The San Francisco Bay Area is a Tier 1 UASI region, heightening the need for collaboration and expanded response capabilities across endless crises, from almost daily seismic events to fires and critical infrastructure threats. Join peers across all areas of emergency preparedness and homeland security to share best practices, explore solutions and build contacts critical to the region's unique disaster preparedness and emergency management ch...

SANS is pleased to bring you SANS Northern Virginia 2011, in Reston April 15-23! Are you ready to immerse yourself in the most intense computer training experience available anywhere? This event features comprehensive hands-on technical training from some of the best instructors in the industry and includes several courses that will prepare managers and technical computer security personnel for DoD 8570 and GIAC approved certification exams. S...

The 3rd Annual Virtual Conference on Cloud Computing will be hosted online from April 18 - 22, 2011. It is global event, covering latest trends and innovations in the world of cloud computing. Conference panels, workshops, and tutorials are selected to cover a range of the hottest topics in cloud computing. Our conference tracks will focus on the following areas: - Cloud for Business, - Technology & Innovation, - Cloud For Public Sector, -...

The Annual OSDBU Procurement Conference is a national conference fostering business partnerships between the Federal Government, its Prime Contractors, and small, minority, service-disabled veteran-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned businesses.This event will be held at the Dulles Expo Center and is expected to have over 600 exhibitors and 3500 attendees. Exhibitors and attendees from federal, state and local governments as well as...

Jennifer Schaus & Associates host a monthly *3rd THURSDAYS* Government Contractors (no-charge) Networking Event from 5:30-7:30pm at the Kennedy Center, Foyer Level, Millennium Stage Area. All professionals are welcome. For more info & to register http://JenniferSchaus3.eventbrite.com

Usability Testing—It's Not Rocket Surgery Class Format: One Day Workshop Instructor: Steve Krug Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM ET Location: GSA - One Constitution Square Fee: $300 federal, state, local government$400 non-government Webinar Description After Steve Krug wrote Don't Make Me Think, he spent five years teaching a workshop about basic usability principles. People really liked it, and a lot of peop...

110: Negotiating Environmental Solutions Why take this training? People often enter negotiations armed with emotionally-charged positions defining what they want. This posturing of parties creates an adversarial relationship that is hard to move past. Interest-based negotiation teaches the skills needed to identify underlying interests, and to develop a protocol that enables all parties to get their needs met simultaneously. Interest-based neg...

Benefits Save money by avoiding costly mistakes in storm water management. From recent litigation to changing permitting standards, failing to stay on top of current issues related to storm water regulation is risky. In this seminar, you'll get answers to all your questions, such as: What are the most effective storm water sampling techniques? What new case and policy decisions impact my practices? What are the latest trends in the water quali...

Focus on building your information security skills with SANS' world-renowned training at a luxury hotel nestled within the exotic and tranquil white sand beaches of Nusa Dua, Bali!We are excited to be bringing our top instructors from the US to Bali, Indonesia to teach SANS' two most famous foundation-level courses in information security and forensics as well as our latest cutting-edge course in reverse engineering malware at SANS Bali 2011.-...

Considering Windows 7? You’re cordially invited to join Symantec and DLT Solutions at an exclusive seminar, “The Smart Route to Windows 7” and learn about migration best practices. Does your agency have legacy applications that will not run on IE8? Discover how to run business critical IE6 applications on Windows 7. Automate the daunting process of migrating to a new operating system or new hardware with standardized client b...