This two-day forum goes above and beyond basic training to focus on current, real-life issues COTRs face under changing procurement rules. The course is organized to give COR/COTRs a direct opportunity to discover better ways of communicating in resolving contractor concerns as well as problems between the program/project offices and the contracts area. Recent contracts will be used to illustrate state-of-the-art topics and concerns presented...

The Advanced Improvised Explosive Devices workshop is designed to address the growing threat of terrorists’ tactics, techniques and procedures utilizing improvised explosive devices. With the ever present ability to easily acquire materials necessary to construct improvised explosive devices, there is a need to educate and familiarize first responders to the fundamentals of common explosive ordnance, explosive detection systems, CBRNE th...

Designing Forms, Surveys, and Dialogues for the Web Format: One-Day Course Instructor: Kathryn Summers, PhD, University of Baltimore Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $200 federal, state, or local U.S. government;$300 for non-government Course Description This session will focus on designing registration forms, surveys, and engagement tools for a broad consumer audienc...

The 2010 Integrated Training Summit will take place May 12-16, 2010 in Nashville, TN. About the Training Summit The 2010 Integrated Medical, Public Health, Preparedness and Response Training Summit is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This training summit brings together HHS partners including the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), the Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (OCVMRC), the...

Energy/Facilities Connections Conference 2010 will be held in Leavenworth, Washington, May 12-14, 2010. The theme, Innovative Approaches for a New Decade, is appropriate for the direction of the conference. With so much focus on reacting to a tight economy, EFC aims to stack your toolkit with forward-thinking approaches and resources to better prepare you to handle the challenges of the next ten years and beyond. The conference will take place...

Accidental/intentional destruction of data, hardware failure or cyber attacks can happen at any time and you may be called upon to respond, investigate, document, handle, and escalate the analysis to a formal investigation. In this two day hands-on workshop, you'll consider when investigations are appropriate or warranted, and learn how and when to recover lost or deleted information from the Recycler Bin (Info2 file), Disk Directory/Master-Fi...

This program is a personalized workshop designed to develop your individual leadership capabilities. Through individualized and peer coaching sessions, round table discussions, case studies, and an innovative leadership practicum, you will strengthen your ability to be an effective leader in an increasingly complex world. The sessions allow you to match current state-of-the-art leadership theory and your own experience and provide a safe envir...

2010 Government Web Managers 2–Day Conference: Open Government and Citizen Engagement Date: Tuesday – Wednesday, April 27 – 28, 2010 Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (both days) Place: Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC Fee: Fee: $250 for federal, state, or local U.S. government employees. Due to space limitations, this event is open to government employees only. Conference Description Join your peers for our biggest networking e...

This two-day Workshop will provide hands-on, practical training presented in a focused interactive classroom format. Overview The OMB Circular, No. A–11, Part 7 PLANNING, BUDGETING, ACQUISITION, AND MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL ASSETS says that all major projects will be managed using EVMS as defined in the Capital Programming Guide. That the information will be used to report to status against OMB 300 programs. EVM is a proven project managem...

With Records Management part of the Federal Enterprise Architecture, Electronic Records Management (ERM), Records and Information have come to be managed within the context of Enterprise Content Management (ECM). A key element of ECM is the integrating of business processes and information management applications within the agency. Records management now integrates with document management, case file management, workflow management, database m...