A compliant and high-scoring proposal starts with a well-thought-out outline. This course dives into the intricacies of developing proposal outlines, annotating these outlines, preparing compliance and cross-reference matrixes, and preparing storyboards or work packages the right way. It starts with analyzing different types of Requests for Proposal (RFP) and Requests for Quote (RFQ) formats to show how various customers may organize the requi...

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the...

Congratulations on your new leadership role! Take a second to celebrate - now, let's get to work. Leadership is one of the most important, influential, and inspirational activities we can perform. Learn seven major points from an experienced, successful leader in this highly interactive session. Key Takeaways: An understanding of the roles and expectations of leaders - and acknowledgement of the privilege of leadershipSeven pragmatic, easy-to...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is the United Nations' specialized agency responsible for the safety and security of shipping, and the prevention of marine pollution by ships. It is the preeminent forum for global maritime safety, security, pollution prevention, human considerations and legal affairs, as well as facilitation of ship to port interface, technical issues and audit schemes. But how did this organization start, and ho...

This webinar goes beyond the basics! Join experts Barbara Kinosky and David Warner for an informative, interactive and very witty advanced 90-minute webinar covering complex issues in the Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly SCA.) Learn about conformances, retroactive application of the act, equitable adjustments, DOL investigations, and price adjustments. Understand current audit focus issues and how to make it right if you got it wrong.

While many Federal organizations are moving aggressively to lower monthly portfolio data center costs by leveraging public and private cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings to run legacy virtual machines, this approach does not take full advantage of the potential benefits of a cloud architecture. Cloud-native development reconstructs an application in a target cloud ecosystem, and calls upon cloud services inherent in the cloud e...

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...