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...

Join Market Connections and Strategic Communications Group for the release of the Public Sector Social Media Study. The second edition of this popular study takes a comprehensive look at use of and perceptions around social media among government agencies and contractors. Government employees and contractors alike will leave this event with at least three repeatable social media success stories! 8:00-8:30 a.m. – Networking and breakfast8...

The World Congress Leadership Summit on Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) will convene providers and other stakeholders to discuss strategies for integrating and participating in an Accountable Care Organization framework on a local level that offers shared savings payments for improving the quality of care and costs. Real-world, case study examples of organizationscurrently participating in ACO pilots will be featured on the agenda and the...

On January 3, 2011, the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Registration and Attestation System portal went live, a major milestone in the government’s timeline to incentivize providers to demonstrate the “meaningful use” of certified EHRs to improve care delivery and for the exchange of information. Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria have been published and Stages 2 and 3 requirements are currently open for debate. The...

Complex and costly mandates and compliance standards are coming down the pike fast and furious! Health plan and providers must be prepared for more frequent and complex regulatory changes with a near continuous focus on compliance and standardization. These “waves of reform” will occur over the next 3-5 years and biannually after that. These reform mandates will be very costly and are often distractions from core business. Health p...

The seminar will focus on the SBA final regulations published in the Federal Register on February 11, 2011. Areas to be covered include issues governing size matters, the Section 8(a) Program, joint ventures, the Mentor-Protege Program and other issues that will impact small business government contractors. Speakers are Tony Franco, Senior Partner with PilieroMazza, and Greg Funkhouser with Goodman & Company. Event sponsors are PilieroMazz...