The regulations implementing the Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly known as the “Service Contract Act”) are complex and often misunderstood—especially since the requirement guidelines are complicated and difficult to navigate. Potential penalties for violations are severe, including default termination and debarment. In addition, a contractor’s failure to correctly understand the statute when preparing bid pric...

Risk Based Self-Assessment as a Critical Element to Measure Risk, Performance, and Improvement “A hands-on approach to implementing and leveraging a risk assessment to increase compliance program effectiveness and lean performance.” A proactive, systematic risk assessment is an essential first step to developing and implementing an effective compliance program. Performance culture, sound economics, and regulator expectations all re...

An introduction and explication as to what Heartland Supply does and how it helps Federal customers. 1 CLP credit. Training on GSA Global Supply™ Requisition PurchasingSign Up to Learn How to Equip Your Mission with Hand and Power Tools from GSA.Join us for this convenient, concise overview of how to purchase from GSA Global Supply’s offering of power tools, generators, tool kits, and other tools used daily by machine shops, retro...

This one-of-a-kind course shows how to develop compliant and highly persuasive proposal sections in at least half the time that it would normally take. It covers detailed methods for outlining within the sections, developing section content, infusing proper structure and flow, and implementing correct writing processes and section planning techniques. But this course reaches beyond mere compliance. You will acquire techniques and tools that wi...

Physical Security includes five components; detection, assessment, command and control (policy & procedures), response and engagement. Sadly, most of us in the security vertical focus on only one or two of these components and miss the others. These five elements must be intertwined and seamlessly integrated. If they all aren’t addressed, the “bad guy” wins. In this session we’ll outline what each component is, how...

The Space and Naval Systems Command’s mission is to deliver interoperable and secure information warfare capability by acquiring and integrating sensors, communications, weapons, information and control systems for existing and future ships, aircraft, submarines, unmanned systems and the associated shore-based support systems. The “As-a-Service” model is changing the delivery of IT modernization by providing an agile acquisit...

Make Your Cloud Environments Less "Wild" and More"Wonderful" with F5 Networks! F5 is hitting the road! We’re bringing our "wildly" successful Exploring F5 Seminar Series to Martinsburg, WV! Please join F5 Networks for a special edition of our Seminar Series that combines two sessions into one. First, we’ll explore how F5 can enable NetOpsteams with the necessary tools to start programmatically configuring their F5 devices through...

The Human Capital Management for Government Training Series brings together key stakeholders from throughout the Federal and Defense HR Community to discuss best practices for managing human capital, improving efficiency & advancing innovation. Launched in 2006, the series of events has evolved into the meeting place for strategic-level policy makers and operational-level HR managers, and often serves as the catalyst for new initiatives. W...

Arm yourself with the information you need to defeat cyber attackers. At SANS Austin Winter 2017 (Dec 4-9), leading industry experts offer knowledge and tools to help you protect your organization's assets and advance your IT security career.Take advantage of these opportunities to get the most out of your information security training: - Choose from eight information security courses designed for all types of security professionals- NEW cours...

The Foundations of Proposal Management course offers comprehensive skills in proposal management. The course begins with the Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements analysis. It then proceeds to proposal planning, outlining your document, and developing a proposal schedule. It also covers preparing for and conducting a Kickoff meeting to organize your proposal team, and guiding authors in developing proposal section content. The course then de...