Every day, information is generated and made available to the public about the risks and benefits of public policies, new products, and corporate behavior. People are accessing this information in real time via traditional news, online media, and word of mouth. The public’s near-instant access to this unfiltered information presents significant new risks, including reputation damage for companies who cause health or environmental damage,...

Audits of "SOC" (System and Organization Controls) have been governed starting on May 1, 2017 by the application of "SSAE" (Statement of Standards for Attestation Engagements) 18. This new AICPA Standard replaces SSAE 16, just as SSAE 16 replaced SAS 70. This new standard will require the users of these reports to change their compliance programs to fit the new reporting standards. SSAE 18 is more comprehensive than the prior standards. Learn...

World Congress is the National Contract Management Association’s largest training and networking event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals. 2,000+ participants from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and commercial business come together for networking and training for all career levels. This event is worth up to 20 CPE/CLP credits. View photos and the recap video from last year's event in C...

Preparing for What’s Next in U.S. Health Reform will offer key lessons involving health reform and policy, focusing on its impact on you as a leader and on your organization. The nation’s leading health policy experts will explain essential lessons from current reform efforts, discuss what to anticipate with the next round of policy innovations under the new national administration, and offer insights to help you thrive in the rapi...

(DSB) Designing Secure Buildings – This 3-day workshop is designed to familiarize students with twenty-one design principles used in preventing and detecting criminal activity and reducing the effects of acts of terrorism on the safety of personnel and damage to facilities and critical infrastructure. Specific modules include; Terrorism Ideologies, Security Basics, Philosophies and Design Strategies, Blast Fundamentals, Glazing and Windo...

This applied program brings together professionals from across industries and sectors to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and improve workplace health and safety through ergonomics. Ergonomics and Human Factors explores both the technical skills required to perform job assessments and the organizational factors which contribute to successful ergonomics programs. Participants will complete this program ready to control health and...

Learn to Add Value to Health Care with Health IT This advanced course brings together the diverse stakeholders impacted by health information technology – including CEOs, CIOs, physicians, nurses, informaticists, researchers, vendors, and academics – to ensure you receive an in-depth, applied understanding of the challenges and opportunities health IT presents. This unique continuing education course is designed for learners who wa...

State and local governments are looking to the cloud for ways to improve services for and with citizens through open data initiatives, public safety modernization, education reform, citizen service improvements, and infrastructure programs. However, data centers remain critical to IT operations for many state and local governments, and a majority of workloads, such as legacy business applications and sensitive data, live on-premises. Many agen...

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...

Accelerate your data science knowledge, training, and network. All in one event. ODSC East 2019 is one of the largest applied data science conferences in the world. Our speakers include some of the core contributors to many open source tools, libraries, and languages. Attend ODSC East 2019 and learn the latest AI & data science topics, tools, and languages from some of the best and brightest minds in the field. Topics: Recommendation Syst...