Join AIAA as we recognize individuals who have made tremendous achievements during their careers and continue to shape the aerospace industry. Our newly reimagined AIAA Awards Gala will take place under the stars in an outdoor event space at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. This setting will allow for free-flowing networking and social distancing.

Connecting Government Learning Professionals through Technology Co-located with the GV EXPO, the GLTS is sponsored by the FGDLA and provides two days of learning, networking, and engaging opportunities for distance learning professionals in Government agencies. Our focus is on instructional design, LMS integration, instructional and cognitive learning strategies, gaming and simulation for distance learning, video and animation for distance lea...

Overview: On January 20, 2017 there will be a new President of the United States, but beneath the surface the transition period really has already begun. The last year of a President’s term poses both great dangers and opportunities for career civil servants, and the higher rank of those civil servants, the greater are both the opportunities and the risks. As outgoing political appointees focus intensely on both getting a new job outsid...

The National Association of Government Communicators' 2016 Communications School will be held June 7-9, 2016 at the FHI 360 Conference Center, Washington, DC. It is the only event of its kind that provides invaluable networking opportunities and practical educational sessions to help government communicators increase their skills. The coveted NAGC Government Communicator of the Year Award is presented during the Communications School and honor...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance for Straight Talk featuring: Jolene Merkel Deputy Director of the Small Business Development Program Office Marcus Benefield Management/Program Analyst at the Federal Aviation Administration. During this interactive session, both Ms. Merkel and Mr. Benefield will discuss the importance of the Federal Avaiation Administration’s Mentor Protégé program and provide details for those look...

Join ACT-IAC, the Small Business Administration and the HUBZone Council in a collaborative strategy session the HUBZone Huddle: Strategy, Solutions and Next Steps. The “Huddle” will bring together HUBZone companies, government agency and large business to learn and strategize about initiatives to promote and support HUBZone firms in federal contracting opportunities. Featured speakers will present from their vantage point the criti...

Federal Strategies Workshop: Creating Measures for Training and Development How is your agency making data-driven decisions to improve learning? Big data, analytics and reporting are becoming the status quo to forecast future trends that will affect the Federal workforce. Bersin, by Deloitte, reports only 14% of HR organizations believe they regularly use data to make talent and HR strategy decisions. Blackboard’s fall Federal Strategies...

Overview: A One-Day Training Workshop for professionals to understand techniques and methods to implement UGG requirements, prepare for single audit updates, and glean insights on how to avoid common audit findings. The provisions of the far reaching guidance (2 CFR 200) are applicable for grants and co-operative agreements issued on or after December 26, 2014. Accordingly, grantors and grantees must follow two sets of guidance for the next f...

Close to 600 government financial professionals and their counterparts in the private sector will convene to discuss fraud detection, data analytics, cyber security, improper payments and enterprise risk management. A sampling of sessions include: “Proactive Use of Data Analytics in Audits, Fraud Prevention and Detection,” addressing how to identify high-risk transactions and initiate investigations, ultimately reducing fraud, wast...

In its 18th year, the EXCEL Training Conference is the premier national training conference for federal and private sector EEO managers, supervisors, practitioners, HR professionals, attorneys and ADR specialists. The employer community, both the private and public sector, will gain invaluable knowledge for making those tough HR decisions! Learn the latest EEO developments from the EEOC experts who enforce EEO laws and from other federal high...