Nearly two years after a memorandum to federal agencies and departments calling for ambitious and sweeping open government initiatives, many are wondering if the goals of openness, democratic participation, and collaboration have taken root and, if so, how successful the efforts have been. ForeSee Results, in partnership with Nextgov, designed a comprehensive survey to assess how citizens grade four government entities (the government overall...

Overview of the Workshop: Hiring federal employees was never an easy process, and so it was especially frustrating to both line managers and HR offices when a new hire might leave after just a year or two. In today’s budget environment, with hard or soft hiring freezes, and early outs and buyouts becoming ever more common, it is especially important that once a job offer has been accepted that the agency be able to retain the new hire fo...

[acronym] Magazine CAD Awards - Now Available On-Demand Join us as we announce the winners of the 2012 [acronym] Public Sector CAD Awards at an exciting virtual event. All sessions and the awards ceremony are now available on-demand. Learn from your favorite CAD professionals, including Lynn Allen, and discover and explore all that’s new in public sector digital design all from your desktop – at no cost to you! Sessions include: ...

SANS is pleased to be providing the following outstanding five- and six-day, hands-on, immersion computer security and computer forensics courses at SANS Cyber Defense Korea 2013 held in Seoul on 22-27 April. We are bringing SANS top courses taught by top instructors for this new event in the SANS lineup.Choose from the following courses being held 22-27 April: Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling (GCIH) with SANS...

AppSec 2013 brings you four training courses, combined with three evenings of Summit sessions. This format enables attendees to take advantage of excellent SANS technical training and the actionable Summit content together, so you spend less time out of the office without sacrificing any learning.The Summit combines visionary keynotes and experience-based user talks, giving attendees real-world, immediately implementable best practices and a l...

What is SANS CyberCon?SANS CyberCon is a live online training event that meets in virtual classrooms, allowing students to interact directly with their classmates and instructors. SANS CyberCon students attend popular courses that are taught online by SANS' top instructors. Students also have the opportunity to attend daily bonus sessions that discuss current topics in information security. In short, SANS CyberCon is perfect for professionals...

Join us at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the heart of Amsterdam between April 15th and 27th for another unique SANS learning and networking experience.The full line-up for mainland Europe's largest IT Security training event is confirmed with Jason Fossen's excellent new course, SEC505: Securing Windows and Resisting Malware completing the eight track roster.Course-author Ed Skoudis will be teaching SEC560: Network Pen Testing and Ethical Hacking...

This Expo focuses on near term energy technologies that can enhance Warfighter capabilities, reduce the dependence on energy, and minimize the logistics burden associated with energy in the battlespace. Target Audience: The Joint Service Power Expo and Conference is an interactive forum dedicated to the challenges and solutions of all forms of portable and mobile power. This three-day exposition provides an audience of those responsible for th...

The purpose of the Navy Capitol Hill Workshop is to provide a first-hand understanding not only of congressional process and procedure, but also the "culture" that is the United States Congress. Over the four days, participants will hear from - and be afforded the opportunity to ask questions of - Members of Congress, congressional staff, academic observers, interest groups representatives, news media representatives, and executive branch offi...

DESIGN West / ESC (The Embedded Systems Conference) is the global electronics industry's leading event. With inspiring speakers, hundreds of technical sessions and workshops, case studies, and the opportunity to get some serious hands-on training, ESC is the place to be for the design engineering community. We will be offering 250+ technical sessions lead by world class speakers. The expo hosts 250+ exhibitors offering in booth training and ed...