The Federal government is the single largest enterprise in the United States, consuming energy around the clock in support of citizen services, homeland security, disaster response and American warfighters. Military bases alone have an annual energy bill of $4 billion, supporting over 500 installations in the United States and overseas. That’s nearly 300,000 buildings covering 2.3 billion square feet of building space. Agencies today are...

Mobile technology is changing the way we work and live. According to the Pew Research Center, 91% of American adults have cell phones, 55% of them smartphones. All aspects of government are impacted, from citizen outreach to telework. Americans are able to engage in immediate dialogue with agencies for diverse needs such as social security benefits, car registration, and emergency services. This webinar will bring government and industry thoug...

Discover how to navigate the minefields of public contracting and procurement code with ease. Do you want to know how to minimize the pitfalls inherent in public contracting? Now you can - attend this seminar and enhance your knowledge of the complex and always changing system of laws and regulations involved in public contracting and procurement. You will find out not only how to take advantage of the public procurement process for construct...

Now offering two registrations for the price of one registration Expected outcomes: 1.Understand how feds acquire innovative technologies; 2. Learn how companies and government partner; 3. Learn the government and industry challenges and the steps you can take to overcome them; 4 Learn arguments you can make to dispel the myths surrounding IT contracting.

Joint ventures are a very useful tool to gain a competitive advantage and provide a winning solution for government contracts. However, to take full advantage of this tool, you need to understand how to best form and operate a joint venture. There are many decisions that go into a joint venture, such as the type of legal entity to use, the management structure, and whether the joint venture should have its own employees. In addition, when the...

Can individuals and small-scale initiatives really have an impact on global sustainability? In this webinar on September 25th, discover why changes to a community don't need to be large-scale and expensive to have a transformative impact. Join the Security and Sustainability Forum and Island Press for a special conversation with visionary architect and urban planner Jaime Lerner and City College Professor, architect and author, Hillary Brown,...

Austin 2014 SEMINAR SERIES in AUSTIN TEXAS SEPTEMBER 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 an...

Export Control Reform for Military Electronics — Attention Electronic Component Manufacturers Major changes are coming to both the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) which will directly impact manufacturers and exporters of electronic components and equipment. These changes clarify controls on Printed Circuit Boards, Radar Systems and electronic components used in military it...

Overview of the Workshop: Hiring federal employees was never an easy process, and so it is especially frustrating to both line managers and HR offices when a new hire leaves after a year or even sooner. In today’s budget environment, with hard or soft hiring freezes, and early out and buyouts becoming ever more common, it is especially important that once a job offer has been accepted that the agency be able to retain the new hire for a...

A major research study by International Data Corporation on key trends in cloud computing reveals that 67% of IT professionals consider security their #1 barrier to migrating to the cloud. These concerns go well beyond internal network security and include access by unauthorized devices and threats from malicious insiders as well as employee error and gaps in protection. This webinar will explore methods to safely and securely virtualize, migr...