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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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2012 Federal Senior Management Conference

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Join federal managers and industry executives from April 15-18 at the Federal Senior Management Conference. Voted by over 4500 GovEvent users as one of the Top 5 Most Important Government Events of 2011, FedSMC is the preeminent conference for senior federal managers developed to support government's need for well trained managers who can succeed not just day to day, but in the face of challenges.
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