In a large, complex federated Department that spends over $2 billion a year on IT, how does leadership gain decision-making consensus to optimize technology investments and effectively deliver to the agency mission? Chris Smith, former CIO of USDA, will share his experience while leading one of the largest federal government transitions to cloud computing. Learn how USDA was able to Improve visibility and consensus of agency priorities Develop...

Over the past year, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made major advances in improving and simplifying the future security requirements for government information technology (IT). They have identified new standards, strategies, and solutions that have reduced the FISMA requirements on the government organizations by over 50 percent and the risk to systems by much more. Thes...

Objectives »» Review and explain the important provisions of the Freedom of Information Act »»Gain understanding and familiarity with The Open Meetings Act »» Grasp the implications of ethical leadership and actions in government »» Gain familiarity with Robert’s Rules of Order Description Are you, as a public official, concerned with what you must and must not do under Freedom of Informati...

The wireless industry has built more than 250,000 cell sites in the United States in the past 20 years. But many more cell sites are needed as iPhones®, iPads®, Droids and the like strain existing network capacity. New cell sites and significant modifications to existing cell sites will also be needed to meet the government's goal of using wireless to increase broadband speeds and coverage. At the same time, 'tower management' companie...

As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on June 4, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will explore the SHRP 2 Report S2-C19-RR-1: Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects (C19). Register now. The report identifies strategies that have been successfully used to expedite the planning and environmental review of transportation and some non-transportation projects within the context of ex...

The New Federal IT Landscape: Managed Services, Risk Management, Mobility & Big Data The June 2-4, 2013 GTRA Technology Council Meeting is an opportunity for IT leaders from across the government to come together to collaborate, share best practices and lessons learned, and network with their peers on these important issues. Through a highly interactive program including government case studies, live demonstrations, boardroom meetings and...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Contract Negotiations Based on Gregory Garrett's publication Contract Negotiations: Skills, Tools, and Best Practices, this seminar provides a comprehensive treatment of contract negotiations, with a compelling discussion of what skills, tools, and best practices are needed to become a master contract negotiator. Attendees will learn: Contract negoti...

Data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication. The growing use of collaborative technologies – from mobile devices and social media to virtualization and cloud computing – will continue to be one of the most significant factors impacting the security landscape. For these reasons, the federal government has increased efforts to minimize and prevent cyber security attacks, and will continue to place signific...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, NITAAC, is now holding free trainings for all those involved in the purchase of information technology products, services and solutions. Earn 2 CLPs as you learn about our government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): ECS III for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. You’ll find NITAAC GWA...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! The COR Member of the Acquisition Team: The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Guide to Performance and Quality The "COR Member of the Acquisition Team” National Education Seminar (NES) is designed to better illustrate the important role that the contracting officer’s representative (COR) plays in ensuring that the contract specia...