A new era of data-driven government is taking shape, and agencies are using evidence-based decision making for strategic data management and analysis. Government agencies are using data every day to help citizens by streamlining traffic, deploying supplies to hurricane-ravaged islands, and tapping medical research results to save lives. Data is also being used to uncover fraud and unlock insight in myriad of ways to streamline the business of...

With increased scrutiny of contract flexibilities and abuse-prone contracts, agencies and contractors need to ensure incentive and award-fee contracts are formulated on a solid, measurable baseline, executed and documented by the book. The Incentive and Award Fee Workshop provides attendees with increased understanding of the rules and principles of Award and Incentive Fee contracts. Interactive coursework provides clear understanding of the a...

This course is a three-day introduction of HEC-RAS and a one-day introduction to HEC-RAS 2D, with applications to dam safety. The three-day introduction course provides hands on opportunity to use the program and resolve specific questions. The objective of this course is to review the principles of open channel hydraulics as they relate to the natural stream environment with application to dam safety. Both steady and unsteady flow modeling wi...

RSA Conference 2018 takes place April 16 to 20 in San Francisco! Information is power. And wherever there’s power, there are people looking to steal it. But that’s also where you’ll find us. We’re RSA Conference. And we’re here to stand against cyberthreats around the world. That means being here for you. Connecting you with the people and insights that will empower you to stay ahead of cyberthreats. We do this th...

Cybersecurity touches virtually every aspect of government, because in the digital economy, virtually everything is connected. That means that, in the era of enterprise clouds, everything is at risk for a cyberattack. Based on over 20-years’ experience securing military infrastructure, most recently for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, speaker Eric Hammersley will explore how security can be baked into modern infrastructure.

In the last two years, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has made monumental changes to its regulations concerning the eligibility of joint ventures to compete on small business and status-based set-asides. These include major revisions to the 8(a) mentor-protégé program, creation of the “All Small Business” mentor-protégé program, and opening the door to joint ventures comprising multiple sma...

“Nobody does it alone.” It may be true in life, but it is certainly true in government contracting. Prime contractor-subcontractor relationships are key to winning, and successfully performing, most government contracts. And the two most important elements of that relationship are the teaming agreement and subcontract. In this program, an experienced government contract attorney will drill down into the most important issues in tea...

The Health Innovation Day hosted by ACT-IAC will provide attendees with wide-range discussions around technology, management/processes, and policy constraints and enablers and constraints with innovation. These discussions will involve the entire healthcare community of government, industry, academia, professional societies, product firms, and private sector hospital systems and payers in collaborative discussions of different perspectives. To...

This event meets Monday - Thursday at 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM. This CompTIA Security+ Exam Preparation course includes a FREE Exam voucher. This Security+ training is recommended if your job responsibilities include securing network services, devices, or traffic in your organization. The primary focus of this course is to prepare for the CompTIA Security+ certification examination. In this training, you will build on your knowledge and professional...

Cloud is the linchpin of the Trump administration’s strategy to modernize federal IT. In its recent “Report to the White House on IT Modernization,” the American Technology Council calls for agencies to “maximize secure use of cloud computing.”However, the report also acknowledges that despite recognizing its value, agencies have encountered numerous obstacles to cloud adoption. The task now is to identify techno...