As the U.S. declared a public health emergency on Feb. 3, 2020, COVID related cases surpassed 9,800 around the world quickly becoming a pandemic by March 11, 2020, which the World Health Organization declared (source: https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-timeline-of-covid19-developments-in-2020). Thus, the CARES Act was established on March 27, 2020, with a $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund. The CARES Act provided direct payments to Americans to cov...

An unprecedented amount of funding is going through governments to communities, small businesses, and citizens as part of this year’s COVID-19 relief. It’s the first time that as much as $65 billion will be going to Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Funding. With this much funding and the potential for significant impact, especially in distributing funding to those who need it most, there are many challenges to navigate fr...

Join KPMG LLP (KPMG) for a tax webcast for U.S. regulated investment companies (RICs). Topics of discussion include: Legislative update: Where do we see U.S. tax policy heading after the first 100 days of the Biden administration? Are you a RIC thinking of investing in private equity or hedge funds? Here is what you need to know from a tax perspective. Latest EU reclaims updates And more.

The much-anticipated boost in productivity that Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as AI, cloud, and automation were supposed to bring are showing signs of arrival. How can organizations and their HR executives better position themselves to capitalize on this moment? We’ll discuss: Understanding and identifying productivity opportunities. How organizations should be re-architecting their work to optimize human potential. How...

To effectively address the complex and evolving challenges facing the United States Government, organizations must develop and deploy AI-based solutions across their operations with constrained data science and IT resources. At the same time, individual analysts, operators, and subject matter experts have the opportunity to evolve their analytical skills to help their departments better anticipate and plan for the future. Both subject matter e...

Find Solutions to the Most Complex Contact Administration Issues This fast-paced two-day course focuses on increasing contract compliance while reducing contractor risk. The class addresses tackling the most complex issues in Federal contract administration including bilateral and unilateral modifications/change orders, cure notices, show cause notices, the Disputes Statute, time extensions, delay and impact claims, requests for equitable adj...

Since 1999, Data Connectors has facilitated the collaboration between cybersecurity professionals and solution providers. Today, the community is comprised of over 650,000 members and 200 active vendor partners. Members enjoy informative education from industry luminaries, innovative solution providers and government agencies such as the FBI, InfraGard, US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Data Connectors brings live conf...

Join AWS and Carahsoft virtually in Chicago! This two day online event will focus on the practical aspects of Migrating Microsoft Workloads, AWS AppStream, AWS WorkSpaces, and disaster recovery solutions. Learn how the sophisticated, yet simple, AWS approach can help your organization thrive. This virtual event will feature the following sessions: Day 1: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Time Session 9:45am - 10:00am Welcome and Introductions 10:00am -...

DESCRIPTION The COVID-19 pandemic has altered how the business of government gets done. Within acquisition, new opportunities have presented themselves to innovate and collaborate more effectively with industry. In this changing landscape with a new Administration, an increased focus on supporting the federal workforce, continuing telework, and a new urgency to address supply chain and cybersecurity challenges, it's a different world and we ma...

Zero Trust: Who’s in your network? In 2019, securely operating a distributed workforce was an ideal “wouldn’t it be great if,” and in 2020, this became a requirement. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity teams found themselves frantically working to continue business operations in a suddenly perimeter-less environment. And that trend is likely here to stay, which means that cybersecurity and business lea...