The ASBCs of Government Contracting™ provides practical and up-to-date information on running a business and finding and winning business as a government contractor and subcontractor. Topics presented are selected based on information collected through ongoing surveys and member feedback, and are presented by Industry veterans and current and former Government officials sharing their acquired experiences. The goal? Delivering accurate an...

Usability Testing—It's Not Rocket Surgery Class Format: One Day Workshop Instructor: Steve Krug Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM ET Location: GSA - One Constitution Square Fee: $300 federal, state, local government$400 non-government Webinar Description After Steve Krug wrote Don't Make Me Think, he spent five years teaching a workshop about basic usability principles. People really liked it, and a lot of peop...

110: Negotiating Environmental Solutions Why take this training? People often enter negotiations armed with emotionally-charged positions defining what they want. This posturing of parties creates an adversarial relationship that is hard to move past. Interest-based negotiation teaches the skills needed to identify underlying interests, and to develop a protocol that enables all parties to get their needs met simultaneously. Interest-based neg...

On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, Mountaintop Marketing Group's Peak Series CIO Breakfast Series continues with Dr. Danny Harris, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Education. ABOUT Our Featured Speaker: Dr. Danny Harris is a 20+ year information technology and financial management veteran of the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Harris became the Chief Information Officer (CIO), Department of Education on October 1, 2008. As the CIO, he...

Showcase Your Company's Products / Services To This BRAC Location!This BRAC LOCATION is a base that is absorbing personnel from bases that are closing. As many as 18,000 New Persons are being reassigned to Belvoir's 20,000. BRAC LOCATIONS NEED EVERYTHING (and LOTS of it). Over 90 tenants at Fort Belvoir. Technologies Requested: Engineering, Greening, Furniture, Office Supplies, Printing, Architecture, Software, Bio Medical, Health, Aerospace,...

GSA Schedules 101 Doing business successfully in the government sector starts with accurate and reliable information to support the identification and pursuit of business opportunities. For that reason we have secured the support of Global Services, a reliable and trusted member of The ASBC community since our inception, for this edition of The ASBC's of Government Contracting. This three hour workshop covers important topics related to deter...

The Federal Contractors Roundtable provides a highly-relevant forum where business leaders and industry professionals can discuss current and upcoming legislative, agency-specific policy and regulatory changes impacting how they find and win government sector business. This Month's Topic: Teaming and Subcontracting - Get Noticed, Get Selected, Get Work! Finding the right companies to partner with is tough. Getting picked to be on a team and ge...

Class Format: Webinar Instructors: H. Giovanni Carnaroli, DOT and Jana Hrdinová, Center for Technology in Government Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Time: 2:00 PM–3:00 PM Fee: Free More Information Webinar Description Government agencies are increasingly looking to leverage social media to improve the quality of government services and elicit greater citizen engagement. Developing a social media policy can be an important first ste...

Ask yourself – What more can my school board do to ensure a bright future for the students in our community? Could a new data report, technology, or innovative approach make a difference? Are there school districts across the country with creative solutions to the problems my district faces? The 71st NSBA Annual Conference will focus on the key issues that are impacting school boards across the country. Get a national perspective from to...