With the development of Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), agencies and departments are falling under scrutiny with their consolidation efforts. These efforts span far beyond a simple exercise of placing multiple servers into a single room, rather the FDCCI initiative focuses on physically collapsing data centers to a much fewer number, with concentrations on cutting costs and securing the overall environment. The establishm...

This IDC Government Insights web conference will look at how open source software is influencing government data center consolidation. Federal agencies have been mandated to consolidate data centers, and both government IT managers and commercial systems integrators (SIs) are focusing on the selection of open source solutions and open software stacks to help ease this transition. With federal investment, centralized open source solution stacks...

The TechAmerica Foundation will be hosting a one day conference December 2nd in the San Diego area based on the findings of our two day Vision Conference, which is held annually in the Washington, DC area. Many companies use the information to develop their annual operating and long range strategic plans. Several Wall Street analysts also use the Vision Conference information in their market forecasting efforts and consider this a “Gold...

TSCA Section 13 requires that any chemical substance, mixture, or article containing a chemical substance or mixture be refused entry into the customs territory of the United States if it fails to comply with any TSCA rule in effect or is offered for entry in violation of TSCA Section 5, 6, or 7. EPA requires importers to "certify" that their imported chemical substances or mixtures are either in compliance with TSCA Sections 5, 6, and 7 at th...

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. On June 30, 2009, the Office...

If you ship batteries by ground or air, you must comply with DOT or IATA regulations for how the batteries are packaged, marked, labeled, and transported. The rules apply not only to batteries, but also to equipment or vehicles that contain batteries. Virtually all types of batteries are regulated, including lithium, lead-acid, nickel cadmium, and metal hydride, alkaline. All personnel involved in the packaging, marking, labeling, or shipment...

Register today to attend the 2010 on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 6:00pm in Falls Church with silent auction, raffle and special guest bartenders to benefit the American Freedom Foundation Continuing our tradition of ringing in the holidays with a festive networking mixer to benefit a great cause that supports so many and we look forward to your participation and support on December 1st! The Place: Velocity Five Sports Restaurant & Bar...

Essential Components of a Successful GRC Strategy Topics to be Presented: - Transforming GRC into a Profit Center - Developing a Cost-Effective Ethics Training Program - Privacy: Should It be an Integral Part of Your GRC Strategy? - Building and Maintaining a Sustainable Compliance Function - 10 Key Aspects of a Strong Environmental Management System - Solid Remediation = Sustainable SOX Compliance - Developing a Fraud Response Management Prog...

What does the channel need to be profitable and productive? Given that the channel is only as strong as its weakest link, how do you get all the players and pieces functioning at a high level for the channel to achieve a high return to all participants?Distinguished panelists, with more than 50 years of combined channel experience, will share lessons learned and some of the “gotchas” you will want to avoid in fine-tuning your own c...

This course will provide you with an in-depth look and practical experience in the domestic and international regulations governing the transportation of dangerous goods (hazardous materials) by air. You will learn how to determine which materials are classified as dangerous goods, how to select and prepare packages, how to mark and label packages, as well as how to prepare consumer commodities, excepted quantities, and limited quantities for...