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...

***Event is open to government employees only. Demo of Challenge.gov and Best Practices in Creating Online Challenges Date: Thursday, July 22nd Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET Place: Online Webinar Presenter: Brandon Kessler, Founder of ChallengePost.com Challenge.gov is a new platform that just opened for federal agencies' to create new--or post existing--challenges. Challenge.gov enables agencies and citizens to connect around and solve some o...

Virtual FOSE brings the #1 Government Technology Expo and Conference to you! No travel, no conference fees and no time away from work! This FREE online event brings together thousands of government IT professionals, showcases the latest technology products, and provides cutting-edge education/training on several of today’s pressing topics. Join us online July 21! Outstanding sessions helping you fulfill your agency goals and missions ...

This Webinar will explain the rules, regulations, and process for obtaining a SBA guaranteed loan for your business. You will learn about the different SBA loan programs, how to qualify and collateralize an SBA loan, what SBA loans can be used for, and how to apply for a loan. If you are a small business in need of low cost financing, then you should plan on attending. Presented by Jim Ely. Jim Ely has been in the SBA lending business since 19...

This Webinar will cover GSA Schedule basics, what they are, how, why and where they are used, advantages versus associated responsibilities and liabilities, and next steps. Discussion will be led by Jennifer Schaus of Jennifer Schaus & Associates, a boutique government consulting firm in Washington DC. Ms Schaus has over 12 years of federal business experience and has been interviewed on government topics and contributed white papers on en...

Web Manager University is partnering with GSA's Center for New Media and Citizen Engagement to bring you this FREE webinar with tips and strategies for engaging citizens in online challenges. You may know that the Open Government Directive calls for agencies to engage citizens using challenges, but did you know that challenges are a great way to: • Motivate, inspire, and guide the public to solve tough challenges; • Change the perce...

Join INPUT for an online presentation that will provide detailed insight into the energy efficiency strategies and technology needs of federal agencies. About Federal Technology Strategies for Energy Efficiency:With rising energy costs and expanding environmental impact, the federal government is focused on developing and implementing sustainability strategies to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Agencies are expect...

GeoMetrx is web-based suite of visual analytics tools you can deploy quickly and easily to map, track, chart and report on the allocation of resources and the impact they are making on the ground nationally, down to individual neighborhoods. Everything happens somewhere. ”When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” - Wayne Dyer GeoMetrx will provide you with a fresh perspective on; •Exactly whe...

While commercial mass notification systems have been around for more than a decade, the attempted bombing in New York’s Time Square in May and major disasters like Hurricane Katrina have highlighted the need to leverage newer technologies for the rapid notification of people and organizations. These seminal events brought forth a large number of businesses that sought to grab a piece of the notification system market. One of the challeng...