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Cvent Reveals the Top 50 U.S. Meetings Destinations for 2012

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Originally posted by Terri Hardin on Cvent

Cvent, the leader in cloud-based event management solutions, today announced the top 50 cities for meetings and events in the United States, according to meeting and event booking activity in the Cvent Supplier Network. Cvent operates the number one marketplace for group meetings business in the world, expecting to source $7 billion of meetings business in 2012.

"Meetings and conventions are important revenue generators for cities, supporting not only the meeting venues and hotels, but also local restaurants, entertainment and numerous other businesses within the city," said Bharet Malhotra, Vice President of Sales for the Cvent Supplier Network. "Cvent's role in the meetings ecosystem is to connect venues and planners to facilitate efficient and informed meeting booking. As the single largest marketplace for meetings activity, we have an excellent feel for which cities and properties are popular and growing, and the data to back it up."

Dawn Meyerriecks to Discuss the Intelligence Community’s Cloud, Mobility Priorities during Keynote Address

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Vienna, Va - August 15, 2012 - Dawn Meyerriecks, Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Technology and Facilities at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), will deliver a keynote address, "Cloud Apotheosis," on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 1pm at the Cloud & Virtualization, Cybersecurity and Mobile Government Conferences.  The co-located events will be held October 22-23, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC.

"Cloud Apotheosis" will focus on the intelligence community's (IC) potential shift to an enterprise cloud environment, as well as their future mobile plans.  Ms. Meyerriecks will share insights on the status of current IC technology initiatives, as well as provide an assessment of what advancements government and industry should expect in the near term.

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Cloud, Cyber and Mobile Conferences Announce Session Track Topics

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Originally posted for immediate release by Kristin Graybill at Connelly Works

Co-located Events to Offer a Comprehensive Program for Government Technology and Policy Leaders

Vienna, Va - 1105 Media's Government Events Group, the leading producer of trade shows and conferences for the government information technology (IT) market, today announced the session track topics for the upcoming Cloud & Virtualization, Cybersecurity and Mobile Government Conferences. Taking place October 22-23, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., these three events are being co-located to provide comprehensive educational opportunities for government and industry in one location.

NASA CIO, Linda Cureton to Keynote

Ms. Cureton's address will focus on IT leadership and how to better understand acquisition standards. She'll also discuss how her latest initiative within NASA - spearheading the agency's shift to cloud - has reportedly saved her agency $1 million.Only full conference attendees get access to this exclusive keynote!

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Government Performance Summit; 2012 Coverage

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Federal News Radio broadcasted live from the Government Performance Summit June 18 in Washington. Federal Drive co-anchor Emily Kopp conducted interviews on-site.


Jon Desenberg
Senior Policy Director, Performance Institute
The Data Act winding its way through Congress is designed to increase transparency and accountability for federal agency spending. It borrows much from the reporting set-up established by the 2009 Recovery Act. The Data Act has passed the House and is being debated in the Senate. One watchdog group, the Sunlight Foundation, says the bill packs quite a punch. Part of that punch will ding federal managers responsible for all of the reporting it will require. Hear the audio clip!

FOSE 2012 Witnesses Continued Growth in Quantity, Quality of Attendees

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Vienna, Va - May 1, 2012 - 1105 Media's Government Events Group, the leading producer of trade shows and conferences for the government information technology (IT) market, today announced that the FOSE 2012 Conference and Exposition witnessed a continued growth in attendance and received high recognition for the quality of educational programming. The event was held April 3-5, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

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