Presentation Topic: Government Acquisition: Trends and Techniques Join AFFIRM for a lively program and discussion on Thursday, December 8 on "Government Acquisition: Trends and Techniques". To launch the program, Nancy Suslov will share highlights of the analysis of the GWACs and IDIQs, and Schedules that was recently released by TechAmerica as part of their 47th annual federal market forecast. A lively discussion moderated by Wyatt Kash, AOL...

Presentation Topic: The Changing Role of the Federal CIO Join AFFIRM for this lively panel of Federal CIOs on November 16. Led by moderator, Francis Rose, Federal News Radio, the CIOs will explore the August 6th “CIO Memo” from OMB Director Jacob Lew that makes some sweeping changes that will impact the government agencies and contractors alike. The panelists will address the four main provisions and the impact on the roles and re...

Join us as we honor Michael Carleton, CIO, HHS and Vance Hitch, CIO, DoJ on their retirement! ***The Location Has Changed!*** We will be gathering for celebration at the Sofitel: 806 15th Street NW Washington DC 20005

Join us for a special evening and celebration of Vivek Kundra! Appointed as the first-ever Federal CIO in 2009, Kundra is credited with saving three billion in taxpayer dollars through cuts in wasteful spending, moving the government to the cloud, strengthened cybersecurity and enabling a more open, transparent, and participatory government. Later this summer, Kundra will serve as a joint fellow of the Kennedy School at Harvard University and...

Sample wines from South American vineyards in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay with complementary food pairings (heavy hors d'oeuvres) under the skylights of the Carnegie Institution for Science rotunda on July 12 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. You'll delight in a variety of reds and whites--from Chardonnay to Cabernet and Malbec to Carmenere as you peruse and bid on a variety of silent auction items. Visit http://www.affirm.org/wine-tasting-2011 for a f...

“How are you greening your agency?” will bring you up to speed on how agencies are managing the requirements of Executive Order 13514. Join us as we hear Senior Sustainability Officers across the federal government discuss their challenges, successes, opportunities and best practices in greening their agency. You will hear about: The requirements for Executive Order 13514 and other major energy and environmental requirements impact...

Join AFFIRM for a lively and interactive breakfast session where our speakers will explore the opportunities and challenges of innovation and change: How newly emerging capabilities are spurring changes in the way agencies are achieving their mission. How the innovation cycle at leading agencies is changing government. The trends on how social media tools are being used to enhance responsiveness. The increase in citizen engagement in agency i...

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Like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, there's a love/hate relationship between our government and Web 2.0. It's on again, it's off again, it's on again...Well, given productivity and security/privacy concerns, govies are never going to spend all day hanging out on facebook. But that doesn't mean that Web 2.0 does not have an important role to play in government. A series of agencies are building out Web 2.0 communities inside the firewall...