GovEvents feed gives view of federal market events for FederalNewsRadio.com's 400,000+ monthly users
GovEvents.com, the web portal for all government and military-related events worldwide, announced today that the company will power the events section for FederalNewsradio.com. In addition to getting the latest federal news, Federal News Radio listeners now have access to federally-focused conferences and events happening in the DC-metro area.
General Services Administration employees are not banned from traveling to conferences. But they do need to take a few extra steps to attend.
Industry representatives can breathe a sigh of relief as GSA EXPO in San Antonio next week still will see many agency employees walking the conference halls. The Industry Advisory Council and American Council for Technology's Management of Change Conference in Cambridge, Md., in early June will enjoy more than a few GSA employees beyond the invited speakers.
By Jared Serbu | @jserbuWFED
Defense Department officials have called off large annual contracting-focused conference just weeks before it was set to begin.
The invitation-only DoD Procurement Conference and Training Symposium was to have taken place in Orlando, Fla. Between May 21 and May 24. A notice posted on a department website said officials had decided they needed more time to better align the training programs with DoD acquisition policy. It wasn't immediately clear whether recent backlash against agency-sponsored conferences in the wake of the General Services Administration scandal played a role in the decision. Read More >>
Originally posted on AOL Gov by Judi Hasson
In an effort to ensure taxpayers won't be footing any more big bills for lavish Las Vegas parties, lawmakers have approved the first of what could be several new rules governing events for federal workers.
The House voted Wednesday to approve the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) to set new standards for federal agencies planning outings. It includes a $500,000 spending cap on conferences held by individual agencies and would require every agency to disclose what they are spending on contracts on a single public website.
GovEvents.com to power events section of AOL's government-focused sites.
(PRWEB) March 05, 2012
GovEvents.com, the web portal for all government-related events, announced today that the company will power the events sections on AOL Government, AOL Energy, and AOL Defense. GovEvents' feeds, driven by keywords specific to each sites' audience, will provide site users with a customized view of events applicable to their industry.
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