NCMA’s SubCon Training Workshops (SubCon) provides comprehensive subcontracts training led by experienced industry and government practitioners. This year, SubCon consists of both workshops and breakout sessions. Choose to spend a full day in a single-topic immersion workshop or six one-hour breakout sessions on multiple topics—depending on your training needs. We recommend experiencing both! Choose a workshop on Thursday and break...

Improve your business acumen by taking the first-ever education program specifically designed for tomorrow’s business-minded technology leaders. The TBM Executive Foundation course provides senior IT leaders and finance managers the essential knowledge that drives business transformation within IT by running a successful Technology Business Management (TBM) program. Over 800 IT and Finance leaders have already participated in the course...

How to Improve Export Compliance with Effective AuditsAll participants will receive a questionnaire for use in developing auditing tools!Both State and Commerce Departments recommend and expect regular audits as part of their compliance program guidelines. Despite their negative image, export compliance audits are one of the most effective tools for improving and validating your compliance program. Whenever possible, audits should not be abo...

U.S. ground forces handle a massive amount of information and data while working under unpredictable conditions. That means military intelligence analysts don’t always have a technologically reliable way to share and receive information. They must overcome both enterprise communication challenges, which force them to operate for periods with little to no access to data and information overload when connections are available. Join us for...

The AFFIRM After Hours Networking Event for April will be a special jointly hosted event with a focus on "Ensuring a Public Service Career in Information Technology." We are partnering on this event with Young AFCEA Bethesda. The event will appeal to those that are interested in a future of Information technology (IT) in the public sector (with the government or with government contractors) and also to those with more established careers that...

The Docker Government Summit is an annual gathering for industry leaders, government IT and software developers and ecosystem to learn, connect and engage to discuss what’s new and share how to leverage these technologies for secure and efficient IT modernization. The potential for technology to accelerate new methods of supporting missions, servicing constituents and enriching student experiences is massive. The opportunities for both n...

Throughout government, IT leaders are scrambling to secure existing systems against a rapidly growing array of known risks, while also planning for future systems that must guard against threats that have yet to be imagined. But daily operations don’t slow down for added requirements and evolving issues; many IT departments are so consumed with today’s needs that they struggle to plan for tomorrow. That’s where intelligent au...

Global Export Control Lists and Classification Update 2018“The item I want to ship from my overseas facility would be EAR99 in the U.S., so I won’t need an export permit. . .” Quite possibly, but there is no such thing as “EAR99” outside the U.S. and what if a foreign country’s control list is different from the CCL? “Thanks to U.S. Export Control Reform (ECR), my aircraft part is 9A991 and I can ship...

Improve your business acumen by taking the first-ever education program specifically designed for tomorrow’s business-minded technology leaders. The TBM Executive Foundation course provides senior IT leaders and finance managers the essential knowledge that drives business transformation within IT by running a successful Technology Business Management (TBM) program. Over 800 IT and Finance leaders have already participated in the course...

Every organization needs a business continuity plan to protect its critical operations, resources and services in the event of unexpected disasters and business disruptions. At the time of a disaster everyone in the organization relies on the business continuity plan to ensure continuity of business and to restore normal operating conditions. It is critically essential to build a plan that is reliable, comprehensive, and effective for any busi...