Let’s face it, it’s a complex world we work in. With diverse and dynamic users, numerous applications, and proliferation of data files, information security and regulatory compliance becomes a huge challenge for government agencies and educational institutions. End-to-end identity provides game-changing technology to cost-effectively manage sensitive data. Learn how to apply a holistic approach to improve information security while...

Join the Alaska World Affairs Council, in conjunction with the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, on Monday, August 15th from 11:30am-1pm at the Dena’ina Center for a Make-It-Monday Forum on “Qatar: More than Just Oil and Natural Gas” featuring Ambassador Mohamed Jaham Al Kuwari. Kuwari currently serves as Ambassador to the state of Qatar in Washington DC. Ambassador Kuwari will discuss not only natural gas and religious extremis...

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) invites you to attend the 2016 Government Contracting Showcase.The Luncheon Keynote Speaker will be PA Department of General Services Secretary Curt Topper and Mr. George Bath, Senior Acquisition Advisor at the U.S. House of Representatives will be the morning Keynote Speaker. The focus of the NEPA PTAC 2016 Government Contracting Showcase is on traini...

Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader? Find Out at a Briefing on the First-Ever Nation’s Report Card for Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Thursday June 16, 2016 Noon – 1:30 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Room B339 The National Assessment Governing Board and the Museum of Science, Boston's National Center for Technological Literacy®, in conjunction with the STEM Education Caucus, invite you to learn more about the fir...

Data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication. The growing use of collaborative technologies – from mobile devices and social media to virtualization and cloud computing – will continue to be one of the most significant factors impacting the security landscape. For these reasons, the federal government has increased efforts to minimize and prevent cyber security attacks, and will continue to place signific...

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the...

With the overwhelming growth of digital information, the scope of electronic records management has expanded exponentially and is an increasingly critical issue for government agencies, particularly as it relates to being able to provide secure storage, access, and retrieval of this information. The 2012 OMB Managing Government Records Directive put NARA in charge of the effort with the goal of having all permanent records stored electronicall...

Join the Alaska World Affairs Council on Friday, February 26th from 12-1pm at the Hilton Hotel for the program, Turkey’s Role in the Shaping of a New Middle East presented by Dr. Sinan Ciddi. Doors open at 11:30am. This event is open to the public and admission varies.

As the maternal age is increasing and the American population is becoming more obese, the number of pregnancies complicated by diabetes and obesity also is increasing. The 14th Annual Meeting of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America serves as a vehicle for the dissemination of data, gathered through collaboration among basic, translational and clinical researchers and research centers, both nationally and internationally. This...

This timely one-day conference is intended to provide new evidence-based strategies for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, including many newly approved biologic therapies and surgery of common arthritic, rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. Local experts and renowned invited speakers, nationally known for their clinical and clinical research achievements, will provide state of the art summaries. In addition to lectures with questions and...