Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Cost Estimating and Contract Pricing This seminar offers best practices and answers important questions in cost estimating and contract pricing. What should a product, service, or integrated business solution cost? How much is it worth to the buyer? What is the appropriate rate of return or profitability for a product or service? What constitutes a f...

President Obama has declared that the "cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation" and that "America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity." Federal employees are invited to join us for an interactive discussion on security of information systems, which is rapidly becoming one of the foremost focal points of the United States and other countries. Critic...

Learn how an agency with 1,000 users, accessing 3 networks, can recognize savings of $13M over a 3 year period with Trusted Mail System. Productivity gains from not having to switch email accounts and reduction in software, hardware, maintenance and administration all contribute to the ROI of Trusted Mail System.Trusted Mail System, from Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions, is a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), secure email solution which prov...

Objectives »» Review and explain the important provisions of the Freedom of Information Act »»Gain understanding and familiarity with The Open Meetings Act »» Grasp the implications of ethical leadership and actions in government »» Gain familiarity with Robert’s Rules of Order Description Are you, as a public official, concerned with what you must and must not do under Freedom of Informati...

Surviving Sequestration on Its Way to a City Near You! Sequestration is more than a Beltway buzzword. The ripple effects are changing the game for agencies and governments at every level. How will the impact of sequestration play out on your home field? Deltek has assembled a starting lineup of first-string analysts, experts and industry thought leaders to discuss how the results of sequestration will trickle down to your region. Hear what th...

The New Federal IT Landscape: Managed Services, Risk Management, Mobility & Big Data The June 2-4, 2013 GTRA Technology Council Meeting is an opportunity for IT leaders from across the government to come together to collaborate, share best practices and lessons learned, and network with their peers on these important issues. Through a highly interactive program including government case studies, live demonstrations, boardroom meetings and...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Contract Negotiations Based on Gregory Garrett's publication Contract Negotiations: Skills, Tools, and Best Practices, this seminar provides a comprehensive treatment of contract negotiations, with a compelling discussion of what skills, tools, and best practices are needed to become a master contract negotiator. Attendees will learn: Contract negoti...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, NITAAC, is now holding free trainings for all those involved in the purchase of information technology products, services and solutions. Earn 2 CLPs as you learn about our government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): ECS III for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. You’ll find NITAAC GWA...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! The COR Member of the Acquisition Team: The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Guide to Performance and Quality The "COR Member of the Acquisition Team” National Education Seminar (NES) is designed to better illustrate the important role that the contracting officer’s representative (COR) plays in ensuring that the contract specia...

The 2013 Federal Cloud Computing Summit and Technology Showcase will examine how agencies have implemented Cloud solutions within their organizations. It will also look at the Cloud broker model and examine the future of Cloud solutions within the government. The following topics will be addressed during the day: Best practices in the acquisition of commodity IT Examination of recently-completed Federal Cloud projects Cloud success stories and...