The IJIS Institute and the Standards Coordinating Council (SCC), Sub-Committee of the Information Sharing and Access Interagency Policy Committee (ISA IPC), will conduct a Workshop on Information Sharing and Safeguarding Standards (WIS3). The Workshop will be co-located with the Object Model Group (OMG) Technical Training event which is being held from March 24-28, 2014. This interactive workshop is intended to bring together government and in...

In celebration of the Women's History Month, and the women who inspire us, please join us for a breakfast panel and peer learning circles, "Women2Women: How We Do It", scheduled to take place from 8-10 a.m. (EST) on Thursday, March 27, 2014, at the GW Foggy Bottom Campus. The discussion will focus on how women support each other in a multi-sector environment. All attendees will have an opportunity to share and ask questions through peer learni...

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District, will host two Industry Day outreach events. This event has multiple purposes. It will offer insight into the mission and procurement history of the Walla Walla District. Training will be offered on contracting with the Federal Government. A round table will follow providing a venue for capability discussions, Q&A and networking. Some key NAICS categories for USACE re...

The Marshall Institute has assembled a panel of experts to discuss the pressing scientific, technological and economic issues involved in human settlement of the Moon. Panel speakers include: Dr. Paul Spudis, Planetary Geology and Remote Sensing, Lunar and Planetary Institute Mike Gold, Director of D.C. Operations & Business Growth, Bigelow Aerospace, LLC Dr. Haym Benaroya, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, R...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Does your organization have a plan for an active shooter event or hostage taking? Given today’s ever-changing threat environment, preparing for and training employees to cope with workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization’s incident response planning. A Unique Training Opportunity The Citadel and the National Protection and Programs Directorate Office of Infrastructure Protec...

Join INSA’s Security Policy Reform Council for Security Policy Reform Implications for Industry: Maintaining Momentum for Transformational Change at the SI Organization in Chantilly, VA. This unclassified, but sensitive Symposium will be off the record, and will bring together stakeholders from the executive and legislative branches as well as their counterparts in the private sector. Following unprecedented attention on the security cle...

Big Data for Defense, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Today’s Warfighter has access to an ever-increasing number of sensors, imagers, internet artifacts, open source and other sophisticated collection devices and mechanisms, to the point that a major challenge has become how to sift through this massive amount of information to find the most critical and actionable items of intelligence. Increasingly, this must be accomplished in nea...

"A Deep Look within the Intelligence Community (IC)". During the National Military Intelligence Association (NMIA) 2014 National Intelligence Symposium (NIS 14') we will explore the current state of the Intelligence Community in terms of current realities. We will place particular emphasis on how the "Big 5" and Service "2's" will address meeting dynamic demands on intelligence in face of our country's fiscal challenges. We will examine what i...

Not being up to date could lead to costly mistakes for your agency! EEO law is ever-changing. And with volumes of EEOC and court decisions constantly being issued, staying up to date is crucial for federal practitioners – but far from easy to do. In this fast-paced seminar, renowned EEO case law expert Donald Names will give you a complete overview of recent must-know decisions so you’ll understand all the key new developments and...

BREAKFAST BRIEFINGFederal Cybersecurity Update: Managing Information Security Risk Through CDM Continuous Monitoring as a Service Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) has become essential as attacks on federal networks have become ever more sophisticated, aggressive, and persistent. The CDM Program is intended to transform the way federal organizations manage cyber threats to their networks through strategically sourced tools and servic...