Originally posted by Jolie Lee on Federal News Radio
No more motivational speakers, musicians or promotional swag. The Defense Department is banning entertainment-related expenses at its conferences.
The Pentagon memo on conference oversight also prohibits conference participants from receiving gifts, such as tickets to recreational events outside of the conference. And DoD conference organizers can't use funds to produce videos not related to the conference.
Vienna, Va - Michael Saylor, MIT graduate, best-selling author and technology entrepreneur, has just been announced as a keynote for the Government Information and Analytics Summit (GIAS), while an esteemed panel from the CIO Council - including Adrian Gardner, CIO of Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA and Simon Szykman, CIO of the Department of Commerce - as well as David M. Wennergren, Department of Defense (DoD) Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer, will keynote the 10th Annual Enterprise Architecture (EA) Conference. These events are being co-located at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC and will take place November 28-29, 2012.
Michael Saylor has received critical acclaim from Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, USA Today and The Washington Post and will be sharing insights from his recently released book, The Mobile Wave. The Mobile Wave takes an in-depth analysis into current mobile platforms, and suggests the natural development of a universal computing platform in the future. At GIAS, Saylor will also discuss how the development of mobile intelligence will redefine the lives of people around the world. Read More >>
Originally posted by Mark Micheli on GovExec
The government services industry is the second fastest growing industry in America, according to Inc. Magazine's "Inc. 5000." Every year since 2007, Inc. has released the "Inc. 5000," a list of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. Measuring aggregate growth from 2008 - 2011, the government services industry has grown by 145 percent, second only to growth in private media.
Below is a look at Inc.'s five fastest growing government services companies:
Posted by Thomas Gnau on Dayton Daily News
The specter of sequestration loomed large over the 2012 Dayton Small Business Defense Procurement Summit on August 29.
The possibility of automatic, across-the-board budget cuts to the Department of Defense was a hot topic as entrepreneurs and DoD officials gathered at the Dayton Convention Center to discuss how small businesses can land contracts with the U.S. Air Force and other military departments.
Originally posted by Charles S. Clark on Government Executive
As the Obama administration and Congress continue a crackdown on agency spending for travel and conferences, a clear majority of federal employees believe such gatherings are important and that their supervisors remain open to their participation, a new survey shows.
An online poll conducted in mid-August by Government Executive's research division, the Government Business Council, drew from employees at 30 agencies some 350 usable responses addressing the value of attending conferences at a time of embarrassing news stories detailing overspending at off-site events by agencies such as the General Services Administration and the Veterans Affairs Department.
