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Friday Update: New Event Postponements and Cancellations Due to Government Shutdown

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We have a few more event updates for next week to share:

NDIA Air Armament Symposium in Ft. Walton Beach, FL scheduled for October 8 & 9, has been rescheduled for November 5-6, 2013. POSTPONED.

Government Technology's Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, VA scheduled for October 8, 2013. POSTPONED.

Potomac Forum's Navigating the Federal Financial Management Shared Services Landscape Training Workshop in Washington, DC scheduled for October 8, 2013.  POSTPONED.

Global Health Care's 7th National Emergency Management Summit in Atlantic City, NJ scheduled for October 8-9, 2013.  CANCELLED.

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Federal Government Shutdown: Another Blow to Government Events?

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With over 250 government events scheduled for October, the trickle-down effect of the government shutdown could have a quite an impact.

However, 57 hours in--the vibe is pretty optimistic, and many organizers are pushing forward as scheduled.

In fact, there's only a short list of events that have been cancelled or postponed this week:

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Taking the Good with the Bad

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Posted by Kerry Rea

Allan Rubin recently authored a blog post about the state of the events industry. After a glowing recommendation of GovEvents (thank you, we're blushing!), he did raise an issue with one of our recent email campaigns that led with the subject line, "Latest Conference Cancellations & Postponements on GovEvents." From his post:

"It just struck me as significant that a company which promotes government events led its outreach effort with a message about...the cancellation of government events!"

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