Don’t Miss It! The 2011 Authentic Leadership Summit has been scheduled for October 17 and 18 at Piedmont Virginia Community College. This event builds on the success of our 2010 inaugural event, offering even more breakout sessions along with leadership simulations and abundant opportunities for networking.Partnering with PVCC as our Host Sponsor provides the Summit with more meeting space, ample parking and easier access from all areas...

A half day seminar on the fundamentals of government contracting The federal government procurement process presents a steep learning curve for individuals and companies new to the market. This seminar provides the essentials that will help you get a faster start to pursuing opportunities and growing your business. What You Will Learn: Structure of the federal government Federal budget process Federal buying cycle and selling approaches Key op...

Agenda Thursday, October 13 8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments 9:00 am Opening Remarks John Letchford, Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 9:15 am Opening Keynote Open Roads Open Minds: An Exploration of Creative Problem Solving Steve Uzzell, Renowned Photographer Steve Uzzell is a veteran National Geographic photographer and one of the nation's leading corporate photographers. Steve's award-winning approach to...

If you are responsible for protecting information assets used by your agency, then you do not want to miss this Federal Computer Week Solutions Seminar. Mark Bowden, the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down, will discuss his new book about the next frontier for terrorism — cyberspace. You will learn: The real impact sophisticated malware can have on agency infrastructure Methods employed to exploit security flaws in commonly-used soft...

SATCON is the premier conference and exhibition this fall for satellite communications and content delivery. At SATCON, develop strategies to manage your communications infrastructure including video, data, voice and Internet, using satellite, fiber, mobile and wireless. Be Our Guest! Attend all three CCW events -SATCON, HD World and 3D World Conference & Expo - free of charge! All government and military professionals attend the full conf...

Hear government and industry experts’ real-world experiences and learn best practices in taking an agency mobile at this free solutions seminar presented by Federal Computer Week - register today! You will learn: The key programmatic, technical and policy issues associated with going mobile The operational framework for integrating, securing and sustaining mobile environments How to manage mobile strategies Ways to develop and provision...

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE Leadership and Succession Planning Transparency and Open Government Cloud Integration Challenges Health Care Reform and IT Shared Services: Best Practices and Opportunities Enterprise Data Sharing Mobile Technologies: Driving Change Virtualization Trends - Desktops and Applications Reaching Out: Community Digital Inclusion Operating Like a Business Managing Social Technology Agenda Tuesday, October 11 8:00 am Registration a...

IDGA’s Data Center Consolidation conference is a forum on the revolutionary challenges the IT community currently faces in data consolidation and optimization. You will have the unique opportunity participate with an audience of military, government, academic and private sector leaders. In 2010 the Federal Government began what could be the largest data center consolidation project in history. The Federal Data Center Consolidation initia...

On 28 September 2011 a small number of cyber innovators, computer security practitioners and information assurance experts will gather in an attempt to map out new paths for positive change in the cyber security dynamic. This summit seeks dramatically enhance the state of security and functionality of federal systems as well as in the overall ecosystem of IT we all partake in. Information assurance, IT security, infrastructure protection, miss...

Join Federal Computer Week and Cisco on September 27th at the Willard Hotel for this FREE educational seminar on secure cloud computing. Hear real-world case studies from government and industry innovators on evaluating cloud-based alternatives, weighing capacity, security and reliability considerations. You will learn how to: Establish trusted cloud-based environments Apply innovative thinking and technology to existing architectures Incorpo...