Spend time with Russ Blaine, CPCM, Fellow, and Past National President of NCMA, as he teaches you to establish and optimize a mentoring relationship that benefits your career as well as your personal growth. Russ serves as the “Lead Coach” for NCMA’s Contract Management Leadership Development Program (CMLDP), where he aligns the efforts of 40 senior mentors. He is a doctoral candidate at Northeastern University where his stu...

With the latest series of natural disasters in Texas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and the crippling winter storms in the Northeast, has your organization realized it was not fully prepared to cope with a catastrophic event? Is your preparation adequate to maintain continuity of your government functions? Learn from others including the Director of the Department of Agriculture National Finance Center whose proven leadership success...

This course is available to all Federal, State, local government and private sector SECURITY and ENGINEERING professionals. While the course focuses on securing DOD assets, the concepts learned are prudent and applicable in reducing criminal and terrorist threats to non-DOD buildings, as well. Contractors and consultants seeking construction contracts with the Department of Defense will attend this course. The course is designed to familiarize...

This event meets Monday - Thursday at 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM and includes an exam voucher. This course covers the duties of those who are responsible for monitoring and detecting security incidents in information systems and networks, and for executing a proper response to such incidents. Depending on the size of the organization, this individual may act alone or may be a member of a computer security incident response team (CSIRT). The course int...

Big changes are coming with the third phase of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Even as agencies continue to work on the first and second phases, the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services are laying the groundwork for CDM Phase 3, with its focus on providing much greater and timelier insight into what’s happening on the network—and providing the tools for rapid response and recovery. GSA has alr...

*SAVE $50 via GovEvents on Registration fee* The Agnostic Introduction to Technology Business Management (TBM) for Federal IT Compliance (1 Day). This one day overview and introductory course allows the attendee to be eligible for eight (8) Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) for continuing professional education towards a variety of certifications and practices. Technology Business Management means different things to different people... it can...

A GSA Event: How to Acquire Cloud Computing & Make it Secure Featuring FedRAMPSpecial Guest Speaker: Ashley Mahan, GSA FedRAMP Agency Evangelist. Cloud Cybersecurity and Compliance Expert and Advocate.In just one hour, you’ll discover how to use GSA’s cloud acquisition vehicles, get an overview of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and learn how the General Services Administration makes it easier fo...

With the Modernizing Government Technology Act now signed into law, Federal CIOs and IT managers should finally have the momentum – and means – to break free of aging agency infrastructures. Feds see opportunities to accelerate progress by improving the ability to share data between new and legacy systems. They say improved data sharing is the number one opportunity to accelerate modernization, followed by a clear vision of success...

In the recently released President’s Management Agenda, IT modernization is identified as one of three key drivers of transformation in government. This hard-charging discussion will focus on how the Office of Management and Budget will approach that transformation, success stories in IT modernization from individual agencies, acquisition’s role in the push for IT modernization, and private sector best practices that can help make...

Montgomery IT Summit is an annual event hosted by the Montgomery Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). The event begins on Monday May 21nd, 2018 with the annual Montgomery AFCEA Charity Golf Tournament, with proceeds benefiting the Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Educational Foundation. Since its inception, the Educational Foundation has invested over $3 million dollars in scholarships and other benefits for...