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...

For government agencies, there is a constant and growing tension between the need to share data and the need to protect it. On one hand, not sharing data is generally not an option: Agencies need to have the ability to put information into the hands of those who need it. On the other hand, they need to ensure that data is accessible only by authorized individuals. Often, agencies have worked around this problem by outfitting employees with mul...

Though some federal agencies have made progress in shared service adoption and at least nine federal shared service providers (FSSPs) have emerged across various lines of business, widespread concerns over the implications of shared services are slowing further implementation of the 2012 Federal IT Shared Services Strategy. With these concerns in mind, Accenture Federal Services and Government Business Council undertook an in-depth study to be...

As a federal employee, searching for the right health insurance can be confusing, but there are tools and strategies available to help. At the start of 2014 open season, join Tom Shoop, Vice President and Editor in Chief of Government Executive, in conversation with government healthcare expert Walt Francis, author of the annual CHECKBOOK's Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, as he explains the details of available insurance plans, an...

SolarWinds IT monitoring and management products have been built to scale to the largest and most highly distributed environments without compromising the affordability, ease-of-use, and power that have made them some of the most widely used products in the industry. With the use of SolarWinds scalability engines you can scale your monitoring and management capabilities to hundreds of thousands of network devices, servers, or applications. ...

Export Controls on Encryption Technology: 2013 Update New regulations published by BIS in June of 2013 (view notice) reflect a multilateral agreement to classify certain components as “mass-market.” As usual, the rule is complicated and limited in its application. Find out if your company can benefit by attending this webinar.October 1, 2013 1:00 PM EDT Topics to be covered: Fundamentals of cryptography for the export compliance pr...

Many government agencies and departments have been victimized or may be vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse. Yet the public sector has generally taken a cat and mouse approach to fraud. How can private sector advances help change the game? We'll discuss: The pay-and-chase approach to fraud – where fraudsters escape with the cheese and static mousetraps are set in response. Potential risks to government organizations' financial assets,...

Do you know how to fill out a BIS 748P application? September 17, 2013 1:00 PM EDT Do you know how and when you have to get an International Import Certificate (IIC) from a foreign government to support your application? Do you know how to use prior ITAR license approvals to speed up processing of BIS 748P applications? The need to apply for BIS 748P applications for exports and reexports is increasing significantly largely due to the fact tha...

Customer service excellence will give you the competitive advantage you need to survive in a tough and increasingly uncertain business climate. In today’s customer-oriented business environment, "people skills" are critical for personal and organizational success. How you handle your customers can directly affect your individual goals as well as your team’s and company’s performance. This customer service webinar will provide...