It's easy to buy reporting and analysis tools: business intelligence (BI) is a multi-billion-dollar market, with vendors ranging from the biggest names to boutiques. Unfortunately, most users don't have the time or resources to learn how to use BI tools. Yet organizations frequently deploy them to non-technical users, causing low user satisfaction, poor adoption rates, and minimal value per tax dollar spent. To be successful, you have to learn...

The National Association of Small Business Contractors has once again joined forces with the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce to present "Spotlight on NASA". This one day event provides an in-depth look at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as it relates to small businesses; including agency overview, Center opportunities and Subcontracting opportunities with prime contractors.

As federal agencies are implementing internal control programs in accordance with OMB Circular A-123 a new trend is emerging that focuses on assessing the risk associated with key internal controls to focus testing on processes that present the greatest risk. With limited resources federal agencies are focused on administering internal control programs that are efficient and effective, avoid duplication and minimize the burden on staff. This w...

"All employers have an obligation to exercise a reasonable duty of care in hiring. In addition, many organizations have a legal duty to not employ individuals with certain enumerated criminal records. There are a number of steps that employers can take in the hiring process to reduce their risk when hiring. First, organizations must carefully review and audit their hiring program, including their application, interview and past employment chec...

The “enemy” in today’s society is able to conduct their intelligence collections and attacks from any cyber-café in the world – miles or oceans away from their target by just using the Internet. Criminal groups have been using online methods and the Internet to further their business operations and goals. Targets of their activities have included US businesses and US government entities. The Internet has opened numerous avenues for perpetrator...

During this unique two-day event you will hear from renowned speakers who will share their stories and experiences. Session topics will include improving IT efficiency, promoting transparency, optimizing resources, addressing CyberSecurity and enabling collaboration while ensuring data privacy. You will gain unique insight into what CA customers and partners are doing to improve the citizen experience while maximizing the value of their IT inv...

Brownfields 2009, where close to 5,000 decision makers from the private sector; local, state, and federal agencies; nonprofit and community groups; and academia come together for the most important conference of its kind in the world. This makes the National Brownfields Conference the largest, most comprehensive conference focused on cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned, underutilized, and potentially contaminated properties in the nation. T...

HCMF delivers exceptional value for learning about key human capital strategies and initiatives across the Federal agencies and for meeting your peers looking for solutions to day-to-day challenges in managing and developing your workforce. It is an exciting time to be a human capital officer, with all the many opportunities to assess, change, and improve existing human resource policies and processes. Join government leaders and peers at this...

The NIH event is a one day table-top exposition. With great support from the Center of Information Technology (CIT), event host, this expo will allow you to interact with exhibitors focusing on: Technology products and services available to aid the NIH in supporting its mission, apps/services that have been approved by the Enterprise Architect, and products that are on CIT's Information Systems Designated Procurement (iSDP) (http://isdp.nih.go...

E3 2009 will focus on the intersection among innovative technologies, visionary policies, environmental benefits and emerging market opportunities related to renewable energy. How do we provide sustainable fuel, food, fiber and freshwater to a global population of 9 billion people in our lifetime? That’s one of more than 15 urgent questions we’ll explore during E3 2009.