AWRA, the premier multidisciplinary water resources professional society, is coming to Portland, OR, for its 48th Annual Water Resources Conference. The AWRA Annual Conference hosts a diverse group of water resources professionals who present their latest research and case studies, discuss current hot topics, and share new ideas. Conference attendance is usually between 400-500 people. Important Dates General Call for Abstracts (with accepted...

Red Hat Government Symposium Red Hat Government Symposium showcases the latest in open source cloud computing, platform, virtualization, middleware, storage, and systems management technologies. By attending, you’ll gain the best knowledge in the industry through: Keynotes from government executives Business sessions and panels featuring Red Hat and industry experts Real-life use cases Technical hands-on labs and collaboration with Red H...

Basis Technology’s 3rd Annual Open Source Search Conference brings together leading technologists, IT strategists, and program managers from both the government and commercial sector to share the benefits and challenges unique to open source search technology. This year’s conference is expanding to address not only the engaging technical topics, but also includes strategy with a broader discussion of technologies adjacent to search...

This conference, orchestrated by cyber practitioners Matt Devost and Bob Gourley, is designed to advance the state of cyber defense. The FedCyber.com Government-Industry Summit will bring together thought leaders who know the cyber mission in a venue designed to enhance our collective understanding of the threat, build on existing strategies to mitigate challenges, and leverage the nation's greatest technologies to enhance our defense in depth...

This dinner has been postponed at this time. 2013 WID Annual Dinner - Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the HORIZONS Scholarship Program Guest speaker Honorable Katrina McFarland, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) Biography: http://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/docs/biography/bio-mcfarland.pdf Join old friends and new as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of HORIZONS and hear from an informative speaker about topics crucial to the defense a...

TECHEXPO Top Secret is the Nation's premiere producer of professional job fairs for Security-Cleared professionals. TECHEXPO Top Secret events provide immediate face-to-face interviews for hundreds of jobs in a multitude of industries including Cyber Security, Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Engineering, Aerospace, Project Management, Intelligence, Operations, Homeland Security, & More! Interviewing on 11/6 in MD: ACES, Inc - BAE...

Though some federal agencies have made progress in shared service adoption and at least nine federal shared service providers (FSSPs) have emerged across various lines of business, widespread concerns over the implications of shared services are slowing further implementation of the 2012 Federal IT Shared Services Strategy. With these concerns in mind, Accenture Federal Services and Government Business Council undertook an in-depth study to be...

As a federal employee, searching for the right health insurance can be confusing, but there are tools and strategies available to help. At the start of 2014 open season, join Tom Shoop, Vice President and Editor in Chief of Government Executive, in conversation with government healthcare expert Walt Francis, author of the annual CHECKBOOK's Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, as he explains the details of available insurance plans, an...

SolarWinds IT monitoring and management products have been built to scale to the largest and most highly distributed environments without compromising the affordability, ease-of-use, and power that have made them some of the most widely used products in the industry. With the use of SolarWinds scalability engines you can scale your monitoring and management capabilities to hundreds of thousands of network devices, servers, or applications. ...

Government contracting can be a lucrative strategy for small businesses looking to grow, but it can also be an expensive endeavor for those that are unfamiliar with the regulations enforced by federal agencies.What many small businesses may not know is that there is an organization in Washington dedicated to protecting small companies from unfair federal regulatory enforcement actions. The Office of the National Ombudman (ONO) works to assist...