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35th World Energy Engineering Congress

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Originally posted on AOL Energy

The World Energy Engineering Congress is celebrating its 35th year with a combined conference, expo and seminar program. The event brings together business leaders and government officials to discuss the most important energy technologies and services available today.

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Defense Renewable Energy and Military Microgrids

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The military has a long history of functioning as a technology petri dish, where nascent concepts are proven and then go on to mainstream success in the private marketplace. The "next big thing" in renewable energy could very well be featured, discussed or hatched at the Defense Renewable Energy and Military Microgrids gathering.

The United States' largest single energy user - the Defense Department - has set an ambitious target of sourcing 25% of its power from renewables by 2025.

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Congress To Federal Workers: ‘The Party’s Over’

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Originally posted on AOL Gov by Judi Hasson

In an effort to ensure taxpayers won't be footing any more big bills for lavish Las Vegas parties, lawmakers have approved the first of what could be several new rules governing events for federal workers.

The House voted Wednesday to approve the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) to set new standards for federal agencies planning outings. It includes a $500,000 spending cap on conferences held by individual agencies and would require every agency to disclose what they are spending on contracts on a single public website.

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FOSE 2012 Witnesses Continued Growth in Quantity, Quality of Attendees

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Vienna, Va - May 1, 2012 - 1105 Media's Government Events Group, the leading producer of trade shows and conferences for the government information technology (IT) market, today announced that the FOSE 2012 Conference and Exposition witnessed a continued growth in attendance and received high recognition for the quality of educational programming. The event was held April 3-5, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

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HCMF Summer 2012

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HCMF Summer 2012 has been developed based on the huge success of our 2011 Federal Recruitment & Talent Management Strategy Day, and will continue to meet the demands for more coverage on your most pressing challenges in Federal Human Capital Management today. This year's focus will be on innovation and improvements in Succession Planning, Recruitment and Retention; all within the current budgetary environment.

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