Objectives »»Understand different strategic planning approaches and techniques and their attendant advantages and disadvantages »»Become familiar with strategic plan implementation and follow-up and how strategic planning fits into other organizational functions, such as budgeting and accountability »»Learn how to conduct strategic planning using interactive learning simulation exercises, or “learning...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! The COR Member of the Acquisition Team: The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Guide to Performance and Quality The "COR Member of the Acquisition Team” National Education Seminar (NES) is designed to better illustrate the important role that the contracting officer’s representative (COR) plays in ensuring that the contract speci...

SAVE THE DATE FOR NCMA'S 31ST ANNUAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (GCMC) NOVEMBER 5–6, 2012 · RENAISSANCE DOWNTOWN HOTEL · WASHINGTON, DC Join us for NCMA's 31st Annual Government Contract Management Conference (GCMC), November 5–6, 2012, in Washington, DC at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel. GCMC has long been known as the most comprehensive conference for government contract professionals. Last year's ev...

2010’s CBRNe Convergence was the largest CBRNE responders conference in the US that year. It brought together 650 delegates with 75 exhibitors and culminated in a massive exercise involving units from the FBI, CST and local responders. 2012 will be no different with an expected 1,000 attendees and 100 exhibitors it promises to be the biggest event on the East Coast. The program will be chosen by the Editorial Team of CBRNe World and will...

Advanced Internal Controls in Government has been POSTPONED due to Hurricane Sandy. Details on new date coming soon. Government Employees: $995 Special "Early Bird" Reduced Rates: $795 until October 12th (Federal, State or Local Government Issued ID) Includes instruction, presentations, Training Workshop Notebook, and continental breakfasts, morning and afternoon refreshments, and luncheon at the Willard.Group: " Learn Together" Registration....

Join The Coalition on October 24 and 25 for its two day Fall Training Conference, Continuing the Dialogue. This training conference will address acquisition policy, the federal market and Excellence in Partnership. Thought leaders from government, industry and academia will give us their perspectives on changes that have occurred and are expected in the federal government’s $250 billion multiple awards contracting program. Well recognize...

Do you handle any part of the travel management process or need insight into the procurement side of managed travel? Gain valuable procurement insights and best practices at GBTA Procurement Symposium 2012. GBTA has partnered with the Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) to present the GBTA Procurement Symposium 2012 - October 23-24, Los Angeles, CA. This event features up-to-date insights, tools, best practices, and strategies to help...

AFCEA Bethesda is pleased to announce an innovative educational symposium for government and industry participants who are or want to be on the cutting edge of smart technology and sustainability. The goals of the event are to make the business case for sustainability, show "big data" applications for energy management, highlight accomplishments with smart building technologies, illustrate saving from effective Federal fleet management, data c...

Objectives »»Understand the basics of negotiating public sector collective bargaining agreements »»Gain insights into union positions and perspectives »»Learn about various collective bargaining strategies Description Fraught with legal and human resource conundrums labor and management relations can be a difficult area to navigate. Learn negotiation fundamentals as workshop leaders in this session of the Ci...

AFCEA Bethesda is excited to announce this year's Fifth Health IT Day is moving back to the Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center. Health IT Day is expected to bring together more than 700 senior-executives and IT professionals from across industry and federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health,...