Course Overview This course will give students the fundamentals of federal government contracting, and Contract Fundamentals such as: Who Can Bind Government in a Contract; the Requirements Process; the Contracting Process; Elements of a Contract; Anti Deficiency/Ratifications; Ethics; Personal/Non-Personal Services; Ambiguities in Specifications/SOWs; “Implied” Actions; Acceptance; Changes; Privity of Contract; Contracting Lead Ti...

This month's Federal CPIC Forum educational webinar will provide information from a Memo Draft recently released for comment by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Here is a summary of the information we have at this time:OMB analyzed the results from the FY12 PortfolioStat sessions, solicited agency feedback and incorporated insights from the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council to identify noteworthy management practices....

What is Enterprise Architecture? Need of Enterprise Architecture What is the difference between Enterprise, Segment and Solution Architecture? What are Architectural Frameworks? Frameworks: Zachman TOGAF DODAF FEAF What are Reference Models? What is FSAM? How does EA relate to CPIC? Relationship between EA and Cloud Relationship between EA and SOA Relationship between EA and Digital Strategy You will earn 1.5 CLPs by attending a CPIC Forum We...

Métier’s award winning software, PPM Central, provides integrated CPIC and project portfolio management (PPM) capabilities (http://www.metier.com). During this session, Métier will demonstrate the core CPIC and PPM capabilities and discuss case studies of how federal clients have used these capabilities to save money and do more with less while increasing CPIC maturity, identifying operational efficiencies, portfolio duplic...

Learn first hand about the many new changes just announced to CPIC! In late April 2011, OMB introduced two new forms, the Exhibit 300 (a) and Exhibit 300 (b) which comprise a new model for the Administration's pulse check on investment health and performance. The Introduction to CPIC and a Review of the Exhibit 300s seminar introduces the changes to the process and introduces the new Exhibits, "Capital Asset Summary and Performance Measurement...

The federal government plans to spend at least $75 billion on IT investments in fiscal year 2012. The size of this investment highlights the importance of reliably estimating the costs of IT acquisitions. A reliable cost estimate is critical to the success of any IT program, providing the basis for informed decision making, realistic budget formulation, and meaningful progress measurement. Without the ability to generate such estimates, progra...

Learn first hand about the many new changes just announced to CPIC! In late April 2011, OMB introduced two new forms, the Exhibit 300 (a) and Exhibit 300 (b) which comprise a new model for the Administration's pulse check on investment health and performance. The Introduction to CPIC and a Review of the Exhibit 300s seminar introduces the changes to the process and introduces the new Exhibits, "Capital Asset Summary and Performance Measurement...

Op Metrics - Federal CPIC Forum May 2012 Webinar Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ED Register now for the Federal CPIC Forum’s members-only virtual meeting, Op Metrics - Federal CPIC Forum May 2012 Webinar. This update is taking place Wednesday, April 23rd at 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time. During the meeting, we will: Share our portfolio review and analysis approach to the Exhibit 300 Operational Performance Metrics. Provide an o...

Learn first hand about the many new changes just announced to CPIC! In late April 2011, OMB introduced two new forms, the Exhibit 300 (a) and Exhibit 300 (b) which comprise a new model for the Administration's pulse check on investment health and performance. The Introduction to CPIC and a Review of the Exhibit 300s seminar introduces the changes to the process and introduces the new Exhibits, "Capital Asset Summary and Performance Measurement...

Course Overview The administration has publicly announced the “Campaign to Cut Waste” and every federal agency is being challenged to do “More IT Innovation with Less IT Budget”. That means less duplication, less waste, while also providing more accessibility, more privacy, more security, more mobility, more apps, more speed, more cloud, more visibility, more transparency, etc. And the administration wants the changes n...