A half day seminar on the fundamentals of government contracting The federal government procurement process presents a steep learning curve for individuals and companies new to the market. This seminar provides the essentials that will help you get a faster start to pursuing opportunities and growing your business. What You Will Learn: Structure of the federal government Federal budget process Federal buying cycle and selling approaches Key op...

Plan to join your colleagues at the Smart Facilities Forum to discuss the current mandates, opportunities, and challenges as agencies move toward smarter, greener operations. Attendees will learn how the convergence of digital and physical infrastructures is enabling better facilities management at the city, base, and building level. This is your opportunity to learn how infrastructure integration will help your agency identify efficiencies, e...

The Obama administration has pledged to ensure that every single taxpayer dollar is managed as efficiently as possible. The administration has kicked off initiatives to address contract management, performance management, information technology management and human capitol management, among other issues, but administration officials and agency leaders are facing many of the challenges which thwarted progress by their predecessors. Join us for...

This year has been a busy one for the U.S. Air Force. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan - as well as humanitarian missions in Haiti and Pakistan - have demonstrated the varying, vital roles the Air Force plays in U.S. relations all over the world. But in addition to executing these crucial missions, Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton A. Schwartz has management issues to contend with. With the draw-down of operations in Iraq, General Schw...

Congress has established a National Office for Cybersecurity at the White House, now requires federal agencies to conduct independent audits of their information security programs, and has established new policies for agency acquisition and procurement. Two years ago, Congressman Mike McCaul co-founded the first-ever House Cyber Security Caucus to address these areas of oversight and inconsistency. Join Congressman McCaul in a moderated discus...

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) announced keynotes and speakers for the 5th Annual Online Trust and Cybersecurity Forum being hosted at Georgetown University September 22-24 in Washington DC. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and White House Cybersecurity leader and presidential advisor Howard Schmidt are scheduled provides morning kickoffs. Later that morning, Greg Link of Franklin Covey will provide a keynote on the Speed of Trust, the New Yo...

Target Audience This conference is designed to meet the needs of direct health care providers, managers, administrators, risk managers, educators, industrial hygienists/safety professionals, and researchers of any discipline who are interested in advancing safety for patients and caregivers. To meet the needs of a diverse audience, focused tracks have been established for: Track A: Direct Patient Care Providers/Peer Leaders responsible for pat...

Achieve Information Dominance Using RIAs Join us September 21-22 for a 3-Part discussion, demonstration, and education! Attend the FREE hands-on training seminar “Delivering Command Information to the Tactical Edge,” on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 21-22, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City in Arlington, VA. We will bring together military program managers, application developers, and technology and information-sharing expe...

FREE Seminar A Look at the Future IT Infrastructure: Making of the DoD Cloud What you'll learn... · How DoD leaders are preparing their infrastructures for cloud computing and what it means for the future · How seedling technologies like virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) and virtualization and optimization of servers and storage are preparing agencies for the cloud · Hands-on guidance on how to translate new technol...

FREE Seminar A Look at the Future IT Infrastructure: Making of the DoD Cloud What you'll learn... · How DoD leaders are preparing their infrastructures for cloud computing and what it means for the future · How seedling technologies like virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) and virtualization and optimization of servers and storage are preparing agencies for the cloud · Hands-on guidance on how to translate new technol...