Even though the official holiday season is over, there is still one more gift-giving day on the horizon - Valentine's Day. And we all know buying the perfect present doesn't come easy. You oftentimes have to fight crowds of shoppers, wait in long lines, and pay extra for gift wrapping. The cloud – four years ago it was the buzzword heard around government, now the cloud is in many ways the norm, but buying the cloud is still a bit trick...

According to the Government Accountability Office, 70% of government’s information technology budget is spent maintaining legacy systems. With the ever-growing demands for innovative and mobile technologies and rapid solutions to citizen needs, agencies are seeking ways to shave dollars and time off the application development process. Innovations in software development like agile computing, platform as a service, and the use of open so...

COMPLIMENTARY BRIEFING The Watchful Eye: Mitigating Risk in the Cloud Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Time: 8:00 - 10:30 AMCost: Complimentary Credits: 3 CPEs/CEUs Focus: Government agencies are adopting a Cloud First approach to do more with existing resources while rapidly opening up new ways to meet citizens’ demands to engage with agencies online. Using a pay-as-you-go model, agencies can now access a broad portfolio of middleware...

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As the government focuses on creating innovative solutions to save money, thieves are focused on undermining that progress. Sometimes it's hard to tell which side has the advantage. Identity thieves and others who cheat the government are working on an industrial scale, devising complex scams that include hundreds of accomplices. The Federal government is losing an estimated $300 billion per year to fraud. Thieves target Medicare and Medicaid,...

Workforce 2020: Rethinking People Strategies in Government Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014Time: 7:30 - 11:00 AM Credits: : 3 CPEs/CEUs Leadership has moved from a hierarchical model to one where agencies are now dependent on people outside their organization. These leadership skills are necessary for government to effectively work across work teams, across programs, across agencies, and even across countries. Join government peers to explor...

Government agencies are focusing on Innovation. Agencies are using new processes and techniques and integrating them to foster innovation. Learn from Government and Industry Experts - Learn how the new technologies and processes can be used to inovate. What You Will Learn: Effective Strategies for Interagency collaboration Benefits of an 'enterprise–wide platform' for investigative management How shared services can be effectively imple...

Event is for Government Attendees Only Overview of the Tutorial and Roundtable: Many projects are completed on time and within budgets, but at their end, have limited or no contribution to meeting the goals and objectives of an organization. Other projects are “put on hold” due to executive or political priorities that have changed during the long project development cycle but have intermediate results that have value that can be...

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We invite you to be a part of the nation's largest, most active buying venue for end user energy products and services – the World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC). There's no better opportunity for your sales team to directly reach thousands of top energy management decision makers from throughout the U.S. and abroad. The WEEC expo is attended each year by the nation's leading energy professionals in business, industry, and government...