Cyber Resilience: Leveraging Real-Time Analytics and Continuous Monitoring The administration underscored the importance of combating sophisticated or advanced cyber intruders by establishing FISMA priorities, #1 of which is continuous monitoring. The proposed federal IT budget for 2014 devotes more than $13 billion to cybersecurity programs, with $300 million in new funding for continuous monitoring as mandated by OMB and FISMA reporting requ...

Join Christine Wade of CaaSus, LLC and Gunjan Talati of Reed Smith LLP for the first installment of a 3-Part Series on Subcontracting, Teaming and Flow Downs. Back from popular demand, this course will be presented online in 3 parts on December 3rd, 10th, and 17th. Courses may be taken in isolation, or as a group. The webinars will present key purchasing/procurement instruction relative to: Subcontract Management & AdministrationTeaming Ag...

As volumes of big data grow rapidly, government agencies are looking to leverage federal big data to support their missions and improve overall program outcomes and performance. Government, however, still face issues in adopting a federal big data strategy: bandwidth, storage capacity, retrieval, security, computational power, and trained personnel. The greatest challenge for government organizations in managing big data lies in the ability to...

Advances in technology offer CIOs an unprecedented opportunity to help their agencies do more with less. How can you boost productivity, enhance service, and drive innovation by strategically combining post-digital forces? We'll discuss Impacts of five key forces – mobile, social, analytics, cloud, and cyber – and how they can help agencies reinvent how work gets done. Delivering extraordinary value via modest investments on top of...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will host a live First Thursday Seminar webcast on Rethinking Operations & Maintenance for High Performance Buildings on June 6, 2013. Experts Sarah Jensen of FEMP and Michelle Slovensky of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory will offer training about engagement programs for key stakeholders – including building owners, operators, and occupants ...

Perhaps they were mis-hired to begin with. Or, perhaps they were promoted well past their ability; perhaps they simply don't want to do what's required... You just don't know and you're spending a ton of your time analyzing the "why" and the "what. Perhaps you're thinking is "I'm spending my time for no return, when I could be spending it on someone else for recognizable value." Dr. Stephanie shares success strategies on working with the un-co...

Learn a step-by-step approach to placing a utility energy service contract (UESC) task order under a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Areawide Contract. Focus on developing skills related to the acquisition plan; preliminary audit and findings; feasibility study and project proposal; contract for construction; construction and installation; performance assurance and acceptance; post-construction and commissioning; and sample document...