The NIGP Forum is the largest North American conference exclusively for public procurement. The Forum is NIGP's showcase educational event, providing an ideal environment for networking with colleagues and suppliers, attending educational workshops led by subject matter experts in the field, and being motivated and inspired by professional speakers during general sessions. Attendees can visit with nearly 200 suppliers during our products expos...

Time Event Gov-Con Presenters Day One * 7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast (Provided) 8:00-8:30 Introduction George Bulpitt 8:30 - Noon Government Cost Accounting Government Agencies Federal Acquisition Regulations Procurement Process Cost Accounting Accounting Basics Adequate Accounting System Direct and Indirect Costs Structuring Specific Cost Pools-Indirect Rates Labor Cost Tracking Issues Travel Guidelines Unallowable Costs Equipment Billing...

What do your customers really need ... not just today but tomorrow? How can you ensure your ideas quickly come to life in the organization or marketplace? What will it take to build your advantage in a world which never stops changing? Creating great solutions is exhilarating difficult. Too often seemingly good ideas fail to excite customers, leaving organizations emotionally and financially exhausted. A paradox has emerged as a result: leader...

ABOUT THIS COURSE This two-day course will prepare functional managers and analytic practitioners to finally make sense of data analytics and take control of the analytic process. “Advancing the Analytics-Driven Organization” develops core skills for data analytics and lays the foundation for data-intensive analytic projects that deliver insight, clarity, confidence and actionable decision support. Attendees will learn the four maj...

This is the 34th offering of the Annual Summer 5-Day Cryogenics course for both non-degreed and degreed engineers, technicians, managers, operations personnel, research lab personnel, LNG associated designers and personnel, liquefaction facilites staff, cryogenic commodity transportaion, equipment manufacturers and providers, and all levels of users of cryogenics. The outline of topics in basic cryogenics includes: Thermodynamics for cryogenic...

For every organization, data breach is a major risk. It's not a matter of whether your organization will be breached; it's when, and - most importantly - how bad the damage will be. You likely have a response plan in place. In fact, your organization has purchased insurance against this eventuality. But your response in the first hours after initially discovering the "incident," which is later confirmed to be a "breach," will be crucial to mit...

FBC and the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA) - Oklahoma City Chapter will be partnering once again to host this one-of-a-kind Information Technology Expo at Tinker AFB. This is the only IT Expo held at Tinker AFB each year. This annual expo allows exhibitors the opportunity to have access to information technology, communications, engineering, and contracting personnel at Tinker AFB which would otherwise not be...

The ATARC Federal DevOps Summit will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will serve as the Government Chair of this educational, one-day symposium featuring government speakers and panels examining the practice of DevOps - and the complementa...

Overview: With the current headlines regarding government email retention and e-discovery, it is important to understand how the upcoming deadlines will impact your agency. This one-day Potomac Forum Workshop will focus on the activities mandated by the NARA/OMB Records Management Directive. Key executives from NARA and government agencies will discuss the directive and its implementation. Detailed review and analysis of the directive will be...

Over the next five years, nearly one million servicemen and women will return to civilian life as our military drawdown continues. Most of these veterans will be between the ages of 18 and 24, and on average, 200,000 return to the workforce every year. Technology represents a career field where these veterans are likely to excel. These soldiers have a solid work ethic, exceptional communications skills, and a proven ability to work across cult...