The seminar will focus on the SBA final regulations published in the Federal Register on February 11, 2011. Areas to be covered include issues governing size matters, the Section 8(a) Program, joint ventures, the Mentor-Protege Program and other issues that will impact small business government contractors. The featured speaker is John Klein with SBA, Additional speakers are Pamela J. Mazza with PilieroMazza and Greg Funkhouser with Goodman ...

The Federal Contractors Roundtable provides a highly-relevant forum where business leaders and industry professionals can discuss current and upcoming legislative, agency-specific policy and regulatory changes impacting how they find and win government sector business. This open discussion forum focuses on the current challenges of running a B2G business and finding and winning B2G business. The goal of each roundtable is to leverage the group...

Covertly and overtly, government and private networks are under attack every hour of every day. This continuous assault on the nation's information networks illustrates the need for effective Information Assurance (IA). An attacker needs only one vulnerability to successfully penetrate a system; a defender requires a 100% comprehensive solution. The DoD has made Information Assurance a major element of the JCIDS process and replaced the vener...

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT - please join us for one of our next FedTalks events, http://fedscoop.com/fedtalks The top executives from industry and the federal government will discuss current key issues around CyberSecurity in the government. Come network with 250 top decision makers! Diamond Sponsors: Intel, Microsoft, HP, Symantec and Amazon Web Services Platinum Sponsor: RightNow Technologies Agenda 8:00am – 9:00am Registration and Network...

The 6th Annual Defense Strategic Planning Forum will be hosted by TechAmerica Foundation at The University Club on February 24, 2011. The highly popular panel of defense industry strategists offered their views on the latest DoD budget request and the major challenges facing the industry in the future. Topics What does the defense industry see as the Administration’s defense priorities going forward? Is the state of the economy and the n...

The theme of the 2011 conference, National Security Through Biometric Collaboration; A Roadmap for Tomorrow, recognizes the importance of engaging experts from multiple disciplines to address critical biometrics issues, challenges, and advancements especially relating to national defense in the years ahead. Strong collaboration among researchers, policy-makers and community stakeholders are essential for identifying and implementing promising,...

TACTICAL DATA LINKS 2011: DELIVERING REAL TIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ‘Network Centric’ has long been the buzz word that has underlined the developments in military capabilities over recent decades. Underpinning the ‘Network Centric’ approach are the Tactical Data Links which enable the real time transfer of information to tactical units and their command centres. No data link can meet all operational requirements and fo...

"Working Together Today for a More Secure Tomorrow" The AFCEA Homeland Security Conference has become the premier event in the Washington, D.C. area to learn about the most current homeland security issues facing our nation. This is THE venue where you will hear first hand about the critical issues facing our country in the fight against terrorism. The conference offers an opportunity for you to engage in the dialogue on critical issues with k...

Preparing Directed Energy for the Battlefield Directed Energy promises to be one of the key issues of the twenty-first century, with an ever expanding array of applications in the military sphere. After years of investment, directed energy weapons are beginning to make an appearance on the modern battlefield. Entering its 8th consecutive year DEW 2011 promises a well balanced speaker panel comprising of both senior scientists and military figu...

The promise of substantial cost savings and greater efficiencies are driving ever-increasing numbers of public sector organizations to investigate cloud computing. To leverage the agility provided by cloud computing and shared services, these organizations are seeking ways to limit the use of expensive, redundant infrastructures.The steps agencies should take to aid their migration to cloud-based operations will be explored in i360Gov.com...