Learn ways to improve your communications strategy at this one-track, government training designed to bring together senior-level, government communicators to share tips and tricks to solve your biggest challenges. Discover cost-effective ways to maximize employee engagement, achieve mission-critical results and enhance communication efforts, including how to: Operate digital communication tools within the boundaries of government restrictions...

This workshop will focus on the Office of Management and Budget’s recent April 2017 memo calling for a Comprehensive Plan to Reform the Federal Government. This one day course is designed to offer a framework into how category management and shared services can serve as enablers for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of agencies, one of the four categories each agency is required to address and align to its mission, role, and pe...

This workshop will focus on the progress to date in implementing the President’s EO on Cybersecurity with emphasis on key requirement: identification of High Value Assets, implementation of NIST’s Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The CSF and RMF are critical for the federal government in its efforts to mitigate risk within enterprise information systems. The workshop will also discuss the relations...

The President issued an Executive Order (EO) on March 17, 2017 which emphasizes the need to maximize employee performance by better managing poor performance and conduct and ensuring transparency in the Performance Improvement Process (PIP). This Potomac Forum Training Workshop for Government will provide information for Agency Executives, Managers and Staff to meet the long term requirements for workforce accountability and performance manag...

Information security training in Washington, DC from SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training. At SANSFIRE 2017, SANS offers more than 45 hands-on, immersion-style security training courses taught by real-world practitioners. The site of SANSFIRE 2017 (July 22-29) is Washington Marriott Wardman Park. Event Schedule: One-Day Course: Begins on Sunday, July 23 Two-Day Courses: Begin on Saturday, July 22 Four-, Five-, and...

The president issued an executive order (EO) on March 17, 2017 which requires agencies to plan and implement long-term workforce reductions and incorporate the plan as a government-wide workforce priority into their Agency Strategic Plan and/or Human Capital Operating Plan. This Potomac Forum training workshop for government will provide information for agency executives, managers, and staff to respond to the EO. Experienced human capital exe...

Learn about Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement and how we can assist your federal IT acquisition with the latest IT product solutions. On Thursday, June 22, 2017, from 8:00am - 3:00pm, SEWP will be hosting two training sessions. Please use link to register for SEWP morning session from 9:00am - 11:00am and afternoon session from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. NASA SEWP is a government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) that provides the latest IT prod...

With the recent headlines regarding government email retention and e-discovery, it is important to understand how the NARA/OMB regulations and deadlines will impact your agency. This one-day Potomac Forum Workshop will focus on the activities mandated by the NARA/OMB Records Management Directive. Key executives from NARA and government agencies will discuss the directive and its implementation. Detailed review and analysis of the directive wi...

Each year the Federal CPIC Forum puts on a two-day conference in Washington, D.C. called the CPIC Conference. The event allows the Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Governance and related CPIC communities to come together, share ideas, and learn from each other. It is also the PREMIERE CPIC and governance networking event of the year. To earn your 16 Continuing Learning Points (CLPs), you must attend the entire conference and partic...

Be a part of the largest gathering of government digital communications professionals at this year’s Digital Communications Summit. More than 1,000 government employees registered for our last year’s Summit. This year, expect inspirational keynotes from government leaders, sessions on how to tackle gov’s toughest challenges with communications best practices and deep dive workshops.