Private Sector Strategies for Public Sector Computing Environments The Federal Government is in the process of sorting out what functions and tasks should be performed by its own employees, and what is best left to the expertise of their counterparts in industry and academia. All concerned have the same objective—to enable the delivery of effective, valuable computing strategies and services that make the most of public sector investment...

The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau will hold a workshop on Emergency Alerting for the 21st Century: Leveraging Multiple Technologies to Bring Alerts and Warnings to All Americans. The workshop will educate stakeholders about the status of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, including Next Generation Emergency Alert System and the Commercial Mobile Alert System and will provide FEMA, the FCC and other Federal partn...

Integrated QMS Solution to ISO 9001:2008 Compliance June 10th, 2010 1:00-2:00 pm (EST) Organizations around the globe are deploying quality management methodologies based on ISO 9001 or related specifications developed uniquely for their industries. These standards and guidance documents leverage a process centric approach for quality systems with a focus on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement. Are you required to obtain complian...

Measuring the Performance of Government Websites and Citizen Engagement Class Format: Two–Day Course Instructor: Alex Langshur, PublicInsite Date: Wednesday - Thursday, June 9 - 10, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $400 for federal, state or local U.S. government employees; $600 for non–government participants Course Description Session 1: The strategic imperative to measure...

Dealing with the New Realities, Opportunities and Challenges in Global ISR Continuing gaps in intelligence information sharing capabilities post 9/11, emerging requirements for new “ISR surges” in Afghan and Iraqi operations, ISR challenges associated with new counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations, increased roles for ISR assets across a broad range of new and evolving missions (space defense, maritime domain awarenes...

InformationWeek Government, HP and Intel invite you to be our guest at the half-day forum "Making the Private Cloud Real" on June 9th as we exchange ideas and strategies for creating an internal cloud. At this event, federal IT managers will discuss how they're moving from the conception of a dynamic, on-demand IT environment to implementation.

Make plans to join us for this half-day event designed to help our small business member companies connect with large primes to discuss partnering and teaming opportunities. Matchmaking appointments will be combined with concurrent plenary session content to maximize the value for your time. Plenary topics will include briefs from several of the participating primes, tips on making the most out of prime meetings, and managing small business gr...

TOPIC: Legal Update for EEO Professionals Disability claims tend to be the most complicated. Jeanette will break down the legal elements of a disability discrimination claim, including failure to accommodate, in light of the recent Americans With Disability Amendments Act. Easy to follow investigator tips, including what questions to ask and what documents to request, make this session helpful to both new and seasoned investigators alike.

The conference is unique in that it features presentations from nine Chief Information Officers at the federal level. 'It is extremely rare to have this many speakers of this caliber in the same room,' says Holly Schneider Brown, the program director. 'Given the importance of IT overhaul for the government, the dialogue that will take place at this event will be one of the most important of the year.' The conference will address the pressing n...

The Finance Officer's Role In Doing More With Less Why Attend? Funds for travel and training are often the first items to go when times are tough, so why will thousands of finance officers attend the GFOA 104th Annual Conference in Atlanta? Here are some compelling reasons: It’s the one time during the year when for just a few days you can immerse yourself in information that you can take home and immediately apply to the financial issue...