Faced with the challenges of modernizing healthcare and keeping projects on track, the Department of Veteran Affairs will be one of the big spenders in 2010 with a budget of $2.5 billion. So join us on February 23 at the Fairview Park Marriott as we host Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker who will discuss the challenges and opportunities his agency faces and how your firms can serve the VA mission and objectives. Following Roger, hear from a pan...

Federal Computer Week, in partnership with Adobe, invites you to an executive breakfast “Transparency, Public Participation, Collaboration – How to Craft Your Agency’s Open Government Plan,” to be held February 18, 2010 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. This educational breakfast for government professionals will bring together senior government officials, technology and open government leaders to discus...

Improving youth development through positive youth program outcomes Earn up to 15 CPE Credits! Address the Needs of Today’s Youth to Inspire Success in the 21st Century Focus on youth development initiatives in social media, entrepreneurship and leadership to promote positive outcomes Leverage Funding and Resources to Sustain Your Youth Services Programs Implement strategies to win grants and comply with key federal financial standards f...

Are you looking to modernize an aging IT infrastructure? Do you need an effective data migration plan that minimizes down time and protects against data loss? Register today and learn step-by-step discovery processes, planning, and specific migration plans that resulted in successful data migration for two agencies during a case study presentation. Technology experts will discuss how to prepare and execute a migration strategy that aligns you...

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...