Washington Breakfast Club™ (WBC) is a monthly information exchange which features legislators, agency executives and officials from all branches of federal government presenting on relevant and timely information to interested industry participants.For the November 2009 WBC we are pleased to welcome our friend Mary Parks of the U.S.General Services Administration who was selected as Deputy Associate Administrator of GSA’s Office of...

MAPPS and ASPRS are once again organizing a dynamic conference around a specialty theme “Digital Mapping – From Elevation to Information.” This follows on the successful joint 2001 Conference on “Digital Elevation Technologies and Applications,” the 2003 Conference on “Terrain Data: Application and Visualization – Making the Connection,” and the 2006 Conference on “Measuring the Earth: Latest Developments with Digital Surface Modeling and Auto...

The 115th Annual Meeting will focus on protecting the nation. Session topics include public health issues and initiatives among the federal health agencies, as well as chemical, biological, and radiation surveillance. As in past years, educational value and maximum awarding of continuing education credits have received primary emphasis in the planning of the 115th Annual Meeting. The agenda has been developed to emphasize federal medicine and...

It's easy to buy reporting and analysis tools: business intelligence (BI) is a multi-billion-dollar market, with vendors ranging from the biggest names to boutiques. Unfortunately, most users don't have the time or resources to learn how to use BI tools. Yet organizations frequently deploy them to non-technical users, causing low user satisfaction, poor adoption rates, and minimal value per tax dollar spent. To be successful, you have to learn...

The National Association of Small Business Contractors has once again joined forces with the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce to present "Spotlight on NASA". This one day event provides an in-depth look at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as it relates to small businesses; including agency overview, Center opportunities and Subcontracting opportunities with prime contractors.

"All employers have an obligation to exercise a reasonable duty of care in hiring. In addition, many organizations have a legal duty to not employ individuals with certain enumerated criminal records. There are a number of steps that employers can take in the hiring process to reduce their risk when hiring. First, organizations must carefully review and audit their hiring program, including their application, interview and past employment chec...

The “enemy” in today’s society is able to conduct their intelligence collections and attacks from any cyber-café in the world – miles or oceans away from their target by just using the Internet. Criminal groups have been using online methods and the Internet to further their business operations and goals. Targets of their activities have included US businesses and US government entities. The Internet has opened numerous avenues for perpetrator...

HCMF delivers exceptional value for learning about key human capital strategies and initiatives across the Federal agencies and for meeting your peers looking for solutions to day-to-day challenges in managing and developing your workforce. It is an exciting time to be a human capital officer, with all the many opportunities to assess, change, and improve existing human resource policies and processes. Join government leaders and peers at this...

E3 2009 will focus on the intersection among innovative technologies, visionary policies, environmental benefits and emerging market opportunities related to renewable energy. How do we provide sustainable fuel, food, fiber and freshwater to a global population of 9 billion people in our lifetime? That’s one of more than 15 urgent questions we’ll explore during E3 2009.

Experience the latest breakthrough in BI, MicroStrategy 9, firsthand through demonstrations and hands-on activities. Don't miss this chance to be the first in your organization to learn how to: Create an entire BI application in less than a dayDesign dynamic and interactive dashboards in just a few minutesAccess reports in Microsoft® Office and on your mobile deviceInteract with reports and dashboards using our easy-to-use Web interface to piv...