Veterans Hiring Forum: Finding and Retaining Veterans in the Government and Industry Veterans, Military Spouses and Disabled Veterans are a workforce niche with historically high barriers to access work opportunities with Government and Industry. Hiring and transitioning veterans into the workplace strengthens any organization and The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) has a vested interest in educating our...

Proper implementation of FITARA by government agencies holds the promise of transforming the way government IT is managed, helping to drive improve mission delivery effectiveness and efficiency. Over the past nine months, The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) has had a working group of more than 50 volunteers work to support FITARA implementation through: IT Management Maturity Model development – pr...

This year’s program “Shaping the Next US” is sponsored by ACT-IAC’s young leadership group, NexUS. NexUS is comprised of young professionals working together to assist each other in becoming the next generation of federal technology leaders. Every day there are new statistics about how the generation born between 1980 and 2000 and how they are changing the way the workforce works: - They are IMPACTFUL - 75% of the workf...

Advancing systems and processes are revolutionizing the ways in which the federal government provides critical services channel-by-channel. Citizens expect to interact with government in new ways and so, too has the White House asked federal managers implement best practices from the private sector. This year’s CX Summit [Customer Experience Summit] program, “Delivering an Omni-Channel Experience through Measures that Matter...

ACT-IAC is pleased to announce that Acquisition Excellence 2016 will be hosted at the Grand Hyatt Washington on March 22. AE 2016 is an education and training event that will bring together the government and industry acquisition communities in order to collaborate on the latest acquisition challenges and generate innovative solutions for potential implementation. AE2016 will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to be effective i...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance on February 17th at 1307 New York Avenue NW in Washington, DC for our half day forum on Guidance and Strategies to Developing Effective Joint Ventures, Contractor Team Arrangements (CTA), and Mentor-Protégé Relationships. The purpose of this event is to educate small businesses on the rules and regulations and advantages and disadvantages of forming joint ventures, CTAs, and Mentor-Prot...

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...

If you are a small business looking to expand your reach in the federal market, communicating effectively with your Government customer or a large prime is absolutely critical to developing your relationships. All too often, we make poor impressions, we don’t demonstrate our value well, and we don’t come prepared to ask the right questions when participating in these discussions. This must attend event will provide you the tools, b...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance on Wednesday, November 18th at the Marriott in Tysons Corner for Straight Talk featuring George Price, Director OSDBU at US Department of State. George Price is a 23 year federal employee with experience at the US Small Business Administration, General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management and most recently the US Department of State. Currently he holds the title of Director of the Off...

Please join us for our final ACT-IAC General Membership Meeting of the year on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the Tyson's Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Tysons, VA 22182. Our featured program session will address Workforce of the Future - Bracing for the Impact, a session that we recently held at this year's Executive Leadership Conference (ELC). Gen Z is already here but would do we get the best from them and get them to stay in govern...