Objectives »» Review and explain the important provisions of the Freedom of Information Act »»Gain understanding and familiarity with The Open Meetings Act »» Grasp the implications of ethical leadership and actions in government »» Gain familiarity with Robert’s Rules of Order Description Are you, as a public official, concerned with what you must and must not do under Freedom of Informati...

Surviving Sequestration on Its Way to a City Near You! Sequestration is more than a Beltway buzzword. The ripple effects are changing the game for agencies and governments at every level. How will the impact of sequestration play out on your home field? Deltek has assembled a starting lineup of first-string analysts, experts and industry thought leaders to discuss how the results of sequestration will trickle down to your region. Hear what th...

The New Federal IT Landscape: Managed Services, Risk Management, Mobility & Big Data The June 2-4, 2013 GTRA Technology Council Meeting is an opportunity for IT leaders from across the government to come together to collaborate, share best practices and lessons learned, and network with their peers on these important issues. Through a highly interactive program including government case studies, live demonstrations, boardroom meetings and...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Contract Negotiations Based on Gregory Garrett's publication Contract Negotiations: Skills, Tools, and Best Practices, this seminar provides a comprehensive treatment of contract negotiations, with a compelling discussion of what skills, tools, and best practices are needed to become a master contract negotiator. Attendees will learn: Contract negoti...

IDGA’s 4th Annual Border Management Southwest will bring together all relevant stakeholders to discuss the most pressing issues facing the Department of Homeland Security, from efforts to build new partnerships to modernizing security capabilities. Policy makers, uniformed service leaders, law enforcement and industry partners will gather in Tucson to network, share best practices and explore potential paths to fortify the United States...

Hosted at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, over the period May 28-31, 2013, SCIDEX is an international defense and homeland security event. SCIDEX will open on May 28 with a one-day conference being run by the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis. The conference will be followed by three days of exhibition including live vehicle agility demonstrations, small-arms firing demonstrations and a rotary wing exhibit...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, NITAAC, is now holding free trainings for all those involved in the purchase of information technology products, services and solutions. Earn 2 CLPs as you learn about our government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): ECS III for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. You’ll find NITAAC GWA...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! The COR Member of the Acquisition Team: The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Guide to Performance and Quality The "COR Member of the Acquisition Team” National Education Seminar (NES) is designed to better illustrate the important role that the contracting officer’s representative (COR) plays in ensuring that the contract specia...

The 2013 Federal Cloud Computing Summit and Technology Showcase will examine how agencies have implemented Cloud solutions within their organizations. It will also look at the Cloud broker model and examine the future of Cloud solutions within the government. The following topics will be addressed during the day: Best practices in the acquisition of commodity IT Examination of recently-completed Federal Cloud projects Cloud success stories and...

Jennifer Schaus hosts a series of government contracting webinars (complimentary). They are all recorded and available for download. Full calendar is available at: http://JenniferSchaus5.eventbrite.com RECORDING OF DEBRIEF Webinar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awzSLWpMK8 Anna Urman of Tactical Insight joins us for a webinar discussion on the "debrief". Learn what it is, how, when and why to ask for it. Your questions will be addressed in a...