About This Training: The Advanced Improvised Explosive Devices workshop is designed to address the growing threat of terrorists’ tactics, techniques and procedures utilizing improvised explosive devices. With the ever present ability to easily acquire materials necessary to construct improvised explosive devices; there is a need to educate and familiarize first responders to the fundamentals of common explosive ordnance, explosive detect...

This is a monthly recurring networking event - held every 3rd Thursday of the month from 5:30pm - 7:30pm in Washington DC for government contrators to share best practices. Hosted by Jennifer Schaus & Associates. This is a high-level professional event. There is no cost to attend. Please register http://JenniferSchaus3.eventbrite.com

The NDIA Legislative Information Division (LID) is sponsoring a Breakfast in honor of the National Aerospace Week. The goal of the National Aerospace Week is to highlight the important contributions of the defense industry with a series of events, September 12-18, 2010 in Washington DC. NDIA POC: Debra Stockton, dstockton@ndia.org or (703) 247-2595

The Department of Transportation (49 CFR 172.704) makes training mandatory for almost anyone who handles hazardous materials, regardless of the amount. This affects employees who select or fill hazardous materials packages, label containers, complete shipping papers, load or unload vehicles, transload hazardous materials, or operate vehicles used in the transport of hazardous materials. Receive your required training and learn how to comply w...

The Department of Transportation (49 CFR 172.704) makes training mandatory for almost anyone who handles hazardous materials, regardless of the amount. This affects employees who select or fill hazardous materials packages, label containers, complete shipping papers, load or unload vehicles, transload hazardous materials, or operate vehicles used in the transport of hazardous materials. Receive your required training and learn how to comply w...

Overview According to recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates, losses from waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs cost the government upwards of $90 billion annually. President Obama has made reducing these losses a major priority of his administration. On November 23, 2009, the President Obama issued Executive Order 13519, “Reducing Improper Payments and Eliminating Waste in Federal programs.” On March 22, 20...

Sheppard Mullin, Trust Strategy Group and Charles River Associates Present: The 2010 UK Bribery Act (FCPA On Steroids) V. The Reinvigorated FCPA -- Who Has the Bigger Stick! After thirty years of arguably lackluster application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.S. Department of Justice has now escalated its position on corruption and bribery in international business and re-defined it as a “national security issue....

GIS in the Rockies is the premier geospatial conference in the intermountain West. 2010 marks the 23rd annual conference. Our mission statement is: "Creating a forum for business, government, and academia to foster collaboration and education related to important topics, emerging trends and innovations across the geospatial community." This year's conference focuses on examining the growth opportunities for geospatial technology in our inform...

The National Security Agency invites you to attend the first NSA Trusted Computing Conference and Exposition hosted by the Trusted Computing Division of the NSA/CSS Commercial Solutions Center (NCSC), in partnership with the High Assurance Platform® (HAP) Program Office. The theme for this year's event is Using the High Assurance Platform® to Create Security in a Connected World. Cybersecurity vulnerabilities increasingly threaten nat...

Attend this conference to learn how to develop an effective identity management strategy and roadmap -- from policy to implementation -- along with helpful solutions, tools, tips and guidance to get started, including: Understanding the key technologies – how they work, costs and benefits, strengths and weaknesses – through various identity credential case study examples Overcoming the common obstacles of deploying the various cred...