Do you find your proposals often: - Provide just the facts of your solution? - Leave out proof to substantiate your claims? - Rely on wordy text, filled with jargon and acronyms? Join this hands-on workshop to learn how we substantially raised the technical score on a bid simply by changing how we presented our solution. We researched how reviewers really evaluate proposals, then aligned our writing process accordingly. Persuasive Writing prov...

With a continuing resolution set to expire during the lame duck and a new Congress heading to town soon after, budget negotiations are again in the Washington spotlight. With a Republican Congress looking to flex its newfound muscle and a President working to ensure his legacy, what’s in store for federal procurement in 2015 and beyond? Join experts from Bloomberg Government and the Coalition for Government Procurement for a look ahead a...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Leadership: Building High-Performance Buying & Selling Teams This highly interactive one-day seminar offers buying and selling business professionals from both the public and private business sectors the opportunity to improve their leadership skills. "A subject that needs greater emphasis amongst the acquisition community. Great job!" James N. P...

One of our most popular events, Annual Review provides everything you need to stay current in the ever-changing field of government contracts. Use this as a refresher on the developments in contracting over the past year and as an opportunity to network with others. Hear Jim Phillips and Barbara Kinosky’s predictions for 2013. Gain a solid understanding of recent events and changes in the contracting world—a great way to start the...

Course Description The key to being successful in the Federal marketplace is to find and influence opportunities before the competition. We all know and want to do this, but how? Where and how do you find opportunities? The available commercial services listing opportunity are not the answer, you find out about an opportunity along with everyone else. The data is out there on the internet. This seminar will help you find opportunities before y...

Where do you find the business problems the government is trying to solve? The data is out there. Learn how and where to look for opportunites, potential teaming partners, and where not to spend your time and resources Become more efficient at researching and analyzing readily available data Be "smarter" than the competition

A Cut Above, the Best in Network Security and Virtualization! Attacks against DNS infrastructure can have disastrous results, including lost revenue due to downtime, diminished customer satisfaction and lost productivity because of denial of service, and privacy breaches due to data hijacking. Are you prepared? Join Infoblox for an interactive seminar where you will learn DNS security best practices and how to tame virtualization. What you wil...

AFCEA NOVA is proud to host the information packed 11th Annual Naval IT Day, a “must attend” conference for anyone interested in doing IT business with the Navy. This dynamic and high-powered conference will highlight major technology initiatives underway across the Naval enterprise using the latest advances in cyber security, cloud computing, virtualization, and data center consolidations. Leaders will discuss enterprise-wide IT r...

In 2009, Chinese hackers began stealing sensitive intellectual property from U.S. oil, gas and petrochemical companies. The attacks were attributed to the Chinese based on recognition of Chinese hacking tools previously identified on underground hacking sites and the attacks apparent origin in Beijing. Termed “Night Dragon,” these attacks included social engineering, spear-phishing attacks, exploitation of Microsoft Windows OS vuln...

Leveraging Effective Partnerships to Achieve Energy Efficiency Alternative energy sources have become a top priority in all sectors. With constantly rising fuel prices, and organizations clamoring to “go green,” the United States is in need of alternative energy solutions. In fact, The Department of Defense, which consumes 1.5% of the nation’s energy consumption, has set a goal that 25% of its energy should come from renewabl...