As a federal employee, searching for the right health insurance can be confusing, but there are tools and strategies available to help. At the start of 2014 open season, join Tom Shoop, Vice President and Editor in Chief of Government Executive, in conversation with government healthcare expert Walt Francis, author of the annual CHECKBOOK's Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, as he explains the details of available insurance plans, an...

SolarWinds IT monitoring and management products have been built to scale to the largest and most highly distributed environments without compromising the affordability, ease-of-use, and power that have made them some of the most widely used products in the industry. With the use of SolarWinds scalability engines you can scale your monitoring and management capabilities to hundreds of thousands of network devices, servers, or applications. ...

Export Controls on Encryption Technology: 2013 Update New regulations published by BIS in June of 2013 (view notice) reflect a multilateral agreement to classify certain components as “mass-market.” As usual, the rule is complicated and limited in its application. Find out if your company can benefit by attending this webinar.October 1, 2013 1:00 PM EDT Topics to be covered: Fundamentals of cryptography for the export compliance pr...

Many government agencies and departments have been victimized or may be vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse. Yet the public sector has generally taken a cat and mouse approach to fraud. How can private sector advances help change the game? We'll discuss: The pay-and-chase approach to fraud – where fraudsters escape with the cheese and static mousetraps are set in response. Potential risks to government organizations' financial assets,...

Do you know how to fill out a BIS 748P application? September 17, 2013 1:00 PM EDT Do you know how and when you have to get an International Import Certificate (IIC) from a foreign government to support your application? Do you know how to use prior ITAR license approvals to speed up processing of BIS 748P applications? The need to apply for BIS 748P applications for exports and reexports is increasing significantly largely due to the fact tha...

The Federal IT Shared Services Strategy was released last year which details the steps agencies must take to begin chipping away at more than $46 billion in duplicate IT investments. The government has rolled out 7 shared services initiatives in the past 4 years, along with sequestration and budget cuts, shared services is now a strategy organizations must execute. It is no secret the government has trouble with efficiency, as we operate in si...

Customer service excellence will give you the competitive advantage you need to survive in a tough and increasingly uncertain business climate. In today’s customer-oriented business environment, "people skills" are critical for personal and organizational success. How you handle your customers can directly affect your individual goals as well as your team’s and company’s performance. This customer service webinar will provide...

There is a connection between organizational ethics and business value. People do business with organizations they trust. Once consumer confidence has been betrayed, it is an uphill battle for businesses to recover--assuming that recovery is even possible. Establishing an organizational culture of ethical behavior is a strategic imperative for leaders.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will host a live First Thursday Seminar webcast on Rethinking Operations & Maintenance for High Performance Buildings on June 6, 2013. Experts Sarah Jensen of FEMP and Michelle Slovensky of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory will offer training about engagement programs for key stakeholders – including building owners, operators, and occupants ...

Learn how an agency with 1,000 users, accessing 3 networks, can recognize savings of $13M over a 3 year period with Trusted Mail System. Productivity gains from not having to switch email accounts and reduction in software, hardware, maintenance and administration all contribute to the ROI of Trusted Mail System.Trusted Mail System, from Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions, is a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), secure email solution which prov...