Changing employment laws, recent court decisions, and shifting agency priorities are directly impacting Washington's workforce. Local laws often vary, creating challenges for employers who do business in multiple locations. Human Resource professionals need to be aware of the latest updates in order to make the best decisions for their companies and employees. This topic will discuss current developments on cutting-edge topics affecting Washin...

Hybrid cloud is critical to government IT transformation, which means storing data on-premises and in the cloud. Keeping up with ever-changing IT environments presents myriad challenges for organizations. Please register today and join us for the Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup, Managing the Changing Hybrid Cloud Environment in Gov, on Wed., May 31, from 6 - 8:30 p.m., at 1776. We are excited to feature Brian Harrison, cloud solution arch...

We are pleased to invite you to SANS Northern Virginia - Reston 2017, May 21-26. This event features comprehensive hands-on technical training from some of the best instructors in the industry and includes courses that will prepare you or your technical staff for DoD 8570 and GIAC approved certification exams. Start making your plans now to attend SANS Northern Virginia - Reston 2017.Here's what SANS alumni have said about the value of SANS tr...

Never rely on ladders, tape measures, and expensive laser range finders again! View our complimentary on-demand webinar to learn how Spike makes it easy to capture measurements and GPS location for hard-to-reach objects like building exteriors, signs, natural resources, and more — simply by using a smartphone tablet camera, the Spike App, and the Spike laser device. During this webinar, we'll examine: Why different industries such as tra...

REI Systems and the George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration will host a Grants Management Breakfast (GMB) Forum. Our bimonthly GMB Forums bring together professionals from government, academia, and industry to share first-hand experiences in managing the full grants life cycle, resulting in real-world opportunities for process and performance improvement. Our guest speaker for this...

Put data to work Strata + Hadoop World is one of the largest conferences of its kind in the world, with a laser-sharp focus on how data can be used to shape critical decisions across disciplines and industries, from finance and smart cities to retail and government. Our talented and expert speakers will share compelling data case studies, proven best practices, effective new analytic approaches, and exceptional skills around: Big data and the...

This webinar will provide an overview of NASA’s remote sensing data sets and products and describe how the data sets can be used to support utility monitoring, modeling, and management efforts. An overview will also cover satellites, instruments, and products related to climate and hydrologic conditions; watershed/land use characteristics; and source water quality. Successful applications of remote sensing data for water resources manage...

The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission along with the Arkansas Humanities Council, and National Endowment for the Humanities will host “Conversations on Racial and Ethnic Harmony” on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Fort Smith Museum of History, 320 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901. The theme for this conversation is “Passing the Torch: Building Relationships between Law Enforcement O...

Understand the application and design components of Horizontal Directional Drilling as it applies to your project. Horizontal Directional Drilling has been associated with numerous utility strikes, cross bores, damage to adjacent infrastructure, overlying settlements, and loss of drill fluid to the surrounding environment. These issues have led to costly catastrophic failures and regulatory noncompliance project shutdowns. However, pipeline, t...

Government networks, critical infrastructure, and data are under a constant state of attack. The nature of these threats evolve on a daily basis. Hacktivists, nation states, and cyber criminals push people, processes, and technologies that make up government cyber defenses to their breaking points. Join Gigamon, FireEye, and Splunk at the International Spy Museum for a panel discussion about the top 10 best practices for cyber security profess...