The Presidential Directive on Managing Government Records issued on August 24, 2012, begins an ambitious effort to “reform records management practices and policies and to develop a 21st-century framework for the management of Government records." The Directive lays out two overarching goals - electronic records management and compliance with statutes and regulations - with seven specific targets to be completed between now and December...

Over the past year, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made major advances in improving and simplifying the future security requirements for government information technology (IT). They have identified new standards, strategies, and solutions that have reduced the FISMA requirements on the government organizations by over 50 percent and the risk to systems by much more. Thes...

Security cleared professionals please join us at the Cleared Job Fair Thursday, February 7, from 11am - 3pm at the Westin Tysons Corner. Our cleared facilities employers include Agilex, CGI Federal, Engility, HP, SAIC, TASC, Verizon-Federal Network Systems and more! Opportunities in information technology, intelligence, engineering, aerospace, cyber security and project management, among others. We'll be offering free resume reviews as well as...

What’s your New Year’s resolution? Lose those final fifteen pounds? Put down the smokes? Take over the world? With the New Year bringing so many fiscal uncertainties to our industry, let’s make one together that we can actually keep: improving your network. On January 16th, 2013, your APMP-NCA chapter invites you to Westin Tysons to ensure you accomplish this goal just two weeks into the year. Good luck losing those fifteen p...

Background The Government Customer Service Improvement Act currently in Congress and Executive Order 13571 already in effect are among the most recent in a long succession of laws and directives intended to assure quality where citizens with needs touch government. While there has never been more attention focused on the effectiveness of our services, there has also never been a more challenging environment for delivering them. Agencies and or...

Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are placing increased emphasis on implementing an effective "information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) program" for all government and contractor run IT systems. This will be accomplished by DHS and OMB increasing the annual FISMA reporting requirements and NIST issuing NIST Special Publications (SP): I...

The marketplace is only getting more competitive; bid and proposal budgets are tight and proposal professionals are looking for ways to get their message across in order to stand out from their competitors. On the 14th we will discuss how appealing, professional graphics not only sell the solution but make an important and lasting impression on customers. Information design is the skill and practice of preparing information so people can quick...

In the second panel discussion of the Innovation and Integration Series, INSA members will learn approaches to deliver intelligence information with maximum impact. As the analytic community moves with increasing speed into the age of mobile technology, there is an opportunity for thought leadership and best practices from both inside and outside the Intelligence Community (IC) on designing and implementing mobile and electronic dissemination...

Security cleared professionals please join us at the Cleared Job Fair Thursday, October 4 from 11am - 3pm at Westin Tysons Corner, Falls Church, VA. Our cleared facilities employers include CACI, Engility, General Dynamics - IT, Geneva Software, Honeywell, HP, Ideal Innovations, Invertix, ManTech, Mission Essential Personnel, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, SAIC, TASC, Unisys, URS and more! Opportunities in information technology, intelligence, en...

Join SAP National Security Services™ (SAP NS2™) for a day of learning and networking around the new challenges facing US national security and the need for leaner, smarter IT solutions to address those challenges. This event will feature: Keynote addresses by Frances Townsend and General Michael Hayden Customer panel on increasing efficiencies and driving down costs Afternoon breakout sessions featuring innovative solutions to mana...