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CQ Roll Call Election Impact Conference to Explore Implications of Midterm Elections

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Originally posted on Fishbowl DC by Nick Massella

Two days after the 2014 midterm elections, National Republican Senatorial Committee executive director Rob Collins and his counterpart at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Guy Cecil will come together to discuss what just went down at the CQ Roll Call Election Impact Conference.

Roll Call editor-in-chief Christina Bellantoni will moderate the discussion with Collins and Cecil on the determined and yet-to-be-called Senate races of this year's election cycle on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at The Liaison Capitol Hill. Continue reading →

Telework Week Totals More Than 160,000 Participants

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Originally posted on FCW by Frank Konkel

More than 163,000 people - the vast majority of them federal employees - teleworked at least one day during Mobile Work Exchange's fourth annual Telework Work, easily surpassing last year's then-record participation of 136,000.

For the second straight year, Telework Week, held March 3-7, received an influx of federal teleworkers following a late winter storm, but its continued popularity signals the growing influence of the mobile employee in the federal workplace, according to Mobile Work Exchange Cindy Auten.

As evidence, she referenced Telework Week's first official year, which drew 39,000 pledges, and it's unofficial, more humble beginnings that saw just a few thousand teleworkers in government.

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Are Government Attendees an Endangered Species?

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Originally posted on Meetings & Conventions by Cheryl-Anne Sturken

How the meeting industry is pushing back against general travel restrictions

It has been a rough two years for government meeting planners. Following several high-profile cases of lavish conference spending, and with economic recovery from the Great Recession remaining in fragile mode, Congress has turned up its scrutiny of federal travel and conference spend and pushed for legislation that would restrict and regulate meetings outlay. Determined to avoid potential accusations of excess, federal agencies responded last year by taking an ax to meeting budgets, canceling multiple conferences and shunning resort destinations such as Hawaii, Las Vegas and Orlando, concerned that even the location alone could raise eyebrows.

The slash-and-burn reaction resulted in a 30 percent drop in government meetings in most of the top-tier markets in 2013. It also set off a heated debate on the importance of face-to-face meetings and spawned a flurry of white papers and studies from various groups anxious to reaffirm the power of in-person gatherings.

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Government Video Expo Returns to DC: “Early-Bird” Registration Discounts Extended Until October 29th

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Originally posted by Steven Wright-Mark on BusinessWire

NewBay Media, a leading publisher of digital content creation media, today announced that Government Video Expo, the East Coast's largest and best-attended pro video, audio/visual and IT trade event, is returning to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, from December 3rd - 5th, 2013. Thousands of digital video professionals are expected to attend the 16th annual event for three days of education, exhibitions, special events, and networking opportunities.

Government Video Expo also announced that its "early-bird" registration discounts have been extended through October 29th. These discounts are available on a number of different registration options, including access to the following world-class conference programs:

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FOSE 2013 Announces Significant Increase in Attendance, Executive-level Participation

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Event Drives 115% Growth in Conference Attendance, 5% Increase from Executive, Command and Senior Management

Vienna, Va - FOSE 2013 today announced the final attendance for this year's event, with more than 8,000 government and industry employees attending over three days.  This included a 115% growth in the event's conference program participation - from 941 to over 2,000 - and a 5% increase from Executive, Command and Senior Management.  FOSE 2013 was held May 14-16 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

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