AFCEA Bethesda is excited to announce this year's Fifth Health IT Day is moving back to the Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center. Health IT Day is expected to bring together more than 700 senior-executives and IT professionals from across industry and federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health,...

Step Up To The Microphone With Confidence Representing yourself and your organization to the media and other external audiences is an essential leadership skill. Yet even the most seasoned professionals and executives can be intimidated when it comes to speaking in public. Curriculum Through hands-on experience, participants in this workshop will develop the self-confidence to overcome their anxiety and become more effective communicators, le...

The Information Operations Institute and the Association of Old Crows are proud to present this conference on the hottest topic facing the world today and in the future; The Pacific Rim. Sessions include topics on the South China Sea and surrounding waterways of global significance. This International Conference brings experts from the US, Japan, Korea, and other countries to discuss the issues affecting this area, new concepts of operations (...

Celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month at the NVTC Cybersecurity and Privacy Committee Happy Hour! Mingle with area cybersecurity professionals from both commercial and government organizations. You must RSVP to evan@w2comm.com 5-7pm at La Tasca2900 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA

Set your business plan for the new fiscal year. Attend this webinar/teleconference to learn specific strategies for finding opportunities and positioning yourself to win contracts in the new year. It will cover the importance of the 3 Rs: Research, Relationships and Reality. Included with the webinar/teleconference is the exclusive TargetGov e-book created just for this teleconference. It will be valuable resource during the teleconference and...

On August 8, 2011, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Memorandum to the Heads of Federal Executive Departments and Agencies that clarifies the authorities and roles of Federal CIOs under the Chief Information Officer Act. This policy instruction highlighted the changing role of Agency Chief Information Officers, away from “just policymaking and infrastructure maintenance, to encompass true portfolio management for all IT....

Join Deltek, The Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT), and the Department of Homeland Security for a briefing on strategic resourcing and coordination for emergency communications, featuring Chris Macintosh-Virginia Interoperability Coordinator. Join Deltek, iCERT, and DHS in a half-day session focused strictly on emergency communications and the issues and challenges facing state and local public safety agencies. With...

WHAT'S COVERED The vast majority of BI professionals are excited about the prospects of data mining, but are fully mystified about where to begin or even how to prepare. Of those who did initiate a modeling initiative, a recent data mining industry survey of predictive modeling practitioners reports that 51% of data mining projects either never left the ground, did not realize value or the ultimate results were not measurable. Despite its elus...

The AFCEA Bethesda Monthly Breakfast series features panel discussions led by senior-executive government representatives. With speakers drawn largely from federal civilian agencies, breakfast topics span a wide range of timely issues—from health IT to cybersecurity to Gov 2.0—and are discussed in a panel format that offers a compelling snapshot of multiple agency perspectives. The goals of the event are to foster better inter-agen...

The start of October welcomes the start of a new federal contracting year. Do you know how to fill your pipeline with federal opportunities, and get a jump start on your competition? Join Deltek’s Kevin Plexico for a free webinar on the upcoming report, Top 20 Federal Opportunities for FY 2013, to be released in October 2012. This webinar uncovers key trends and implications that drive opportunities in fiscal year 2013. Preview Topics to...