Join NCMA HQ as we host a full-day education and networking seminar. Attendees will receive extensive hands-on learning and scheduled opportunities to network with peers! Participants will earn 6.5 CPE/CLPs. Through hands-on experience you will learn how commercial contracts are priced and negotiated. Participants will work in buyer and seller teams (either government-to-industry or business-to-business perspectives) to perform assignments. P...

Virtual Tabletop Exercise Agriculture (Crop Decimation) General: EMI conducts a series of VTTX using a video teleconference (VTC) platform to reach community-based training audiences around the country and provide a virtual forum for disaster training. The VTTX process involves key personnel from the emergency management community of practice reviewing a pre-packaged set of exercise materials, then convening for a four-hour tabletop exercise...

Information is powerful. Having the right information helps agencies award citizen benefits, accelerate infrastructure projects, make critical decisions on the battlefield, and so much more to meet mission goals. To harness this information, agencies must modernize their approach to data management, including infrastructure and platforms. But they face a daunting challenge – their data is overwhelming and growing every day. It’s di...

Applying The Science of Where to geospatial development:Join your peers from the global developer community to learn, collaborate, network, and have fun. Be first to adopt, first to develop, and first to market with next-generation apps—powered by advanced GIS tools and technology from Esri. Explore the latest technology: DevSummit is the event to dive into Esri's newest developer tools, before anyone else. Explore new technology, built...

Enable Personalized Experiences Through SegmentationSegment and gain constituent insights. During this session we will uncover how to prepare to monetize your data through the use of segmentation and personalization. Specifically, this session will cover: Why segmenting your data is important Types of segmentation – what’s possibleUtilizing second and third party dataCreating a segment within your data set Using segments throug...

Security cleared professionals, please join us at the All Clearances Cleared Job Fair Thursday, January 31, from 11am - 3pm at the Westin Tysons Corner. Our cleared facilities' employers include Adobe Federal, DynCorp, ERPi, Hexagon US Federal, Lunarline, MASY Group, Ridgeline, USCYBERCOM and more! Opportunities exist for Intel, Linguists, Intel Analysts, Data Forensics, Logisticians, Escorts, Test Engineers, Cyber Security, Contracts, Databas...

Cost and Pricing Data; “Fair and Reasonable Prices;” Commerciality Determinations (Formal and Informal) Contract pricing: everyone does it, but no one wants to talk about it. This course will deal with some of the most critical issues involving contract pricing. Taught by an experienced government contracts attorney, this course will cover: What is “cost or pricing data,” and what must the contractor provide to the gove...

Join us for a complimentary webinar on January 31st to discuss how Thales eSecurity Federal and Nutanix can help you secure your hyper-converged data. Nutanix has partnered with the industry leader in access control encryption and key management solutions to allow its customers to secure data and centralize keys on their hyper-converged platform. Many government customers have now realized file-level access control, encryption, and key manage...

When it comes to IT, innovation often leads to legislation. That possibility is real today, as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, the Internet of Things and related technologies are revolutionizing the ways in which we communicate, connect, and conduct business, but also raising important questions, especially when it comes to privacy and security. The challenge is to create legislation that addresses those concerns without hindering in...

In 2018, Zero Trust Security gained popularity due to its simplicity and effectiveness. Yet despite a rise in awareness, many organizations still don’t know where to start or are slow to adopt a Zero Trust approach. The result? Breaches affected as many as 66% of companies just last year. And as hackers become more sophisticated and resourceful, the number of breaches will continue to rise - unless organizations adopt Zero Trust Security...