Workshop Description This Potomac Forum Training Workshop provides an overview of data center consolidation in compliance with the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative. The Workshop provides a detailed breakdown of major components, reporting requirements and intended goals of the Federal Initiative and how to implement the initiative in the government environment to achieve an effective, cost effective and compliant data center consol...

Workshop Description Workshop addresses key issues for government managers and staff for the successful management of electronic records today: E-discovery requests, stubborn cultural issues, grappling with the variety of web content, the working relationship between records managers and IT, enduring collections of paper records, and groundbreaking work in e-records management. Workshop will also present an overview of current NARA policies a...

Government in today's business environment is facing new management paradigms. Agencies are facing demands for decreased development costs, reduced time to deployment, and increased scrutiny into capital investments. New business solutions must address these shifts. These new solutions must also address the evolving pressures of regulatory requirements including the latest demands for transparency and accountability, combined with the prolifer...

Information on government websites must be "findable", relevant and compliant with federal mandates. These converging requirements require reanalyzing of both process and strategy to manage and govern website content as well as improving strategy around the website content. This symposium will help CXOs and their staff, Web managers, Communications, IT, program managers and Inspector Generals responsible for supervising, developing, maintainin...

This symposium will help CXOs and their staff, Public Affairs Officers, Web managers, Social and New Media Directors, Communications, IT, program managers and Inspector Generals responsible for supervising, developing, maintaining or reviewing social media tools or efforts understand how to effectively use social media in to accomplish mission goals and create outcome based success measures. Major Topics How agencies are integrating social med...

Workshop Description This Potomac Forum Training Workshop provides an overview of data center consolidation in compliance with the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative. The Workshop provides a detailed breakdown of major components, reporting requirements and intended goals of the Federal Initiative and how to implement the initiative in the government environment to achieve an effective, cost effective and compliant data center consol...

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...

The 2009 Government Open Source Conference DC will provide a forum to explore both the business case and real-world applications for open technology to deliver the next generation of government services. Policy issues and economic drivers for IT invesment will be addressed. Attendees will hear from industry experts and their peers. Extensive networking opportunities for CIO & IT directors, management, planning, legal staff.