Mexico is currently undergoing major reforms to the energy,telecommunications, education, and financial sectors and the Government expects $50 billion of investment by 2018 in thewake of these reforms. This boost in the economy will create many jobs and rejuvenate the economy, but this huge potential is underscored by serious security risks. While the overall geopolitical risk landscape in Mexico is low and the current commercial potential is...

Overview: A One-Day Training Workshop for professionals to understand techniques and methods to implement UGG requirements, prepare for single audit updates, and glean insights on how to avoid common audit findings. The provisions of the far reaching guidance (2 CFR 200) are applicable for grants and co-operative agreements issued on or after December 26, 2014. Accordingly, grantors and grantees must follow two sets of guidance for the next f...

A Summit unique in its focus comes back to London this October to address key success factors for hydrocarbon licensing rounds. The Summit will gather Government Officials from all around the world together with international and national oil companies as well as licensing experts to address issues affecting the success of oil and gas investment enhancement programmes. The two day agenda will include: case studies of unsuccessful VS successful...

Overview: “Big Data” is the current trending technology in government and industry. But “Big Data” should be focused in meeting mission needs in government – not an end in itself as data can be expensive to collect and to verify. Data analytics is the discipline of examining raw data to draw conclusions about that information. When focused on specific areas such as Medicare/Medicaid, Immigration, Student Loans or...

BIGIT Technology Show is excited to host its BIGIT Technology Show Malaysia 2015 this coming October in which our inaugural Internet of Things World Show will take place. This event is proudly endorsed by MATRADE and Mimos and supported by CyberSecurity Malaysia, and Ministry of Tourism Malaysia. The Internet of Things (IoT) is potentially a concept that grasps the idea of change in our lives as well as our work. Accessing the internet has nev...

Managing & Supervising the Government Virtual Workforce Training Workshop VI Overview: Congress has mandated that Federal Agencies adopt telework whenever feasible. OPM has developed telework policies for the Federal workforce that mirror industry “best practices” in taking advantage of non-traditional work settings. Additionally, GSA is encouraging Federal Agencies to implement “Hoteling” as a way to reduce overal...

The 4th Annual Balkans, Black Sea and the Adriatic Oil & Gas 2015 Summit will once again be the unmissable meeting point for the Balkans oil and gas industry for the fourth consecutive year. The Summit is a truly unique networking platform that brings together existing and future operators for important discussions about the oil and gas industry in Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Slovenia,...

Overview: With the current headlines regarding government email retention and e-discovery, it is important This one-day Potomac Forum Workshop will focus on the activities mandated by the NARA/OMB Records Management Directive. Key executives from NARA and government agencies will discuss the directive and its implementation. Detailed review and analysis of the directive will be presented to help agencies better understand what they need to do...

Now in its second successful year, MilSatCom Latin America 2015 is the only regional meeting place for military satellite communications specialists and all those responsible for optimising security and surveillance of national and air space and key domestic assets. With satellites still providing the greatest tactical advantage for current and future operations, many nations are focused on advancing their SATCOM capability; some through the a...

Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) – Training for Government to Avoid the Frustration of Not Awarding a Contract the Government Knows May Not Meet its Best Long Term Program and Cost Interests. Almost every discussion with government CXOs, Program Managers, Contracting Officers and other Managers revolve around the challenges of evaluating proposals and selecting contractors based upon Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)...