Gov's Transformation Journey: A Deep Dive Into Modernizing Technology


Government transformation isn’t about a shiny new object or a complete overhaul that takes years to achieve. It’s about coupling sound strategies with the right open source technologies to provide immediate benefits for employees and external customers.

But figuring out which technologies are right to modernize your agency isn't easy.

Join GovLoop and Red Hat on Wednesday, May 20 from 9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m. ET/6:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. PT for a full day of virtual learning where we'll explore open source technologies that are making a real and immediate impact on how the government gets its work done.

You'll hear from top open-source thought leaders and access hundreds of free resources. There is absolutely no cost to register or attend, and zero travel required.

Virtual Summit Schedule

Please check back for more session and speaker updates as they are made available.

9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. PT
Virtual Environment is Open!

Download resources on cyber, cloud, digital services, CX and network virtually with your peers and Red Hat experts in the Learning Center. These free resources will help your agency innovate openly in 2020.

10:00-10:30 a.m. ET/7:00-7:40 a.m. PT
Opening Panel Q&A

In this opening chat, you can ask questions and get feedback from Red Hat's team of experts and hear about their perspective on the government's transformation challenges.

10:30-10:40 a.m. ET/7:20-7:40 a.m. PT
Networking Chat and Learning Center Challenge

Download as many resources as you can to compete in our Learning Center Challenge! GovLoop will donate $5 in your name to the top 25 people who have downloaded the most resources. All donations will go to the CDC Foundation helping to combat COVID-19.

You'll also have the opportunity to virtually connect and network with your public sector peers.

10:50-11:35 a.m. ET/7:50-8:35 a.m. PT
Session 1: BYOB - Build Your Own Baseline: Learn how to Build a Secure Foundation with the Right Tools

Speaker: Alex Jacocks, Senior Architect, Red Hat

In this online training demonstration, you will learn how to create a strong baseline with Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Blueprints and Image Builder. Attendees will take a deep dive to understand Universal Base Images, building containers from a common gold image of RHEL CoreOS & using Ansible & Satellite to deploy any application on any footprint, anywhere.

11:45-12:30 p.m ET/8:45-9:30 a.m. PT
Session 2: Ride Along -- Watch a Red Hat Associate Install OpenShift 4 in the Cloud

Phillip Kramp, Domain Architect, Red Hat

Ever wonder how technologies are actually implemented? In this demonstration, Red Hat experts will walk through a UPI installation on OpenStack to get a basic cluster up in a semi-disconnected setup including a mirror registry for all the installation images. They will then finish by doing an upgrade to a newer version through the web UI.

12:40-1:10 p.m. ET/9:40-10:10 a.m. PT
Networking Chat and Learning Center Challenge

Download as many resources as you can to compete in our Learning Center Challenge! GovLoop will donate $5 in your name to the top 25 people who have downloaded the most resources. All donations will go to the CDC Foundation helping to combat COVID-19.

You'll also have the opportunity to virtually connect and network with your public sector peers.

1:20-2:05 p.m. ET/10:20-11:05 a.m. PT
Session 3: Containers Are Linux, Long Live Kubernetes

Speaker: Matt Bach, Red Hat

In this engaging demonstration, learn how to use Red Hat Container Tools (Podman, Buildah, and Skopejo) to run container workloads on bare-metal servers without a PaaS or Kubernetes. Then watch as Red Hat experts orchestrate those initial container workloads built on OpenShift with Kubernetes and learn the importance and value that CRI-O provided as a container runtime leveraging Kubernetes API.

2:15-2:50 p.m. ET/11:15-11:50 a.m. PT
Session 4: Certifications, Validations, and Checklists - Oh My!

Speakers: - Ted Brunell, Solution Architect Manager, Red Hat
-Dan Domkowski, Red Hat

What's the difference between various U.S. Government baselines and guidelines? In this panel discussion, learn from Red Hat experts terms of artifacts for our software products to assist in gaining an ATO of your Federal Information System and what's the differences among the various standards used.

3:00-3:45 p.m. ET/12:00-12:45 p.m. PT
Session 5: Security Automation: Introductory session for Ansible Security

Speaker: Chris Grimm, Solutions Architect, Red Hat

In this demonstration, you will learn from Red Hat experts how automation can be designed for agencies who want to learn how Ansible can be leveraged in the security environment.

Why Should You Attend?

  • Learn virtually from your peers during this unprecedented time.
  • Ask Red Hat experts your question directly via a dedicated chat.
  • Get access to more than 30 downloadable resources all about innovation and problem-solving in government.
  • Chat with GovLoop and learn how our free resources can open up a new world of learning.