Join us for this Continuous Learning Point (CLP) course and learn about the AbilityOne Program while earning CLP credit! This course provides and overview of the AbilityOne Program, describing how it fulfills customer needs for products and services while meeting its goal of generating jobs for individuals who are blind or have other severe disabilities. The course will also provide information on how to purchase SKILCRAFT® and other Abili...

Tennessee Digital Government Summit 2011 Doubletree Hotel 315 4th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37219 June 23, 2011 While government has leveraged technology for years, it has not embraced the foundational transformation experienced by the business community over the past thirty years. If we are to transform government, it is critical that we re-evaluate and re-engineer our business processes as we look to integrate enabling technologies. Applyi...

Session DescriptionsKeynote: Re-Align Government Resources to Meet Citizen Expectations Reports show that citizens currently lack confidence in government due to cuts and adjustments that have occurred in many government programs. To gain citizen support and enthusiasm for government and public service, reform and better utilization of tax payer dollars must be executed throughout all government entities. During this keynote address, we will d...

Overview To sell productively to the government, you and your team must understand its unique requirements and buying processes. What do contracting officers care about? How do they make decisions on which contracting methods and vehicles to use when making IT purchases? What is your role in this process? This intensive one-day course: Defines the various contracting methods and types used in IT procurements Discusses strategies to acquire and...

In order to meet business needs and rapidly changing requirements, agencies that deliver new projects or modernize legacy systems must be able to deploy and deliver solutions in weeks versus months or years. Using Pega's leading BPM platform, General Dynamics/ViPS delivered a major Federal Healthcare Reform program in 14 weeks based on changing interpretations to legislation. Join General Dynamics and Pegasystems' exclusive broadcast to hear t...

Look around you at successful professionals in both the public and private sectors, you will find that a very high number of them use the principles they learned in Strictly Business: The Dale Carnegie Immersion Seminar to power their careers. Now you can acquire the same skills and attitudes they use to achieve amazing results. Attend the Strictly Business: The Dale Carnegie Immersion Seminar and prepare yourself to join the ranks of the worl...

WHAT'S COVERED The vast majority of BI professionals are excited about the prospects of data mining, but are fully mystified about where to begin or even how to prepare. Of those who did initiate a modeling initiative, a recent data mining industry survey of predictive modeling practitioners reports that 51% of data mining projects either never left the ground, did not realize value or the ultimate results were not measurable. Despite its elus...

Telework Exchange is hosting the complimentary Telework in a Box event on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Join government agency and industry professionals to discuss best practices in telework management and technology. Review Public Law 111-292, the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, and discuss key considerations when establishing a telework program. Le...

Please join Deltek and KM Systems Group (KMSG) for a complementary webinar on The Federal IT Dashboard. More than 800 Agency Projects are represented on the public Dashboard where they provide data regarding cost and schedule performance against their baseline plan. The OMB contends that the launch of the Dashboard in 2009, and a series of "Techstat" review sessions, have resulted in a $3 billion reduction in lifecycle costs for Federal IT. J...

Overview To succeed in a government sales career, you must understand how the federal customer does business and how to best position yourself to capture it. This interactive one-day training provides you with the foundational background, actionable tools, and techniques you need to succeed. This class will help you: · Understand how federal agencies operate and the government trends shaping their technology needs · Navigate fede...