Mission Interoperability: Technology and StandardsGovernment agencies are improving mission performance through responsible information sharing and the use of interoperability standards to help better fulfill missions in the areas of cybersecurity, homeland security, law-enforcement and more. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Information Sharing Environment (ISE) is continually establishing pathways to better u...

The FY14 budget continues to ensure progress towards three priority goals to improve services for citizens, increase the return on investment in Federal IT and advance efforts in cybersecurity. Moreover, the pervasiveness of new technologies such as cloud computing, open and big data, social collaboration and mobile have changed what agencies need to meet the mission. How will federal spending for IT investments in FY15 continue to drive innov...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, NITAAC, is now holding free trainings for all those involved in the purchase of information technology products, services and solutions. Earn 2 CLPs as you learn about our government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): ECS III for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. You’ll find NITAAC GWA...

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Agenda 6:00pm-6:40 pm Individual networking 6:45pm-6:50 pm Introductions & Member Spotlight 6:50 pm- 7:05 pm Featured Speaker: Devera Redmond, Manager,Procurement Assistance/Congressional Liaison, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at the U.S. Department of Transportation 7:05pm- 7:10pm Door Prize Drawing 7:10pm- 8:00pm Individual Networking $10 in advance; $20 at the door. Your advance registration IN...

Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have become commonplace tools for government outreach. However, agencies are moving away from social media as an outbound communication tool and enlisting social media to help do many jobs better. Agencies leverage social media to reach underserved audiences during key initiatives who otherwise would not have paid attention to the referendum, get accurate information out more quickly...

Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have become commonplace tools for government outreach. However, agencies are moving away from social media as an outbound communication tool and enlisting social media to help do many jobs better. Agencies leverage social media to reach underserved audiences during key initiatives who otherwise would not have paid attention to the referendum, get accurate information out more quickly...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, NITAAC, is now holding free trainings for all those involved in the purchase of information technology products, services and solutions. Earn 2 CLPs as you learn about our government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): ECS III for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. You’ll find NITAAC GWA...

Jennifer Schaus & Associates launches the GovCon 411 Series - Actionable INFO for Government Contractors. Please join us at The Clark Construction Building in Bethesda, MD for a series on government contracting topics with panel speakers, actual business cases, success stories and resources. Sessions include a presentation, panel speakers inclusive of success stories, and Q&A from the audience. Topics below: 12/19/2013 - Joint Ventures...

As government moves to a more mobile workforce, demand for consistent and standards-driven application development and deployment has become even more critical – especially in an environment of shrinking budgets. It is important to develop cost-effective applications that are easily extensible for use on mobile devices, with the ability to be built once and tweaked for use across the enterprise. Agencies and the public both need to creat...

Jennifer Schaus & Associates launches the GovCon 411 Series - Actionable INFO for Government Contractors. Please join us at The Clark Construction Building in Bethesda, MD for a series on government contracting topics with panel speakers, actual business cases, success stories and resources. Sessions include a presentation, panel speakers inclusive of success stories, and Q&A from the audience. Topics below: 12/12/2013 - SBA 8a Certifi...