The World BORDERPOL Congress is the only multi-jurisdictional transnational platform where the border protection, management and security industry policy-makers and practitioners convene annually to discuss the international challenges faced in protecting not only one’s own country’s borders, but those of neighbours and friends. A high level conference delivering discussions and debate on policies, implementation and technology tha...

Miami 2014 SEMINAR SERIES in MIAMI FLORIDA DECEMBER 2014 EAR Export Controls / ITAR Defense Trade Controls Seminar Series Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with the latest updates on Export Control Reform (ECR): This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with an...

Learn Proposal Management – How Government Contractors Create Winning Proposals This seminar will teach you how successful government contractors consistently win the programs they pursue. You’ll learn how your company can apply this proposal management process, create better proposals, and apply proven techniques to raise your win probability.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulates impacts to wetlands, and can represent a significant part of a project's development - are you ready? The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulates impacts to wetlands, and can represent a significant part of a project's development; are you ready? Any proposed project involving wetlands or other waters of the United States is likely to require some type of permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Enginee...

Contrary to a current myth, a GSA Schedule contract is not required by law or regulation to obtain a government contract, but it is an excellent sales tool to obtain government business by means of task or delivery orders. A GSA Schedule is a simplified process of acquiring commonly used commercial supplies and services. But obtaining a schedule contract is neither simple nor easy, and subjects the commercial contractor to numerous laws and re...

Don’t Be RWA’ed: Get Your Licensing Right the First Time Export control reform has altered the licensing landscape for all of us. With the transition of many items and related technical information from the ITAR to the EAR, items which previously required a license from the State Department may now require a license from the Department of Commerce. Or, you may need to alter the information you present in your State Department lice...

Today’s organizations and federal agencies have to protect their sensitive data from their own – it’s a simple fact of IT life these days. Thorough cybersecurity plans naturally protect an agency's secret or sensitive information from outsiders, but it’s become all too obvious in recent years that federal cybersecurity efforts must also safeguard that vital data from trusted insiders. Through malicious action or neglige...

Health Care is in an exciting time of change. Patients are demanding more convenient and personal care. Digital health is changing the way that doctors and patients interact. New technologies allow patients to track their own health and generate data that was previously not available to care providers. Additionally, health information exchanges are being created to enable access to electronic medical records across disparate organizations. htt...

GAO projects that 75% of the Federal government’s IT budget is spent maintaining legacy IT systems. That’s $62 billion for software and hardware that is time-consuming to maintain and difficult to adapt to today’s demands for greater transparency and citizen access. Government agencies are looking for a more flexible and agile IT framework. Application modernization, shared services, OMB’s Cloud First mandate, mobility...

With each new cybersecurity attack businesses lose millions, governments lose information and citizens lose trust. At the end of a year where these attacks regularly dominated headlines, what’s ahead for government affairs, security experts, academia and policy makers in 2015? Bloomberg Government is bringing the nation’s top decision-makers together for the year’s definitive conversation on Washington cybersecurity policy. J...