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Digital Government Institute Names Wendy Moore Director of Sales

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Originally posted on Digital Government Institute

Vienna, VA; Digital Government Institute (DGI), which produces targeted, leading-edge education programs for the government IT community, appointed Wendy Moore to the new position of Director of Sales.

Ms. Moore, with over 12 years' experience in technology-focused event sales, will be in charge of identifying new accounts and managing an existing client base of technology solution vendors interested in reaching the government IT marketplace.  As a result of Digital Government Institute's continued growth, the need to expand its sales coverage lead to hiring Ms. Moore.
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Ten more cities will get non-standard travel reimbursement rates

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Originally posted by Kedar Pavgi on GovExec

The General Services Administration has decided to designate 10 additional cities as "nonstandard" areas for travel reimbursement rates, according to an announcement posted in the Federal Register on September 5.

The designation means the regions -- frequently traveled by government employees -- will get unique per diem rates rather than being lumped together with the rest of the country. The reimbursement levels will be determined by the average daily industry rate. In August, GSA announced it was freezing fiscal 2013 per diems at fiscal 2012 levels.

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Sequestration worries speakers at defense forum

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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.

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GSA spent $7.7 million on four years of virtual employee travel

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Originally posted by Amanda Palleschi on GovExec

The General Services Administration spent $7.7 million during the past four years to transport its long-distance telecommuters to meetings and conferences, new documents reveal.

Reports first obtained by CNN and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee show that 60 percent of the 379 workers in GSA's virtual employee program traveled to conferences and meetings, mostly on cross-country flights. GSA is reviewing the program after CNN reported in August that an employee who worked for a regional office in Kansas City, Mo., while living in Honolulu, racked up $24,000 in travel expenses on the government's dime. The agency spent millions more on virtual employees during the past three years, CNN said.

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The 2012 Warrior-Family Symposium Set For Sept. 13

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This year's Warrior-Family Symposium (WFS), to be held on September 13 beginning at 8:30 am at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, will focus on the theme "Saluting Their Sacrifice: A Decade of Challenges and Triumphs for Our Wounded Heroes and Their Families."

Presented by MOAA and NDIA and offering complimentary registration for all active military/reserve or guard and their spouses, this year's WFS will honor, as it has in years past, wounded heroes and their families

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