An Overview of Life Insurance for Federal Employees Group Life, including the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Plan (FEGLI), and individual like policies from private companies, with information about term life insurance versus permanent or whole life insurance. Understanding the FEGLI Plan In depth education about FEGLI Basic, and Options A, B, and C- including considerations all feds should make about FEGLI when approaching retirement....

End User Computing Division of Broadcom (formerly VMware) and Carahsoft are excited to invite you to join us for our SOF Week 2024 Executive Briefing Series! End User Computing Division is integrated across the DoD and SOF community, offering versatile solutions from Virtual Desktops to Mobile Device Management. This briefing will deliver insights into the company's evolving direction and product updates.

Eight years ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiated a public process to select quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic algorithms for standardization. NIST issued the public call for submissions to the PQC Standardization Process in December 2016 and, after three rounds of evaluation and analysis, selected four algorithms for standardization: CRYSTALS-KYBER, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, and SPHINCS+. In this...

NDIA National and the NDIA SO/LIC Divisions are holding a networking reception from 6:00 - 8:00 pm on May 7, 2024 in Tampa, FL. The reception will take place at Beacon Rooftop & Bar which is located on the 27th floor of the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street Hotel. RSVP through this link no later than April 30, 2024 if you wish to attend. This event is invite-only and space is limited. Questions? Please reach out to Erin Peters at epeters@NDIA.org

This four-day Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP) Boot Camp focuses on professional management experience and how it relates to a larger enterprise-wide security model. You’ll learn deeper managerial elements such as project management, risk management, setting up and delivering a security awareness program, and managing a business continuity planning program. This boot camp teaches you how to establish, present...

An Overview of FERS & Different Types of Retirement Types of service used for determining eligibility to retire under FERS Employee and agency contributions to FERS Military service and temporary time The FERS annuity computation Minimum age and service requirements Early retirement Deferred retirement and “postponed” retirement Understanding the Annuity Computation Amount of an annuity Length of service and unused sick leave H...

Join us for a live webinar reviewing the key elements for obtaining a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Information Technology Category (ITC) contract. Description: This virtual webinar will outline the pre-award process and provide an overview of offer preparation, including a review of the required documentation and common mistakes to avoid. The following session dates are available: Date 1: November 2, 2023 Date 2: February 1, 2024 Date 3:...

A Practical Approach to A-123 Compliance Programs Join us for a unique, interactive workshop that "walks you through" the latest update of The Green Book which now conforms to the Internal Control Integrated Framework (COSO 2013). This training is focused on the current Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government as detailed in the Green Book. This 18 hour CPE course provides you with the tools to implement a compliance program th...

Federal agencies have been ordered to move toward zero trust architectures with alacrity, through Executive Order 14028 on improving cybersecurity and the Office of Management and Budget’s two memoranda, M-22-09 on meeting zero trust cybersecurity principles, and M-21-31 on improving investigative and remediation capabilities following cyber breaches. The Department of Homeland Security observed in its Zero Trust Implementation Strategy...

Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has arrived with the force of a tsunami across the federal government. In October, Executive Order 14110 on the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of AI established the broad outlines for how agencies should evaluate and implement their AI use cases. Now the Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum directing agencies to institute governance and risk management processes g...