The Intersection of Culture and Technology: A Roadmap to Citizen-Centric Government With advancements in technology and service delivery, government agencies are faced with the challenge to keep pace with rising expectations from the public to deliver the same level of service received in the private sector or better. Government agencies are facing with a cultural shift that shapes a new citizen engagement strategy involving technology, policy...

The Freedom of Information Act, enacted in 1966, was the first law that gave Americans the right to access the records of federal agencies. FOIA establishes a legal right of access to government records and information on the basis of the principles of openness and accountability in government. In 1974, after the Watergate scandal the act was amended to force greater agency compliance. In 1991 the General Accounting Office reported over 1.9 mi...

Join Dixon Hughes Goodman partners Mark Burroughs and Bill Walter as we co-host Demystifying Cost Accounting Standards with the Public Contracting Institute. This 4-part virtual classroom series is designed to provide a basic understanding of how to work within the fundamental requirements of the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) in understandable, easy to understand plain English business terms. The Cost Accounting Standards were designed to pr...

NCMA Tysons Webinar "Subcontracting on a Commercial Item Basis to Reduce Risk and Increase Profit" This course will teach you how to benefit from conducting Part 12 Commercial Item subcontract procurements. From streamlining requirements, to reduced regulatory risk and a reduction of administrative costs, leveraging part 12 procurement methods to subcontract is a widely under-utilized procurement method that can save your company time, money a...

Join Dixon Hughes Goodman partners Mark Burroughs and Bill Walter as we co-host Demystifying Cost Accounting Standards with the Public Contracting Institute. This 4-part virtual classroom series is designed to provide a basic understanding of how to work within the fundamental requirements of the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) in understandable, easy to understand plain English business terms. The Cost Accounting Standards were designed to pr...

Beyond Device Management: Strategies for Secure, Accessible Government Mobility The Office of Management and Budget’s Digital Government strategy charges agencies with enabling all citizens and the growing mobile workforce to access high-quality digital government information and services anywhere, anytime, on any device. This webinar will examine challenges and best practices to ensure that the next few steps forward lead towards a bett...

Beyond Data Center Consolidation: An Enterprise Roadmap to Strategic IT OMB mandates require agencies to empower CIOs to leverage agency-wide needs to reduce inefficiencies and streamline information technology investments. Presented by FedInsider, WTOP, and Federal News Radio, this complimentary one-hour video training webinar will explore how agencies are using IT to deliver better government services, more efficiently and securely, and rein...

*Training Certificates will be e-mailed to attendees after the event. Continuous Monitoring: Tools and Techniques for Trustworthy Government IT Presented by FedInsider, WTOP, and Federal News Radio, this this complimentary one-hour video training webinar will explore how agencies tackling the threats and vulnerabilities inherent in today’s technology dependent government. Continuous monitoring provides nearly real-time information in the...

Many government agencies and departments have been victimized or may be vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse. Yet the public sector has generally taken a cat and mouse approach to fraud. How can private sector advances help change the game? We'll discuss: The pay-and-chase approach to fraud – where fraudsters escape with the cheese and static mousetraps are set in response. Potential risks to government organizations' financial assets,...

Join Dixon Hughes Goodman partners Mark Burroughs and Bill Walter as we co-host Demystifying Cost Accounting Standards with the Public Contracting Institute. This 4-part virtual classroom series is designed to provide a basic understanding of how to work within the fundamental requirements of the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) in understandable, easy to understand plain English business terms. The Cost Accounting Standards were designed to pr...