Nations around the world are grappling with the challenge of “open government”. Many are openly stating that they embrace it, most are struggling to understand what it is and how to actually implement it. Why are they so intent on this? Because the people, the constituents they serve, of all kinds, from families to communities, corporations to small business and non-profits, and public sector employees themselves are demanding it....

On April 26, 2010, President Obama established an Interagency Task Force to develop proposals and recommendations for enhancing the use of small businesses in Federal contracting, including businesses owned by women, minorities, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and service-disabled veterans of our Armed Forces. The Memorandum establishing the Task Force is available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidentia...

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Join us in Boston, June 23–25, 2010, for the 2010 USENIX Annual Technical Conference. USENIX ATC '10 will again bring together leading systems researchers for cutting-edge systems research and unlimited opportunities to gain insight into a variety of must-know topics, including virtualization, system administration, cloud computing, security, and networking. The technical program begins on Wednesday, June 23, and includes refereed papers...

About Tech Thursday: The WNG convenes this networking event for technology sector professionals in the greater Washington, D.C. region. The reception is held under the auspices of our WNG Technology Roundtable and WNG Entrepreneur Roundtable, and presents a marketing and business development opportunity for companies and professionals to increase awareness of their products and services. Who Should Attend: Corporate technology, telecommunicati...

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE The 2010 Joint CBRN Conference and Exhibition will provide a forum for the exchange of CBRN defense information among warfighters, CBRN incident responders, technology developers, acquisition professionals and the supporting industry. This exchange will focus on a better understanding and increased responsiveness to CBRN defense user's needs. Selected speakers from CBRN defense stakeholder organizations will discuss curren...

The Federal Business Council is proud to be hosting the 1st Annual United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2010 Cyber Security Summit & Expo at the Washington Convention Center.Themed Building the Foundation to Safeguard USDA Information and Digital Assets, the Summit will provide participants with information and resources on today’s vulnerabilities, incidents, security lifecycle, risks and mitigations. It will also identify...

In order to win and do business with the U.S. Department of Defense, your company must comply with complex FAR and DFARS requirements governing the procurement process and contract performance. Failure to master the ins and outs of compliance can (and likely will) mean lost business and the possible release of proprietary information to your competitors. As the competition for DoD business intensifi es, it is critical to know how to maximize t...

2020 Vision: Leveraging Today's Best Insights to Manage Risk & Build a More Secure Future The Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2010 is the premier conference and meeting place for IT and business executives responsible for creating, implementing, and managing a proactive and comprehensive IT strategy for information security, risk management, compliance, and business continuity management. As IT security and risk disciplines...

Attend this training to learn how to capture the power of social media in your organization, along with helpful tools, tips and techniques to get started, including: Communicating more effectively and efficiently through the use of social media (blogs, podcasts, Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds, video podcasts, and much more) Developing a social media (blogging, podcasting, wikis, Twitter, etc.) strategy to drive performance-based communica...