This full-day summit will bring together more than 400 government and industry leaders from across the entire federal CxO community (acquisition, financial, grants, HR and IT) in the first-ever event addressing common opportunities and challenges in sustaining progress in shared services implementation through the 2016 presidential transition. The summit agenda will feature discussions on: Leading-edge success stories in the global public and...

Contrary to a current myth, a GSA Schedule contract is not required by law or regulation to obtain a government contract, but it is an excellent sales tool to obtain government business by means of task or delivery orders. A GSA Schedule is a simplified process of acquiring commonly used commercial supplies and services. But obtaining a schedule contract is neither simple nor easy, and subjects the commercial contractor to numerous laws and re...

Synopsis: Companies and agencies concerned with implementing new ideas/processes have to contend with the federal budget cycle. One of the great challenges of both the government desiring new, innovative technologies or great service provider companies that are entering the market is the need to obtain funding. The issue becomes: how do new technologies/services become integrated into the government budget cycle? This course will provide an ov...

Synopsis: The government is reluctant to share the data/information frequently kept in silos and often not shared among other entities due to its proprietary, non-portable format or the inability to import/export. The 21st century network models actively encourages the sharing of information across the boundaries. Today, the mission of government requires a whole-of-government approach to address its challenges, enable better decision making,...

Synopsis: Today’s organizations need to have people who can develop new kinds of solutions to meet pressing demands. Yet the words creativity and innovation often intimidate our people. Even if our organizations have creative people, our organizational cultures tend to suppress innovation. This “minds-on” course will provide the tools and techniques to reverse these trends. On Day 1, we will focus on helping employees enhance...

THIS IS A CONFERENCE THAT HAS SOLD OUT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS! The 2014 Executive Leadership Conference goals are simple: Connect great people with great ideas to inspire Leadership and Innovation in Radically Changing Times. In government today, an emerging collaborative ecosystem is transforming how, and with whom, people work. This requires that we adopt new approaches to carrying out agency missions and providing citizen services. ELC...

Synopsis: If putting a 1500 page FAR under your pillow hoping for brain penetration through the night isn’t working and you need a basic understanding of the FAR, this course is for you. The course provides a quick overview of the FAR to help you understand how to find things and a review of the main topic areas and how they can impact your organization. Armed with this information, you’ll know when you need to refer to the FAR to...

Now offering two registrations for the price of one registration Expected outcomes: 1.Understand how feds acquire innovative technologies; 2. Learn how companies and government partner; 3. Learn the government and industry challenges and the steps you can take to overcome them; 4 Learn arguments you can make to dispel the myths surrounding IT contracting.

Federal Program and Project Managers assigned to major acquisitions are required to earn the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM) at the senior level. Companies seeking to support government IT programs can gain a competitive advantage by understanding – and solving – their Federal clients’ P/PM and acquisition challenges. To meet the needs of both government and Industry members, ACT-...

This year's Management of Change will focus on what needs to change to get us to what the next generation government can be, and how, as a motivated public-private partnership, we will get there. To develop actionable deliverables to change perception and rebuild the brand. In small interactive workshops led by your colleagues across government and industry, MOC will examine six different topics that will define the next generation of innovati...