Originally posted by Government Executive
Organizers of GovEnergy, a major training conference for federal employees involved in energy, have canceled this year's trade show and workshops after the scandal-wary General Services Administration withdrew its sponsorship.
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.
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.
Throughout the month of March, over 20,000 GovEvents' members, site users and social media followers were asked to cast their vote in naming The BEST Government Events of 2011. Last year, the same community was asked to predict the Most Important Government Events of 2011.
Organizers of the FOSE Conference & Expo, 1105 Media, Inc., hosted a third meet-up Friday, February 24 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Held specifically for top-notch government technology influencers, the meeting concentrated on expanding the depth of focus & connection to the government IT community via FOSE 2012.
A room full of influencers, as can be imagined, is not a quiet one - nor does it lack ideas. The topics ranged throughout the morning, all directly or indirectly supporting the core purposes of the meet-up: Creating a stronger depth of focus & connection to the government IT community via FOSE 2012.
Go Micro-Topical: Maximize the importance of the larger topics being focused on at FOSE 2012. Instead of emphasizing the dedicated conferences that will be represented, FOSE planners were encouraged to highlight the problems, concerns and uses of each. In addition, it was highly recommended that the message attached to promotions clearly underlines how attending FOSE will, "Help me do my job better".
Cross-Channel: Utilize panel speaker's upcoming opportunities to reference topics being represented at FOSE 2012. The cross-representation can enhance the importance & necessity of FOSE 2012 topics, increasing interest levels & understanding of the matter.
Twitter: Maximize the use of official conference tweets by ensuring the Hashtag(s) being used by organizers, exhibitors, speakers, and attendees are one in the same. A few ways mentioned to ensure this happens are as follows:
FILL NEEDS: What will participants want to know before attending the event & what will they need at the event? Ideas mentioned include:
Ideas were also suggested for after the show.
We are looking forward to a very successful FOSE 2012 - Hope to see you there!
