The National League of Cities (NLC) in cooperation with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) will be conducting an emergency training program "Crisis Leadership for Local Officials" funded by the Department of Homeland Security. NLC will be providing two day training deliveries nationwide. This training program is intended to educate local leaders about their role in emergency management as well as support the National P...

While commercial mass notification systems have been around for more than a decade, the attempted bombing in New York’s Time Square in May and major disasters like Hurricane Katrina have highlighted the need to leverage newer technologies for the rapid notification of people and organizations. These seminal events brought forth a large number of businesses that sought to grab a piece of the notification system market. One of the challeng...

Agile BI: Making Business Intelligence Work for the Organization Attendees of this webcast learned how: Organizational and IT managers can work closely together to accelerate BI project success by addressing the primary challenges across accessibility, technology, and financial barriers Changing demands and requirements are associated with evolving data warehousing and analytics needs Agile techniques can be utilized to enable tighter collabor...

B2G Government Contractors networking event is a monthly recurring event at the J F Kennedy Center, every 3rd Thursday of the month. This is a high-level professional event hosted by Jennifer Schaus & Associates along with MAK Advisors. There is no cost to attend. http://JenniferSchaus3.eventbrite.com

Making Your Website More Effective: Intro to Proven Usability Techniques Class Format: Two–Day Course Instructor: Hal Miller–Jacobs, UsabilityCoach.com Date: Wednesday – Thursday, February 10 – 11, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $400 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $600 for non–government Course Description Almost anyone can put up a website or...

Measuring the Performance of Government Websites and Citizen Engagement Class Format: Two–Day Course Instructor: Alex Langshur, PublicInsite Date: Wednesday - Thursday, June 9 - 10, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $400 for federal, state or local U.S. government employees; $600 for non–government participants Course Description Session 1: The strategic imperative to measure...

The World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM) is the pre-eminent conference of its kind - providing you with the opportunity to gain valuable education, training and best practices to assist you, your organization and your community mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and disaster. The 20th WCDM will offer a unique and distinguished experience in a climate that fosters change. World Renowned Experts Learn from i...

HP Scale-Out NAS: An Architecture to Support both High Capacity and Performance Join HP for lunch and a short informative presentation including a demo on how HP's newest Scalable NAS Storage Solution can help businesses address their needs for managing explosive data growth while maintaining performance and scalability.

Content ROT: How to Find and Treat It Class Format: Seminar Instructor: Delia Konizeski, WelchmanPierpoint Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $50 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $75 for non–government Seminar Description With thousands of government websites, there is a lot of ROT (redundant, outdated, and trivial) content. You can't engage citizens...