Two concentrated days on how to understand and use the Federal Acquisition Regulation in your daily contracting activities including in-depth analysis of the FAR system, the key contract clauses and contract forms. Provides comprehensive coverage of the FAR for new users and an advanced treatment of specific issues for experienced contract professionals. Course includes an explanation and demonstration of how to use the FAR online for research...

Each summer Federal agencies must address year-end financial decisions, with a “use it or lose it” status to funding. Back by popular demand, this timely and informative one-hour webinar addresses: Rules which outline how and when to correctly spend Federal funds Exceptions and flexibilities GAO has allowed in recent years Avoiding violations of the Antideficiency Act Considerations every Federal employee should know Register toda...

The ability to develop, support, and manage how costs and prices are derived is essential for everyone involved in U.S. federal acquisition—both buyers and sellers—and is a skill in high demand. Cost and price analysis affects everything from requirements development to the price that is ultimately agreed upon, and the fundamental importance of this critical competency cannot be ignored.

Prerequisite: Should have at least six months of contract experience, have taken the FAR Workshop or another basic FAR course before this course. What you will learn: The Advanced FAR Workshop provides an in-depth analysis of the most important parts of the FAR. In this two-day class, we will focus on those FAR Parts that tend to generate the most issues and questions, specifically: • The classification of workers • Intellectual Prop...

When determining a penalty it’s important to take the Douglas factors into consideration, but your decisions must extend beyond them as well.In 90-minutes, federal employment law attorney Robert Erbe will walk you through all the factors involved in proposing appropriate penalty that will survive third party scrutiny. Mr. Erbe will not only address the penalty at the time of the decision letter, but also at proposal letter time.After thi...

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and its supplements are the source documents when contracting with both federal defense and civilian agencies. A close and detailed working knowledge of the FAR is mandatory for government, contractor, and subcontractor personnel.This FAR training course offers critical information that will help both contracting and technical personnel understand how to negotiate superior contracts and maintain compli...

Two concentrated days on how to understand and use the Federal Acquisition Regulation in your daily contracting activities including in-depth analysis of the FAR system, the key contract clauses and contract forms. Provides comprehensive coverage of the FAR for new users and an advanced treatment of specific issues for experienced contract professionals. Course includes an explanation and demonstration of how to use the FAR online for research...

The National Association of Government Communicators' 2016 Communications School will be held June 7-9, 2016 at the FHI 360 Conference Center, Washington, DC. It is the only event of its kind that provides invaluable networking opportunities and practical educational sessions to help government communicators increase their skills. The coveted NAGC Government Communicator of the Year Award is presented during the Communications School and honor...

Harassment affects all your employees, and often leads to problems with performance, productivity and morale throughout your entire workforce. But the widespread deficiencies in agency anti-harassment programs leave you and your agency vulnerable to harassment claims. Get your agency off the slippery slope of liability with guidance to address claims that do arise and proactively work to head them off in the future.Dynamic trainer Oliver Allen...

Today’s health insurance marketplace has come a long way from the cost sinkhole many predicted it would become. Healthcare.gov became the biggest challenge in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) 50-year history. A year into development, Henry Chao, the Deputy CIO at CMS, made a daring decision to change course and adopt new technologies that effectively supported CMS’s modern marketplace initiative. Join MarkLogic and Carahsoft...