Law enforcement has primarily been a reactive process: whether it’s responding to a fire, tracking down a criminal suspect, or enforcing penalties on financial malfeasance. From the first, information technology was deployed to help augment law enforcement’s needs. As these IT systems have grown, so has the need to better manage them. For years, law enforcement has struggled with the task of linking these systems to provide greater...

On November 3rd, join fellow government IT innovators for this complimentary one-day event to discuss ways to engage, innovate, and improve government efficiency. Today, more than ever, there is a groundswell pushing for more open and engaging government. More than talk, agencies are now communicating within their own walls, breaking down silos to interagency collaboration, and engaging with constituents in new ways – with citizens, with...

Class Format: Two-Day Course Instructor Alex Langshur Date: Tuesday—Wednesday, November 2–3, 2010 Time: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM ET each day Location: U.S. Access Board1331 F Street, NWSuite 1000Washington, DC 20004–1111 Fee: $600 federal, state, local government$800 non-government Course Description Government services and information has never been as readily available to citizens as it is today.The number of touch points has...

AGENDA: Day One, Tuesday, November 2, 2010 From Partnership to Uncertainty: Doing Business in Today's Federal Climate Topics include: Ensuring Good Value For Taxpayer Dollars: The Role of the Senate Contract Oversight Subcommittee The Impact of Changes in the Federal Acquisition Service on The Contracting Community Business Development in Today’s Federal Market: Tips For Weathering The Current Climate Bad Decisions We Make and Why We Mak...

The theme for the MILCOM 2010 conference is "Next Decade of Military Communications." MILCOM is the premier international conference for military communications and attracts a very impressive array of participants with high-level attendance from government, military, industry and academia. MILCOM 2010 gives industry the opportunity to promote communications to all branches of the armed forces, Department of Defense, federal government, and the...

Chesapeake Systems' host, Apple, has partnered with Avid to enhance your "Color" experience with the Euphonix Artist Series Control Surfaces. Come witness the benefits of using a fully integrated Control Surface to unleash the immense power behind Apple's Color application.Colorists, Editors, Motion Graphics Artists, Digital Filmmakers, Final Cut Pro/Studio enthusiasts and professionals in Digital Video, Digital Cinema, New Media, Broadcast an...

By appointing the government’s first Chief Performance Officer, President Obama signaled his intention to focus agencies’ work on setting goals, measuring performance and achieving results. Innovative practices aimed at promoting these objectives are emerging from the White House, the Office of Management and Budget and in major agencies as well. Learn from experts about the fast-developing art and science of delivering ever more e...

This one-day event will bring together decision-makers from the Federal government and industry for insightful debates/solutions surrounding the issues of employee learning and retention. Please plan to join your Federal colleagues to discover ideas that will help you manage your agency's most important resource of all – PEOPLE! The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), an agency of the Department of Commerce, serves as an Offic...

Symposium Registration NOW OPEN Registration for the 2010 NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on Homeland Security and Defense is now open. DATES: Convening at 1:00PM, October 27-29, 2010. PLACE: The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO COST: Industry and Civilian-$600.00 Military and Government-$400.00 INCLUDES: Registration includes admittance to the general session, coffee breaks, receptions, and the Conference Banquet to be held Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. N...

Persons in the military, government, and industry with an interest in “warfare across the Spectrum” from its roots in Electronic Combat to its contemporary EMS Warfare applications should attend this overview course. The course is intended to instill and reinforce a common level of knowledge on the operational contexts and critical importance of Electronic Warfare. It also serves as an effective, broad-based review for those curren...