To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. In light of growing concerns about COVID-19 and its unpredictable advance, we have made the difficult decision to reschedule the Virginia IT Leadership Forum 2020. The safety and well-being of our sponsors, attendees, speakers and staff comes first and foremost. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding and we apologize for any...

Government Technology's passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. COVITS is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public sector and private sector leaders to create an agenda that is relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the inspirational keynotes, leadership discussions, networkin...

2019 Training Seminars Charlotte, NC ~ May 17 & Richmond, VA ~ June 21 Theme: DIGITAL EEOLet’s face it, we live in a digital society…a world consumed with social media outlets, followings, followers, tweets, retweets, IMs, DMs, Facebook, snapchat, filters, google, facetime, texting, sexting, portal, gadgets, pics and so on and so on and so on. These actions are forever released into the universe and cannot be taken back. Dig...

Join us for a unique, interactive course that "walks you through" the Internal Audit process. "This course is not just for auditors or new auditors. It is for anyone who wants an understanding of the relationship between business objectives, risk, control, assessment and reporting." This comprehensive internal audit training course is for anyone who wants to have a strong base of knowledge and understanding of the essential audit and the perso...

New cybersecurity risk regulations for all organizations are approaching faster than you might think. "Computers, software, programming and algorithms are all parts of a cybersecurity risk program, but it is the interaction with the "humans" that makes all the difference in the world." An effective cybersecurity risk program requires an organization to have everything from program policies to incident response plans to specific breach notifica...

Governing magazine’s Leadership Forums provide transformational leadership and management strategies to help state and local government elected officials, appointees and senior-level agency executives build high-performance government organizations. Faced with unique demands, government leaders have made these annual events their “must attend” day to exchange valuable ideas and spearhead industry partnerships that advance gov...

Government Technology’s passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. COVITS is designed to do just that. COVITS has an advisory board that gathers public sector and private sector leaders to create an agenda designed to make that passion relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the event. Participants tell us they use inspirational keynotes, leadership dis...

Meet with government procurement directors and contracting officers from the DoD, State and Federal Agencies, as well as Prime Companies looking for small businesses. This is a Virginia PTAP sponsored event, as such, the purpose of the event is to advance the mission of the SBA, PTAC, OSBP’s and OSBDU’s by providing networking opportunities for government agencies seeking small business contractors. Register for this free event at...

Governing invites you to join us in Richmond for the second annual Virginia Leadership Forum! Spend the day with us to network, be inspired, and leave with a renewed sense of purpose to take action. From the fundamentals of good government to forecasting the future, the agenda will have critical information for every participant’s personal and professional development. The Virginia Advisory Board and Governing’s team assembles a sp...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Given today's ever-changing threat environment, preparing for and training employees to cope with active threats and workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization's emergency action plan. A Unique Training Opportunity Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and the National Protection and Programs Directorate Office of Infrastructure Protection are hosting a one-day Security Workshop to enha...