Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader? Find Out at a Briefing on the First-Ever Nation’s Report Card for Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Thursday June 16, 2016 Noon – 1:30 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Room B339 The National Assessment Governing Board and the Museum of Science, Boston's National Center for Technological Literacy®, in conjunction with the STEM Education Caucus, invite you to learn more about the fir...

Data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication. The growing use of collaborative technologies – from mobile devices and social media to virtualization and cloud computing – will continue to be one of the most significant factors impacting the security landscape. For these reasons, the federal government has increased efforts to minimize and prevent cyber security attacks, and will continue to place signific...

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the...

With the overwhelming growth of digital information, the scope of electronic records management has expanded exponentially and is an increasingly critical issue for government agencies, particularly as it relates to being able to provide secure storage, access, and retrieval of this information. The 2012 OMB Managing Government Records Directive put NARA in charge of the effort with the goal of having all permanent records stored electronicall...

As the maternal age is increasing and the American population is becoming more obese, the number of pregnancies complicated by diabetes and obesity also is increasing. The 14th Annual Meeting of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America serves as a vehicle for the dissemination of data, gathered through collaboration among basic, translational and clinical researchers and research centers, both nationally and internationally. This...

This timely one-day conference is intended to provide new evidence-based strategies for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, including many newly approved biologic therapies and surgery of common arthritic, rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. Local experts and renowned invited speakers, nationally known for their clinical and clinical research achievements, will provide state of the art summaries. In addition to lectures with questions and...

Thisone-day educational symposium will examine kidney and pancreas transplantation with a special emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach in pre and post transplant care. In addition, the conference will provide updates on clinical trials in kidney transplantation and immunosuppressive therapies, offer insight on complex post-transplant issues, and focus on the care of waitlisted patients and those with a failing allograft. Furthermore, liv...

This interdisciplinary, one-day conference will provide a clinical update on the biology, therapeutic modalities and management decision making in patients with kidney and bladder (urothelial) cancers. Engaging didactic lectures will present current science, ongoing clinical trials and future research directions including many revolutionary advances in multi-disciplinary management approaches to patients with early stage, high risk, and metast...

This one-day program is designed to provide clinicians with a review of selected topics in present day management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias, emphasizing new advances in the field and incorporating current guidelines and evidence-based principles of practice. The format will incorporate didactic lectures as well as case management studies and panel discussions with experts in the field. Learning Objectives Compare and contrast the ri...

Come join the Small Business Alliance and the Small Business Administration on October 16th at the Ronald Reagan Building for Women Owned Small Business Straight Talk featuring SBA WOSB Guru Shuraie Mackin and International Trade Specialist Tanya Smith. This interactive event will debunk myths you may have heard about the WOSB certification and it’s limitations.