You probably already know it, but your leadership or colleagues probably don't . . . a major service you provide in your professional environment is communications counseling. No need for a Ph.D. . . . just the know-how to help your agency understand the importance of communication and what it can do to help get work done more easily, efficiently, and effectively. During this 40-minute webinar, Marisa Ellison, Communications Manager for the Mi...

In light of massive data breaches on public and private sector organizations, such as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Target and Anthem, it has become increasingly more vital for organizations to take the proper precautions to keep their sensitive information from being leaked onto the Dark Web. It's important for companies to understand why it's necessary to take proactive measures to monitor their corporate identity and implem...

Managing, matching, and analyzing cultural name data continues to be one of the most challenging aspects of recognizing those masking or misrepresenting their identities. Long before the attacks on the USS Cole, Pentagon and World Trade Center, there was the 1993 shooting at the CIA Headquarters where Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani militant, killed two and wounded three CIA employees. Kansi had entered the United Status under the family name Ka...

This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with an in-depth education on export control regulations administered by the US Departments of State, Commerce & Treasury. Export Control Reform changes can be a real benefit to your company's business once you understand how to adapt and maximize the benefit of list shifts from USML to CCL and how to apply the new definition of "Specially Designed" in...

SANS exceptional training returns to Arizona in February for SANS Scottsdale 2016!We would like to invite you to get your 2016 cybersecurity training in Scottsdale by attending our Arizona event - with another exceptional training schedule. We are bringing our top IT security courses to the Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas, February 8-13, 2016. SANS top instructors will make this the perfect training event for you. Be sure to register ear...

Are "Low Price, Technically Acceptable" (LPTA) bids pushing you out of the Federal market? Here's how to push back in! Join us to learn from our Special Guest, Marsha Lindquist, how focusing your pricing strategy and looking at your right combination of ingredients could help you win more Federal business . You'll learn: 1. The most costly LPTA mistakes and how to avoid them. 2. How to evolve your project life cycle costs for profit. 3. When a...

Ever wonder where your IT organization stands today when it comes to its ability to provide outstanding delivery of services to its customers? Is the stack of incident tickets growing? Are there recurring problems without insight on their cause? If an outage occurs, how long does it take to resolve it and mitigate the root cause? Are service delivery challenges impacting budget - and worse, impacting IT's internal reputation? The symptoms may...

Do you want to grow Tableau usage across your agency, but are grappling with maintaining data consistency? Do your users want access to more data to analyze, but are struggling with complex, time-consuming data preparation? Birst’s integration with Tableau enables government agencies to leverage Birst’s leading BI platform together with Tableau’s data visualization – providing the speed and ease-of-use people demand wit...

The government’s current IT trajectory is not sustainable, and DOD and other agencies must modernize their systems to make use of new data available to them, handle current and future security threats and maximize their returns on IT investments. The government spends about 80 percent of its $80-plus billion IT budget on legacy systems, leaving precious few resources available to modernize systems and test, develop and keep pace with ne...

Companies looking to do IT business with the federal government need to understand how to do business with the General Services Administration’s Office of Integrated Technology Services. ITS manages some of the most important governmentwide acquisition contracts in the federal market. That includes IT Schedule 70, which accounts for more than $14 billion in annual sales of products and services; the highly-anticipated, Enterprise Infrast...