TRAIN TO TAKE YOUR CONTRACTING GLOBAL Essential training for organizations operating outside the U.S. or under U.S. laws related to global commerce Expert guidance around international law, including ITAR, EAR, and IEEPA Designed to prepare government contracting professionals to conduct activities globally Led by professionals with extensive international commerce experience CUSTOMIZE YOUR AGENDA WITH ONE OR MORE COURSES IN CRITICAL TOPIC ARE...

As more and more agencies move commodity IT and now mission critical apps to the cloud, integration and modernization of software is becoming more important. This panel will focus on how agencies are taking this challenge on and the role open source and platform-as-a-service could play in this effort. The panel also will look at the challenges of integrated legacy systems in the cloud and with new apps. Using examples from the public sector, t...

Understanding how the government evaluates contractors’ proposals is a key step in pricing a deal to win. In this unique course, we review how the government contracting officers analyze contractors’ costs and prices; how they acquire their data; what reviews are performed; how data is validated; and how strategies are changed depending on the type of contract. Armed with this information, contractors can avoid the pitfalls that ca...

Phoenix 2014 SEMINAR SERIES in PHOENIX ARIZONA OCTOBER 2014 EAR Export Controls / ITAR Defense Trade Controls Seminar Series Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with the latest updates on Export Control Reform (ECR): This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with...

Shrinking budgets and shared services mandates are driving federal agencies rapidly to adopt Cloud solutions. However the Cloud is much more than a lower cost means of implementing today's enterprise network. Modern Cloud offerings can provide important leverage and help transform the enterprise to achieve your Digital Government Mission. Join this webinar to learn how government agencies are adopting cloud solutions to improve the user experi...

Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) are important to clearly set expectations for service between the cloud consumer (buyer) and the cloud provider (seller). Each cloud entity engaged by the enterprise should have a cloud SLA defined, including: cloud provider, cloud carrier, cloud broker and even cloud auditor. This workshop provides a practical reference to help enterprise information technology (IT) and business decision makers as they a...

Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) has become essential as attacks on federal networks have become increasingly sophisticated, aggressive, and persistent. The next phase of the CDM program (Phase II) will address a people problem – preventing employees from accessing government data they don’t need -- and infrastructure integrity. The final phase (Phase III) will concentrate on handling actual breaches, as well as encrypti...

With the cost of DCAA Business Systems Review failure far too high for defense contractors to permit, the focus on aligning internal controls and processes for a successful audit have never been higher. At the same time, recently implemented rules such as the DCAA’s instruction on counterfeit parts, and DFAR’s 2013 Final Rule on Safeguarding Unclassified Controlled Technical Information, audit professionals within are seeking out...

All federal contractors win and lose bids but few realize that no matter if one wins or loses, asking for and obtaining a debriefing from the decision-makers can set the stage for winning many more contracts in the future. The federal government offers the debriefing process for many reasons, and vendors use this insider process to gain valuable knowledge about competitors, about the decision-makers and also about how their own company is perc...

Alex Wilson, Founder, BuildingGreen Inc. and Resilient Design Institute, provides context for why we need to be considering resilience in looking at the built environment during the coming decades. Alex will give an overview of practical measures that can be implemented today to create more resilient buildings and communities. These measures include: • Improvements to the energy performance of building envelopes (ensuring that buildings w...