It’s a given – price is the most important part of the offer. This is especially true in the days when Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) rules, and even when it is a Best Value procurement, the lowest bidder will most likely get the award. Most companies, however, miss the most important elements of process and deliverable for the cost volume, and fail to shine in an area where they could dominate. Manage the cost volume e...

This series provides a comprehensive overview of advanced lighting systems, for both interior and exterior applications. This series covers lighting sources, technology applications, controls, emerging technologies and future trends. This series also covers federal purchasing requirements and specific agency requirements and resources. By completing this Series, participants will learn to: Identify various lighting sources and their most effec...

We are pleased to invite you to attend SANS Dallas 2017, on February 27- March 4 at The Westin Dallas Downtown, located in the heart of the city. We have selected several of our top information security courses to provide you with the training and certification that you need to boost your career by learning from the best! SANS instructors are industry professionals who will ensure that you not only learn the material, but that you will also be...

Throughout 21 CFR and guidance documents for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device industries, the application of statistical methods are specified for: setting validation criteria and specifications, performing measurement systems analysis (MSA), conducting stability analysis, using design of experiment (DOE) for process development and validation, developing process control charts, and determining process capability indic...

With the current headlines regarding government email retention and e-discovery, it is important to understand how the 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 presented to help...

A One-Day Event Dedicated to the Major Developments in Federal Contracting! Only Offered Once a Year! New Topics and Location This Year! As one of our most popular events, Annual Review: Hot Issues in Federal Contracting provides everything you need to stay current in the ever-changing field of government contracts. Use this day-long event as a refresher on the developments in contracting over the past year and as an opportunity to network wit...

OMB, DHS, Department of Defense (DoD), Committee of National Security Systems (CNSS), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made major advances in improving the security of Federal information technology (IT) systems. They have created new standards, processes, and solutions that are streamlining and automating security and moving us closer to the goal of total near-real-time security awareness. At the end of this...

In 2014 an announcement was made with plans to embark upon a new paradigm for purchasing by moving from managing purchases and prices individually across thousands of procurement units, to managing entire categories of common spend and total cost. The intention is to apply the principles of Category Management – used extensive in industry and other countries – to the Federal acquisition process. This is intended to be more than jus...

The Military Health System is the backbone of health readiness for the Department of Defense. This global health care organization is responsible for both maintaining a medically ready force and for providing a ready medical force that is prepared to respond to the full spectrum of military operations. Join us for an in-depth discussion with experts from Booz Allen Hamilton. We’ll explore a new perspective on how the medical centers, hos...

Information security training in Scottsdale from SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training. SANS is returning to Arizona, February 20-25, for SANS Scottsdale 2017! Choose from eight hands-on, immersion-style security training courses all taught by real-world practitioners. All are aligned with GIAC certifications and several courses will prepare you or your technical staff for DoD 8570. SANS is looking forward to retur...