On December 16th, world leaders and their representatives attending the UN Climate Change Conference 2014, or COP20, adopted The Lima Ministerial Declaration on Education and Awareness-raising, referencing the importance of education for sustainable development. U.S. universities have already noted this need, and their responsibility to prepare the modern sustainability business, government, and other professionals with innovative technical an...

Held the second Tuesday of every other month, GEOINTeraction Tuesday is a casual networking event where you can develop new relationships, exchange ideas and discover business opportunities. Each event features a guest speaker from the Defense, Intelligence or Homeland Security Community who shares their views on current issues and answers audience questions. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to rsvp@usgif.org

The AFCEA Washington, DC monthly luncheon series draws between 350-400 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goals of the event are to foster better joint warfighting communication, share best practices and lessons learned, and id...

Join The George Mason University PTAP, Procurement Technical Assistance Center and Jennifer Scahus (Government Contracts Consultant) provide an intense GSA Schedule Hands-On Workshop. The workshop provides attendees with the assistance on the Administrative, the Technical and the Pricing sections of the GSA Schedule. The class will take place at the Mason Enterprise Center Incubator in Leesburg, VA. NOTE: Prerequisite is the GSA Webinar being...

Since 2006, your agency has been working to meet the Guiding Principles. By December 15, 2015 your agency must bring 15% of your building inventory into compliance. The Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program has created a series of 1-hour courses to help you meet compliance. Getting Started and Guiding Principle I - Employ Integrated Assessment, Operation, and Management Principles Guiding Principle II - Optimize Energy Perfo...

You are invited to attend SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2014 (CDI), SANS is the one educational organization known for developing the cybersecurity skills most in need right now. SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2014 will feature courses in IT security, security management, IT audit, penetration testing, and computer forensics, including short courses that can be taken with a long course to enhance your training. Every course, evening talk, and s...

Special Operations Summit 2014: Supporting a Stronger, Smarter, Changing Global SOF Community SOF will play a crucial and expanding role in developing the capabilities of our international partners to thwart the spread of global terrorism and prevent hostilities from turning into major regional conflicts. With fewer conventional troops available and with help farther away commandos will need more effective intelligence, surveillance, reconnais...

How to Get Data Mining Off the Ground and Into OrbitA Free One-Hour Live, Interactive Web EventProduced by The Modeling Agency“Guidance & Results for the Data-Rich, Yet Information-Poor”Presented by TMA Senior Consulting Staffhttp://www.the-modeling-agency.com/data-mining-webinarWHAT'S COVEREDThe vast majority of BI professionals are excited about the prospects of data mining and predictive analytics, but are fully mystified ab...

This webinar is designed to provide the participant with a one-and-a-half hour review of the current requirements for Operational Analysis. The most recent version of this information and guidance included updates from the OMB Circular A-11 dated July 25, 2014. This webinar emphasizing knowledge and talking points to help orient or refresh project managers, program managers, governance professionals, enterprise architects and capital planning...

To reduce the risk to the Nation's critical infrastructure, United States Department of Homeland Security's Office of Bombing Prevention conducts training programs that build nation-wide counter-improvised explosive device (IED) core capabillities and develop awareness of terrorist threats. The Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device Detection Course improves participant’s ability to successfully inspect for, detect, identify component...