Event is for Government Attendees Only Overview of the Tutorial and Roundtable: Many projects are completed on time and within budgets, but at their end, have limited or no contribution to meeting the goals and objectives of an organization. Other projects are “put on hold” due to executive or political priorities that have changed during the long project development cycle but have intermediate results that have value that can be...

We invite you to be a part of the nation's largest, most active buying venue for end user energy products and services – the World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC). There's no better opportunity for your sales team to directly reach thousands of top energy management decision makers from throughout the U.S. and abroad. The WEEC expo is attended each year by the nation's leading energy professionals in business, industry, and government...

Overview of the Workshop: Hiring federal employees was never an easy process, and so it is especially frustrating to both line managers and HR offices when a new hire leaves after a year or even sooner. In today’s budget environment, with hard or soft hiring freezes, and early out and buyouts becoming ever more common, it is especially important that once a job offer has been accepted that the agency be able to retain the new hire for a...

Those responsible for developing and implementing cloud-based solutions -- for implementing data center consolidation and other technology efficiencies -- continue to look for opportunities to learn about the best technologies, configurations, service and deployment models and appropriate mix of cloud services -- based on an organization’s requirements. Digital Government Institute's 8th Government Cloud Computing and Data Center Confere...

Using Cloud Computing to Transform Government – A Game Changer (The Next Steps for Agencies in the Effective Use of the Cloud) Training Workshop Since 2009, the Federal Government has been shifting its Information The initial focus of compliance with the Cloud First mandate, and a focus on cost savings are starting to give way to serious use of cloud computing to support agency business and mission capabilities. According to GSA, Federal...

Government relies on technology to develop new ways to deliver services to the citizen. At the same time, Congress and the White House have historically kept a tight rein on high risk I.T. projects that incur costly delays while contributing little to mission-related outcomes. To lower the risk and to innovate in the face of rapidly changing technologies, the Office of Management and Budget recommends that agencies abandon multiyear developmen...

Overview of the Workshop: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) – Training for Government to Avoid the Frustration of Not Awarding a Contract the Government Knows May Not Meet its Best Long Term Program and Cost Interests. Almost every discussion with government CXOs, Program Managers, Contracting Officers and other Managers revolve around the challenges of evaluating proposals and selecting contractors based upon Lowest Price Tech...

Challenge your thinking on internal accountability and controls and learn how to lower the risks of wrongdoing in your orgaanization. AGA's Internal Control and Fraud Prevention Training will bring together leaders in government, academia and private industry to discuss the latest discovery techniques and lessons learned from various schemes. The event offers 14 hours of CPE training to help you solve real internal control problems and elimina...

Don't miss MeriTalk's third annual Cloud Computing Brainstorm on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. It's been four years since OMB issued its cloud first policy. FedRAMP seems poised to deliver on the promise of a standardized approach to cloud security assessments. Cloud implementations are growing. New initiatives and enabling technology are making cloud migrations a must for many agencies. Despite these efforts...

AAFEA, Inc. invites you to attend our 2014 Training Workshop: Leading Change, September 8th and 9th, 2014 at the Department of State's George C. Marshall Conference Center in Washington DC. This event features a three-track curriculum focusing on the programs, policies, practices, and processes that promote career-enhancing opportunities and the core subjects critical for becoming a member of the SES. Topics include: Mentoring Prepare for the...