Originally posted by Monica Mayk Parham on Fed Connects
For many years, government contractors relied on events and trade shows to connect with their federal customers. These events provided highly valuable face-to-face time for enhancing existing relationships, as well as for help in procuring new contracts.
This is all about to change in 2013. According a recent Market Connections poll, 38% of government employees plan to attend fewer educational and trade events in 2013 than last year.
Originally posted by Jason Miller on Federal News Radio
Another senior official at the Veterans Affairs Department is out because of the conference spending scandal.
Alice Muellerweiss, the dean of VA's Learning University, resigned today.
"VA has taken administrative action against two career senior executives named in the OIG report," a VA spokeswoman said in a statement. "One employee has subsequently resigned. The other employee has been reassigned to other duties."
Originally posted by Deanna Glick on Aol Government
VIDEO: Leading Trends in Information Technology
Secretary Ramos opens the 2012 IT Security Awareness Fair with a welcome to the Government ISO community. He addresses some of the challenges that Government faces protecting important information while still providing services at an exceptional level as well as the leading trends in the Information Technology environment.
For more expert analysis, discussion and debate about the innovative ideas at work in the public sector, visit AOL Gov.
Originally posted by Brittany Ballenstedt on GovExec
This year has not brought the most positive of headlines for the General Services Administration, particularly after revelations agency officials spent excessively at an over-the-top Las Vegas training conference that featured a mind reader, bicycle giveaways and extravagant receptions.
But now the agency is using that "mistake" as a catalyst for an effort to train other employees on conference etiquette, a topic that will serve as one of the first courses of its new virtual training program set to launch in January, Lauren Concklin, a marketing analyst with GSA, said Thursday during a webinar sponsored by GovLoop.
Originally posted by Chris Scott on CTO Vision
When a handful of people from GSA became famous for waste and fraud in a lavish conference in Las Vegas, DoD was forced to peer inside a can of worms. As we grappled with providing support to two simultaneous war fronts, the increased budgets fueled an increase in Conferences by Government and other Industry/Government partnerships, such as AFCEA and NDIA. The benefits from these events can be numerous: many great minds can be gathered in one place (usually a really NICE place) to receive updates on DoD matters, to view the exhibits of existing and upcoming technologies, and to network and solve problems. Now, however, as we face budget cuts associated with the ramp-down (and the threat of sequestration), these conferences are undergoing an exacting scrutiny.
