According to the Government Accountability Office, Federal agencies are currently spending 70% of their I.T budgets on maintaining legacy systems. This is over $50 billion a year, government-wide, being prioritized on outdated I.T systems over developing new capabilities. The government is aware of this problem and has developed new initiatives to modernize federal systems and adapt to an evolving government I.T landscape. Examples include: Do...

TRB’s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: Managing Risk in Rapid Renewal Contracts (R09) As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on August 20, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will explore the report Managing Risk in Rapid Renewal Projects, which provides transportation agencies with tools and guidance for quantifying risks and developing a risk management process that is needed to manage all types of project...

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The CRYOCO LLC Cryogenic Engineering and Safety Course has been presented annually for 30 years for individuals and company individuals in place of the full priced on-site course offerings by contract that require 20 to 35 attendees. The class is 5-Days and is an in-depth class that covers all aspects of cryogenics from Thermodynamics, Basic Fluids Principles, Materials, Equipment, Design, Vacuum, Referigeration and Cryocoolers, and a full Cry...

The Oxygen Standardization Coordinating Group (OSCG) is an annual collaborative assembly of all five branches of the United States and international military forces as well as many applicable industry leaders designing and manufacturing Oxygen solutions for the warfighter. The conference also offers industry leaders the exclusive opportunity to privately brief a panel of government affiliates on recent developments pertaining to medical Oxygen...

The North Carolina Gang Investigators Association (NCGIA) is scheduled to host our 12th annual Gangs Across the Carolinas conference and the Gang Free North Carolina (GFNC) conference August 13th – 15th, 2013 at the Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons in Greensboro, North Carolina. Please feel free to visit our website at www.ncgangcops.org The NCGIA conference is open to local, state and federal law enforcement officials who have been t...

Last Chance: August Seminar and MatchMaker One Day Government Intensive Event * Falls Church VA "$250 billion - almost half the annual contracts budget - is waiting to be spent." Tom Johnson - SetAside Alert, Monday, July 1, 2013. Get In On This September's Spending Tsunami. Meet With: The Department of Energy * National Security Agency * Computer Sciences Corporation * Smithsonian * Small Business Administration * Health and Human Services *...

As the Obama administration and other key figures in the government continue to stress the critical nature of cyber security and the dangers/implications of cyber attacks, the nation has been given the mandate to update all systems in regards to cyber security. With the range and breadth of cyber threats on the rise, there are countless initiatives and programs currently in play. For this reason, IDGA’s Cyber Security for Government Summ...

There is no doubt that virtualization gives agencies greater flexibility to meet current computing requirements while maximizing the value of investment in hardware assets. For this reason, most government organizations have implemented some form of virtualization — especially server virtualization — which has delivered notable savings in operations and maintenance budgets. Virtual environments, however efficient, are not without c...

Join AFCEA Bethesda on August 8, 2013 for the Mobility Technology Symposium, a half-day education and training event, which will go beyond the business case for mobility and look at how agencies are developing and implementing emerging mobile technology to deliver the mission. The demand for mobility is all around us. With lowered budgets and new technologies, the need to do more with less comes at an opportune time. The trends we see today wi...