Cyber Resilience: Leveraging Real-Time Analytics and Continuous Monitoring The administration underscored the importance of combating sophisticated or advanced cyber intruders by establishing FISMA priorities, #1 of which is continuous monitoring. The proposed federal IT budget for 2014 devotes more than $13 billion to cybersecurity programs, with $300 million in new funding for continuous monitoring as mandated by OMB and FISMA reporting requ...

Making the Most of License Exception STA Each participant will receive the ECTI License Exception STA Compliance Checklist, an invaluable tool to help your organization comply with every export. Export control reform is here, and hopefully you are already experiencing some relief. But you may have also discovered a catch. The changes relax certain export controls, but they do not simplify them. The rules are now even more complex. Both the U.S...

Are you up to date on today’s best practices in budgeting and planning for government contracting? Just having a project management plan isn’t enough to succeed. Attend the free Deltek webinar Best Practices in Budgeting & Planning on December 11 at 11 a.m. ET and learn how solid budgeting and planning create efficiencies and aid decision making at the project level. Highlights include: Budgets that align with the project manag...

Specifically designed for small business concerns, this course will provide a roadmap of the Federal procurement protest process from start to finish in all of the relevant forums, including the Small Business Administration (SBA). Get up-to-date on the rules, procedures, substantive and procedural requirements, and strategy involved in the various protest forums - the agency, the GAO, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the SBA. Exercising...

Federal Sales Boot Camp The Federal Government consistently misses its Small Business Goals... Yet, it's difficult for Small Businesses to break into Government Agencies. What’s up with that? The truth is that there is less than "full and open competition" as you might initially interpret it to mean. It is vital to understand the government contracting environment as it actually operates. This includes both the written and unwritten rul...

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION Due to protracted acquisitions and traditional doctrinal warfare solutions there is a lack of exposure or appreciation for the cutting-edge innovation and technological development resulting in missed opportunities to provide warfighters the most up-to-date spectrum and information related capabilities. The 2013 Land EW Conference; Innovation and Demonstration will be held 10-11 December in Quantico, VA to provide a foru...

The OpTac International Tactical Command Program provides attendees with realistic guidelines and practical exercises to prepare for and enhance their command of Special Weapons and Tactics teams. Classroom presentations and tabletop exercises provide a detailed understanding of raid planning and execution, command post operations, legal and ethical decision-making, critical incident management, SWAT fitness, and tactical applications on emerg...

Federal Government enterprises are focused on IT transformation many believed unthinkable when the first official strategy for cloud computing was announced by the Federal CIO. Today, cloud-based applications and storage are being implemented across agencies and hosted computing is deemed a critical component to sustainable, affordable, and flexible future infrastructures. Data center consolidation, virtualization, mobile strategies, big data...

Join Christine Wade of CaaSus, LLC and Gunjan Talati of Reed Smith LLP for the second installment of a 3-Part Series on Subcontracting, Teaming and Flow Downs. This course is being presented online in 3 parts on December 3rd, 10th, and 17th. Courses may be taken in isolation, or as a group. The webinars will present key purchasing/procurement instruction relative to: Subcontract Management & Administration - Complete on Dec 3.Teaming Agree...

100 Worst Mistakes in Government Contracting This course examines 100 classic mistakes to avoid when doing business with the government. The course draws on every phase of the government contract life cycle. During this one day course, professionals will learn best practices and guiding principles as it pertains to: Solicitations Proposal preparation and submission Defective pricing and the Truth in Negotiations Act Protests Contract Types Mul...