The business of government is becoming more complex, increasing the demands being placed on federal agencies. New executive priorities must be addressed. Agency-wide initiatives need to be supported. A growing number of regulatory requirements must be met. This translates into a number of challenges for federal CIOs and their staffs, including the need to consolidate, standardize, and modernize their IT infrastructure, meet security mandates -...

The federal government is in the early stages of adopting private and public clouds as a way to make government IT more flexible, elastic and scalable – optimizing efficiency and reducing costs. With the support of the Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft definition of cloud computing to be used across all agencies. Additionally, the General Services Admi...

Washington Breakfast ClubTM (WBC) is a monthly information exchange which features legislators, agency executives and officials from all branches of federal government presenting on relevant and timely information to interested industry participants.For the January 2010 kickoff, we welcome Mr. Jim Ghiloni, Director of Business and Acquisition Operations for GSA's Office of Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS), part of the Federal Acquisition Se...

How are federal programs and initiatives being impacted by Web 2.0? How are agencies factoring these into strategic planning? Please join AFCEA Bethesda on January 21 for a timely discussion on Web 2.0 best practices and challenges of enterprise wide implementation. Learn what business problems agencies are trying to overcome with these new methods of engaging citizens and the federal workforce.While there are a number of organizational and cu...

If you do business with government agencies and their contractors, you should attend Business Over BreakfastTM, the most productive government sector "just networking" breakfast event in DC/MD/VA. Business Over BreakfastTM Fort Detrick convenes at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery and is hosted by Harry Ponack of Matthew Moving, a Member of The American Small Business Coalition. Your registration for Business Over BreakfastTM Fort Detrick includ...

If you do business with government agencies and their contractors, you should attend Business Over BreakfastTM, the most productive government sector "just networking" breakfast event in DC/MD/VA. Business Over BreakfastTM DC (5th & K NW) convenes at Busboys & Poets and is hosted by Courtney Fairchild, President of Global Services and a Founding Member of The American Small Business Coalition. Your registration for Business Over Breakf...

If you do business in support of government agency requirements you should plan to attend For Government Contractors Only, a new edition of Business Over Breakfast™, the most productive government sector networking breakfast event in DC/MD/VA exclusively for B2G and B2B2G companies.For Government Contractors Only is a sister-activity of the weekly event that started more than fourteen years ago by Navy and Marine Veterans doing business...

Register today to attend this free seminar on January 6, 2011 and learn how geospatial visualization and effective enterprise level search and collaboration allow you to grow and scale your organization's IT infrastructure to meet the current challenges of today's Military environment. We will demonstrate today's art of the possible and a compelling vision for the future.

IRS procurement runs in the neighborhood of $1.7B annually. Two-thirds of this goes to IT and telecomm, but IRS buys many other products and services as well. Many purchases are made off of GSA schedule contract, as well as the TIPSS and TCV GWACs managed by IRS. Over 2,500 companies had a piece of the action in 2008. IRS achieves about a 30% small business award rate. Check out IRS's upcoming requirements through the Treasury opportunities fo...

When it comes to stimulus money no one is spending like the Department of Energy. Join us December 15 for our next Federal IT Breakfast & Schmooze as we host DOE CFO Steve Isakowitz who is guiding the department’s momentous spending. And Steve’s not just a pencil pusher - as a former exec at Lockheed and Booz Allen, not to mention a Master’s in aerospace engineering from MIT, he knows the info industry wants to hear.