Are we a country founded on the values of freedom and limited government, as envisioned by the founding fathers in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution? Or, do we want to become a European-style socialist democracy? What best serves the public good – freedom or Big Government? In Freedom Manifesto, Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames offer a new twist on this historic debate. Today’s bloated and bureaucratic government,...

Transformation is underway in the Aerospace & Defense industry. In the face of shifting defense spending, threats of counterfeit parts, regulatory compliance, globalization, financial constraints, evolving supply chains and changing war methods, the industry must evaluate the way in which it operates. In the quest for increased cost effectiveness and readiness for industry shifts, agility flexibility and innovation is the name of the game....

The Mobile Government Conference explores the opportunities and considerations of implementing secure mobile applications and programs enterprise-wide and provides education on how agencies can implement innovation and provide services more securely, efficiently, quickly, and at a lower cost. Topics covered in the conference program include but are not limited to: planning, security policy definition, enforcement and compliance monitoring, mob...

HealthTech Council Meeting October 21 - 23, 2012 Cambridge, MD Health IT Innovation & Executive Collaboration for Chief Medical Information Officers (CMIO'S) The Annual HealthTech Council Meeting brings together Health IT executives to discuss strategies, best practices and technologies critical to their success. With no trade-show floor and a focus on true peer-to-peer collaboration and networking, executives experience a highly interacti...

AFCEA Bethesda is excited to announce this year's Fifth Health IT Day is moving back to the Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center. Health IT Day is expected to bring together more than 700 senior-executives and IT professionals from across industry and federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health,...

Designed for federal, state and local government personnel, business innovators and aspiring professionals, CyberMaryland 2012 will embody 4 main events over two days: CyberMaryland Conference: Over 30 training sessions will be bring in key government and industry presenters to share information on the most current data and products in the cyber security field. (More info below) Cyber Security Showcase: Exhibitors will be on-site to demo and s...

WG4 - Washington D.C. - October 15-17 MONDAY - WEDNESDAY Mission Statement Mil-OSS exists to improve technology development and innovation across the DoD by connecting and empowering the active community of patriotic open source developers and solution providers, improving use of the taxpayers' funds through thorough requirements extraction, wise execution, and increasing the speed new technologies enable the Warfighter.

Shaping the Future of Online Trust, Innovation & Self-Regulation The 2012 Forum is an interactive combination of keynotes, practical panels and workshops addressing key issues and opportunities including mobile, privacy, security, identity and brand protection. As new solutions and services have emerged, user trust and online confidence is proving to be the defining factor impacting the vitality of the digital economy. Speakers will review...

Clean Energy at a Crossroads: The Innovation Imperative The Global Clean Energy Forum brings together 300 of the world's most influential energy business figures, financiers, government policymakers and thought leaders for two days of high-level debate and discussion. With the end of feed-in tariffs and tax credits, the global economic crisis, and the relentless rise of shale gas, renewables are facing a triple whammy. Join delegates from 25 c...

Sequestration, Emerging Opportunities and Threats The Fog of Sequestration Senator Ayotte has been a part of the Senate roadshow that has been traveling the country rallying support for pressuring Congress to do something about sequestration. Current estimates are that in Virginia alone over 207,000 jobs will be cut because of sequestration. The Department of Labor opined that sequstration is "uncertain". What is uncertain is how Congress and...