The 2010 Small Business Procurement Conference is a one-day event that focuses on small businesses and program offices from SSA. The format will include 3-4 briefings that will support collaboration from the SSA Deputy Commissioner for Budget, Finance and Management, Contracting officers and other SSA personnel. The purpose of this event is to have small businesses network with SSA personnel and contractors to gain a better understanding of ho...

Private Sector Strategies for Public Sector Computing Environments The Federal Government is in the process of sorting out what functions and tasks should be performed by its own employees, and what is best left to the expertise of their counterparts in industry and academia. All concerned have the same objective—to enable the delivery of effective, valuable computing strategies and services that make the most of public sector investment...

The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau will hold a workshop on Emergency Alerting for the 21st Century: Leveraging Multiple Technologies to Bring Alerts and Warnings to All Americans. The workshop will educate stakeholders about the status of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, including Next Generation Emergency Alert System and the Commercial Mobile Alert System and will provide FEMA, the FCC and other Federal partn...

The conference is unique in that it features presentations from nine Chief Information Officers at the federal level. 'It is extremely rare to have this many speakers of this caliber in the same room,' says Holly Schneider Brown, the program director. 'Given the importance of IT overhaul for the government, the dialogue that will take place at this event will be one of the most important of the year.' The conference will address the pressing n...

The Finance Officer's Role In Doing More With Less Why Attend? Funds for travel and training are often the first items to go when times are tough, so why will thousands of finance officers attend the GFOA 104th Annual Conference in Atlanta? Here are some compelling reasons: It’s the one time during the year when for just a few days you can immerse yourself in information that you can take home and immediately apply to the financial issue...

The government IT community is in a state of complete transformation which is fundamentally changing the way it serves and protects America and its citizens. At a time where new technologies, policies, infrastructures, and changing human behaviors are converging, it is imperative for government’s elite IT and technology leaders to collaborate and engage in meaningful dialogue to create a foundation that will ensure success for generation...

About this Event: This networking reception is convened by the WNG Government Roundtable and is designed for government relations professionals in the greater Washington, D.C. region. The event presents a networking and marketing opportunity for both professionals and companies to increase awareness of their services. Who Should Attend: Government relations professionals, lobbyists, corporate representatives; the diplomatic community; governme...

The Management of Change (MOC) conference was created by the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils (FGIPC - now ACT) as a forum to bring together government executives from throughout the country and from all levels of government to share ideas, solutions and strategies on the application of information technology to government. The first MOC was held in San Antonio, Texas in 1980. Today, the Management of Change conference...

The Communications School is the only event of its kind that provides invaluable networking opportunities and practical educational sessions to help government communicators increase their skills. The coveted NAGC Government Communicator of the Year Award is presented during the Communications School and honors an individual who has brought forth government's message with a high standard of professionalism and ethics. Breakout Session Topics H...