commercialization Summit brings together companies and organizations that want to derive business value from UAVs. After running similar events aimed at the defense industry, we’ve sta...
Exclusive Speaker Insights on Smart Policing
April 03 by Dionne VazGiven the current economic landscape, many law enforcement agencies are facing personnel and resource reductions while struggling with chronic crime and unprecedented public pressure. Developing tac...
Cyber Security for Defense Anticipated Attendee Snapshot
April 03 by IDGA StaffTake a look at the cyber experts who we expect will join us at the upcoming event to discuss the ever-growing need to combat the intense rise of cyber attacks on the government and military
How Defense is About to Revolutionize Cyber Security
September 05 by Jared HaubeCyber security threats are one of the most serious risks to Australia’s digital infrastructure. The Department of Defence’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has been un...
Protecting Online Votes? The Cyber Security Success at NSWEC
September 05 by Jared HaubeElectronic voting for public elections; it’s a concept which is scoffed at in many jurisdictions around the world.Voting over the internet is often met with strong scepticism because of percei...
When Will The Joint Chiefs Practice Yoga?
May 15 by Hannah HagerJon Greuel was trained as a pilot and flew AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) for 20 years. During his 2008-09 deployment to Kirkuk, Iraq, as a Combat Air Advisor, where he taught Iraqis ho...
Innovation in IT: Being a Data Evangelist
August 27 by IDGA EditorPODCAST: Being a data evangelist is really the idea of bringing others to the full awareness of the power of open data. In the following interview Jeanne Holm of the GSA examines their 'Open Governm...
The Power of Open Data: Innovation in IT Reform
August 27 by Jeanne HolmData Evangelist is an unusual ‘title’. Tell us what it means and how your experience benefits the GSA. Well being an evangelist is really the idea of bringing others to the full awar...
Breaking Down Information Silos with the Google Search Appliance
August 27 by IDGA EditorGiven the fast pace of today’s government missions, it’s more important than ever for warfighters to be able to find critical information easily when they need it. Today, huge amounts of...
Bradley Manning gets 35-Year Prison Sentence in Wikileaks case
August 21 by Mike O'BrienThe U.S. soldier convicted of handing over secret government documents to anti-secrecy website Wikileaks was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday The sentencing comes a month after Pte Fir...
Hagel and China’s Defense Chief get down to Talks at the Pentagon
August 19 by Mike O'BrienAgainst a backdrop of tensions over U.S. missile defenses, Chuck Hagel sat face to face with his Chinese counterpart Gen. Chang Wanquan on Monday in the first of a series of talks at the Pentagon....
Veterans United: How Emmy-Winning Journalist Sarah Hill Connects Heroes across the Country
August 19 by Sarah HillSince 2005, the Honor Flight Network has taken on the mission of transporting America’s veterans to Washington D.C. where they can see the memorials dedicated to their service at no charge to...