Young AFCEA Washington, DC is proud to host the Tech Talk Series for the 2016 - 2017 year. The Tech Talk Series offers an intimate and engaging environment for the brightest minds in industry and government to come together and discuss some of the most transformational technologies and business challenges we are currently facing. This series will generate discussions and ideas to continue to evolve the partnership between industry and governme...

This session will instruct procurement professionals on how they can simplify IT acquisitions and reduce timeframes through the use of “governmentwide acquisition contracts” (GWACs) and “Fair Opportunity,” as outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Key Take-Aways: How leveraging GWACs for IT procurements can streamline acquisition processes. How source selection procedures can be simplified under the flex...

Chloramination as a disinfection strategy in potable water systems provides benefits such as a lower potential for disinfection by-product formation and improved disinfectant longevity in distribution systems. The significant challenge, however, relates to the shifting chemical equilibrium among ammonia, chlorine, and chloramine species. Premature decay of chloramine compounds can release free ammonia into distribution systems and lead to nit...

As the world’s largest owner and operator of data centers, the U.S. Government and its agencies spend enormous sums of money to ‘keep the lights on’. But proven innovations such as virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure and cloud computing have reduced agencies’ dependence on maintaining massive legacy IT systems. Innovation in the Federal IT enterprise is mission-critical to reducing and avoiding costs, enhancin...

The new date for Igniting Innovation 2017 is Wednesday, April 26th. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Igniting Innovation is the premier annual event to showcase innovations to improve services to citizens and government operations and recognize the best innovations with awards. Igniting Innovation is designed to recognize the best ideas and solutions to solve important problems and s...

Properly documenting an employee’s poor performance or questionable behavior so that you can hold employees accountable presents a win/win for your agency. And if the documentation is done correctly you will see an increase in productivity, stay out of litigation and maintain high morale among all employees. You’ll get comprehensive training on the process of creating and maintaining complete, appropriate documentation so you can h...

Please join Gigamon and our partners for the 2nd Annual Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit. This half day event will feature a keynote address by former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, plus sessions on best practices and insights from government CISOs and cybersecurity practitioners. The Summit includes breakfast, lunch and networking opportunities.

This webinar will be of value to practitioners interested in reducing the business burden of export compliance, systematically reducing risk, and continuous program improvement. Participants will learn how to identify key compliance success criteria, design compliance processes that allow for measuring these criteria, how to analyze gathered data and turn it into information, and finally, how to use that information to drive continuous improve...

Data is all around us, and it is becoming increasingly hard to abstract relevant insights from our data that lead to intelligent action. With this in mind, we invite you to join us for this can't-miss Meetup where you will hear about the advanced analytics capabilities, and see how raw data is transformed into actionable insight used to save lives. One use case we'll discuss is the recent White House “call to action” around traffic...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Given today's ever-changing threat environment, preparing for and training employees to cope with active threats and workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization's emergency action plan. A Unique Training Opportunity The National Protection and Programs Directorate Office of Infrastructure Protection is hosting a one-day Security Workshop to enhance awareness of, and response to, an active...