Modernization is accelerating, but budgets and scrutiny aren’t letting up. Agencies need investment accountability built-in, not bolted on – clear line of sight from dollars to mission outcomes and insight that leaders can act on fast. Department of Justice CIO Nikki Collier shares how to strengthen oversight without slowing delivery, align portfolios to priorities, and make investments easier to defend, manage, and measure. […]

AI spend is volatile – token use and pricing can spike fast. This session explores how FinOps helps agencies monitor, forecast, budget, and optimize AI cloud costs, improve cost attribution with tagging and alerts, and build showback or chargeback approaches that support governance. Attendees will also learn how to bake FinOps readiness into contracts, starting with people and process before tools. […]

Many organizations start with TBM to create IT clarity. The next leap is scaling those disciplines enterprise-wide. Learn how Cleveland Clinic evolved TBM into an EBM framework spanning IT, facilities, revenue cycle management, and shared services, earning the TBM Council’s 2025 Regional Pioneer Award. See how leaders unified cost, consumption, and outcomes across 18 source systems, eliminated manual spreadsheets, and built repeatable transparency that drives faster, financially grounded decisions well beyond IT.  […]

ITFM gets complicated when cost, consumption, and accountability span multiple bureaus. Leaders at the Department of Commerce will share how they’re coming together around TBM, FinOps, and strategic portfolio management as a single source of truth – creating shared language and visibility that works across diverse mission needs. Learn how to harmonize data and investment governance and move from reporting to action with a consistent view of spend, value, and performance. […]

Public agencies are raising the bar on how they measure, manage, and communicate the impact and value of technology – and shared standards and peer-driven approaches are more important than ever. In this TBM Council–hosted session, the Government Strategy Community will share how practitioners across federal, state/provincial, and local government are advancing TBM by maintaining state and federal Taxonomy extensions, mapping TBM to NIST guidance, and developing cost models for common digital security mandates. Join peers to learn what’s next and help strengthen transparency and accountability across public agencies. […]