At a recent Government Analytics Forum in Washington DC, expert speakers discussed how agencies are using analytics to meet today's tough challenges -- shrinking budgets and resources, rising citizen expectations, managing the pace of technology -- while simultaneously preparing for the future.The presentations from this live event are now available on the IBM Government Analytics On Demand Resource Center, hosted by Government Executive Media...

SANSFIRE 2014 will be held at the Hilton Baltimore, June 21-30, with our top courses. Each evening, the ISC handlers will share riveting talks on their most interesting experiences and newest cyber hazards. These special presentations are free to everyone who pays for a course at SANSFIRE 2014.For more than 10 years, the Internet Storm Center has been providing free analysis and warning to our community. SANSFIRE 2014 is not just another train...

Overview of the Workshop: The OMB Circular, No. A–11, Part 7 PLANNING, BUDGETING, ACQUISITION, AND MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL ASSETS says that all major projects will be managed using EVMS as defined in the Capital Programming Guide. That the information will be used to report to status against OMB 300 programs. EVM is a proven project management technique which will provide an early warning of project cost and schedule performance issues. I...

"Develop Winning Price Proposals" Most competitive cost/price proposal volumes miss playing a significant role in improving an offerer’s probability of winning. In fact, many times, when the price is right, there are still losses which can be attributed to poor preparation of the price proposal. Companies who attend this session will learn new ways to gain advantage over the competition and win more opportunities. You will learn new winn...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) offers free training sessions for procurement teams who purchase information technology products, services and solutions. Each attendee earns 2 CLPs when you learn about our Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs): ECSIII for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. NITAAC is only OMB...

2:00 - 2:30pm U.S. Eastern. Learn how the government is using iCohere solutions to extend meetings and conference online and support professional development. As featured on GovEvents. Host: Lance A. Simon, CGMP CVEP

The West Coast Energy Management Congress (EMC) is the largest energy conference and technology expo held on the U.S. West Coast specifically for business, industrial and institutional energy users. It brings together the top experts in all areas of the field to help you set a clear, optimum path to energy efficiency, facility optimization and sustainability, as well as innovation solutions to improve your ROI. You can explore promising new te...

Space: The Next Frontier of Export Control Reform June 25, 2014 Webinar Instructor: Scott Gearity ECoP®EAR or ITAR renewal credits = 1 The long-anticipated revisions to ITAR and the EAR controls on spacecraft are finally here. For years, the satellite industry pushed for relief from a burdensome and antiquated export control system. Now, that effort has finally paid off with substantial reforms to both the ITAR and the EAR which will direc...

"Bringing home the opportunity" This class is for people who are or will be proposal managers. It provides detailed instruction on the Design-iT proposal process, created to help you develop more intriguing, compelling proposals that distinguish you from the competition. The process addresses the complete proposal life-cycle from win strategy to final document creation, but with an emphasis on creative storytelling and stunning document presen...

The Chief Financial Officers Act requires all Federal agencies to produce a clean financial statement on their budgets. The 2017 deadline for the military services is still four years away, and the Marines entered 2014 as the first to reach that milestone. Federal leaders face expanding mission requirements and shrinking resources, and internal controls and robust management are the necessary underpinnings of success. Relying on examples from...