For three decades, thousands of federal HR, EEO, diversity, employee/labor relations and ADR practitioners have turned to FDR for unparalleled training and the unique opportunity to interact with government leaders and industry experts — at an unbeatable value!The FDR Advisory Board, composed of experienced practitioners, crafts each year’s program to ensure that the topics covered are timely, relevant and address the current issue...

During the last two years, federal agencies have made tremendous strides toward improving the security of their networks, systems, and data. But it hasn’t been enough, and never could have been. Even as the federal government has put in place new, more sophisticated programs for defending against cyber threats, those threats have continued to evolve. Register today for the Cybersecurity Summit and hear Federal IT leaders from across gov...

Now Is Your Chance to Get Key Insights Directly from Agency Reform Leaders! The government reform initiative is well underway, and over the next month, all agencies will receive feedback on their high-level agency reform plan. Linda Springer, architect of the government-wide reorganization initiative, along with other government leaders will discuss reform plans and the opportunity for agencies to comprehensively redesign themselves so they ca...

The Administration is calling for sweeping transformation of the federal government’s technology, citing a broad mandate to convert paper-based forms into easy-to-use websites. IDC estimates that 37% of financial processes are driven by paper, a laboriously slow and error-prone process. This webinar will explore how web-based financial processing is transforming the administrative experience and supporting the mission in government. Lear...

We live in a 24-hour news cycle world, where reporters are harried and working on multiple stories every day. Time is of the essence, and if your story idea is sitting in an inbox with hundreds of others, how will it get noticed? Government communicators have to stay ahead of the game to reach busy journalists who thrive on urgency. Make your pitches irresistible to journalists by becoming an information architect. Through research and shaping...

This lesson will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA is now fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves any more. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2017 and beyond. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days. I will speak on speci...

The ATARC Federal Cloud & Data Center Summit will be held on August 3, 2017 at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. (Cloud & Data Center Summit Agenda) This educational, one-day symposium will examine the Cloud tools and techniques being used by the Federal Government to provide agencies with greater efficiency and cost savings. The event is free to government and full-time academics and qualifies for 7.5 CPE cre...

The goal for this course is to provide an understanding of cybersecurity leadership focused on people and not just technology and policy. It will give you an overview of frameworks to support your risk management activities. It is highly useful to any organizational executive, or leader seeking an understanding of building cybersecurity cultures and governance. Purpose: The word cybersecurity is thrown around, used and abused to scare people i...

Federal Mobile Strategic Sourcing Day, hosted by the Mobile Services Category Team and the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center, will be held on Tuesday, August 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Auditorium at GSA Headquarters, 1800 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. Note: Registration opens at 8:30 a.m., please arrive at least 15 minutes early to clear security. This educational event for the Federal contracting community is open to govern...

Office Hours is a designated time for GCA members to receive consultation time to review government contract concerns. For example: proposal considerations team agreements assessment analysis strategy planning and more What: Office Hours for GCA Members When: Tuesdays at 6:00 pm (except 2nd Tuesdays) Where: 3300 Buckeye Road; Suite 500; Atlanta, GA 30341 Register: http://govassociation.org/event-2588634 Who Should Attend: GCA members What Will...