The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) presents its latest e-Training Core Course, ESPCs: Five Phases to Success! This training provides an introduction to the fundamentals of an Energy Saving Performance Contract (ESPC), an alternative financing vehicle that allows Federal agencies to complete energy-savings projects without up-front capital costs and special Congressional appropriations by partnering wit...

Overview of the Workshop: Information systems security is considered one of the top priorities for most CIOs and agency heads. There are many pieces to security management, compliance and reporting requirements. With FISMA requirements, OMB requirements/DHS reporting requirements and NIST special guidance and standards (which are mandatory for compliance), many executives, managers and staff often have questions about what to do, how to compl...

Data is growing exponentially within the Government and with mandates for agencies to “do more with less”, understanding that data quickly and easily is critical. Join this webinar and discover how Birst empowers you to easily analyze and visualize data, delivering the insight needed to make better, real-time decisions. Join us for an informative webinar to discover how to modernize your Big Data and: - Integrate Disparate Sources...

Bring your lunch to the NCE Goddard Room on Aug. 27 to learn about the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), its Young Professionals Group and USGIF's Commercial Electro Optical Imagery Working Group. Attendees will also receive a presentation on commercial electro-optical imagery. Registration is not required, but we encourage you to email us at eowg@usgif.org if you plan to attend.

The OpTac International Critical Incidents: Negotiating with the Mentally Ill Program will be held August 25-27, 2014 in Hagerstown, Maryland. This program provides contemporary negotiations, communications, and psychological strategies for critical incidents involving mentally ill individuals. An emphasis is placed on the tactical negotiator team concept, identifying various mental illnesses, police-assisted suicides, multi-lingual/cross-cult...

The GAO calculates that over 75% of our nation's IT budget is spent solely on maintaining legacy IT systems. In other words, $62 billion for obsolete software and hardware that is expensive and time-consuming to keep and inflexible to today's federal business processes. On the other hand, over 77% of government IT decision-makers express a need for a more flexible and agile IT framework. Consolidated data centers, shared services, cloud capabi...

The Fundamentals of Product Classification in the Era of Export Control Reform August 26, 2014 ECoP®EAR or ITAR renewal credits = 1 Determining your product’s export classification is one of the most important steps toward export compliance. How else will you know what restrictions might be on any given international transaction if you have not assigned the correct ECCN or USML Category? Export Control Reform has created an environm...

Geospatial intelligence is needed by adventurers around the globe. Join USGIF for a free, imagery rich presentation by Matthew Moniz, who will show us the importance of geospatial, terrain, and weather knowledge, and how all are essential to climbers. Complimentary food and beverages will be provided. Visit usgif.org for more information on this event and how to sign up.

The world of CPIC is constantly maturing – new and improved guidance, new and improved products, and new initiatives. However, the purpose of CPIC in ensuring proactive, continuous and effective IT portfolio management remains constant. Since its beginning in 2006, the CPIC Conference has been an educational forum for agencies and practitioners to learn and share best practices, lessons learned, techniques and tools to improve their own...

Power Seminars and KM Systems Group - a nationally acclaimed Earned Value Management expert – presents a Program Management One-Day Training Workshop: When: Friday, August 22nd 2014 Where: 1331 G ST, NW Washington DC, 20005 Government programs are increasing their effectiveness and efficiency through Agile Development and Earned Value Management. These Government programs are now requiring industry-recognized standards and regulations. L...