11th Annual Maritime Homeland Security Summit The Latest in Maritime Domain Awareness and Security An essential attribute of any nation is its ability to protect its citizens and to maintain sovereign control of its land, air, and sea borders. Defending the United States against its enemies is the first priority and number one commitment of the Federal Government. In the maritime domain, this means exerting and safeguarding sovereignty in the...

Embracing Risk to Deliver Business Value The GITEC Summit is the 2013 “must attend” conference for any government agency responsible for either delivering Shared IT Services or using Shared IT Services. If you are an IT leader in the government, industry or academia, the Summit is the premier forum to share ideas, challenges and solutions surrounding the development, implementation, management and use of information technology for...

The federal sales process is driven by a specific set of factors that exists only in the federal marketplace. Topics covered include: Budget vs. sales cycles Decision makers Contract vehicles Value proposition Market intelligence Transactions vs. large contract sales Fiscal year-end sales processes Capture strategies

We are pleased to invite you to Baltimore for the third annual SANS Cyber Guardian event on April 15-20. Below are the cutting-edge SANS courses that will be offered at SANS Cyber Guardian 2013. We are featuring four baseline courses, one for the Red Team, and two for Blue Team - noted in the parentheses below.SANS Cyber Guardian 2013 is part of a larger event, SANS Capital Region 2013. For more information, see SANS Northern Virginia 2013 whi...

TECHEXPO Top Secret is producing TWO POLYGRAPH ONLY hiring event this April in Maryland and Virginia! Don't miss your chance to interview for a new career and earn your market worth at this exclusive event. Bring many resumes and interview on-the-spot for the many opportunities available in cyber security, information technology, engineering, aerospace, telecom, project management, intelligence, operations, homeland security, research & mo...

Preliminary planning has commenced for next year’s event tentatively scheduled for March 24–26, 2014 in Baltimore, MD and additional information will be provided to all interested parties in due time. If you would like to be added to the mailing list for next year’s event please e-mail us at events@ncsi.com. Formerly known as the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, the Defense Intelligence Worldwide is expanding to focus on all-sour...

Course Objectives:The GSA Schedule is one of the most widely used contract vehicles in the federal market. It is a five year contract, with the option of three five year renewable terms, for a total of a twenty year contract. This vehicle may also be used by state and local government entities to purchase services and products. This class focuses on the GSA Schedule application process and marketing of the GSA schedule after award. Course High...

You will learn about: -Providing evidence of Significant Strengths, the precise elements that the Federal Government will look for and assess during the formal evaluation of your proposal -Constructing compelling "Understanding" and "Approach" sections of your proposal to achieve a maximum score -Generating key conceptual graphics early in the proposal development lifecycle to help guide your thinking and writing -Writing proposal sections eff...

This session is focused on a specifically detailed business of government contracting process, identifying your target market, learning the strategies involved in being a prime contractor, a subcontractor, or a teaming partner, the mentor-protégé programs, evaluation of opportunities including Requests for Information, Requests for Quotes, Requests for Bids, Sole Source Contracts, the bid/no bid decision making process, purchase...

This session is geared to existing and new businesses who want to sell their products or services to federal government agencies locally or nationwide. This is $500+ billion market with the world’s fortune one customer. The course is a practical, concise gap analysis of the business relating to federal contracting requirements. Participants will compare their business related to the required registrations, the basics of contracting law,...