Nearly every military vehicle and every satellite that flies into space uses the GPS to fix its position. In this popular four-day short course, GPS expert Tom Logsdon will describe in detail how those precise radionavigation systems work and review the many practical benefits they provide to military and civilian users in space and around the globe. Each student will receive a new personal GPS Navigator with a multi-channel capability. Throu...

Please note: Business Over Breakfast™ - Tysons has moved to Silver Diner on Fletcher Street. For novices and industry veterans doing business in the government sector, Business Over Breakfast™ is the National Capital Region's most productive networking breakfast for developing meaningful business relationships and accurate, useful industry information. Business Over Breakfast™ features a straightforward and simple format with...

This two day workshop is an overview of test and evaluation from product concept through operations. The purpose of the course is to give participants a solid grounding in practical testing methodology for assuring that a product performs as intended. The course is designed for Test Engineers, Design Engineers, Project Engineers, Systems Engineers, Technical Team Leaders, System Support Leaders Technical and Management Staff and Project Manage...

What the Heck is DCAA Compliance? The government financial management system review initiated under the Clinton Administration in 1998 resulted in a requirement that all government contractors engaging in cost reimbursable contracts have their system certified as DCAA compliant prior to award. Until recently this requirement was nearly never enforced for companies awarded Time and Materials (T&M) contracts. As the result of a Government Ac...

During the first seminar "Winning Task Orders" in our best practice series, Lauren Hammond, Senior Vice President of Waypoint Consulting will discuss the best practices that leading organizations follow to build their business. She will also share proven strategies and infrastructures you can utilize to: § Better manage and collaborate with teammates § Track your responses to task orders § Gain improved oversight of post-award work

Google Apps typically saves organizations 50% or more compared to existing email systems, while equipping agency employees with modern tools that help them be more productive. Join Google and DLT Solutions for a live event to discover first-hand the efficiencies of these email and collaboration tools, geospatial visualization and effective enterprise level search which allow you to grow and scale your organization's IT infrastructure. Date: Th...

Please note: Business Over Breakfast™ - Tysons has moved to Silver Diner on Fletcher Street. For novices and industry veterans doing business in the government sector, Business Over Breakfast™ is the National Capital Region's most productive networking breakfast for developing meaningful business relationships and accurate, useful industry information. Business Over Breakfast™ features a straightforward and simple format with...

Mastering Proposal Writing for Technical Professionals: How to Create Compelling Content Do you have to write the technical or management sections of proposals? Would you like to learn the process professional writers use to quickly create compelling content for the technical and management sections of a proposal? If you would like to learn how to write better proposals, more quickly and consistently receive higher scores, then this one-day tr...

The seminar will focus on the SBA final regulations published in the Federal Register on February 11, 2011. Areas to be covered include issues governing size matters, the Section 8(a) Program, joint ventures, the Mentor-Protege Program and other issues that will impact small business government contractors. Speakers are Pam Mazza, Managing Partner with PilieroMazza and Greg Funkhouser with Goodman & Company. Event sponsors are PilieroMazza...

Summary: This three-day course is intended for engineers and other technical personnel and managers who have a work-related need to understand basic acoustics concepts and how to measure and analyze sound. This is an introductory course and participants need not have any prior knowledge of sound or vibration. Each topic is illustrated by appropriate applications, in-class demonstrations, and worked-out numerical examples. Each student will rec...