Agencies face two primary challenges in knowledge management: Data diversity. Within a given agency, much information resides in relational databases against which the IT shop writes sources such as documents of all types. These may be documents, spreadsheets, presentations; PDFs; or the many other formats such as XML (e.g. NIEM data), maps, electronic messages, Tweets and other social media postings, news items, videos, and images. Institutio...

BIS relaxes rules while proposing a wide range of new controls on “cybersecurity” products. This webinar will bring companies up to date on the latest regulations affecting exporters of products using encryption as well as discussing new and proposed rules on cyber security products. These new rules are a result of agreements made by the Wassenaar Arrangement in the past two years, as well as an ongoing US interagency review of cyb...

The Department of Defense, and specifically the under secretary of defense (acquisition, technology, and logistics), have been focused on Better Buying Power (BBP) for some time. This is the third iteration of the overall effort that focuses on obtaining better efficiencies and productivity in our defense spending. BBP 3.0 emphasizes innovation and technical superiority, while continuing all the previous efforts to improve how we do business....

As any experienced government contractor knows, making it through the bid process and winning a contract is only the first step on a complex and highly regulated journey. You have gone to great lengths to make sure your accounting and time solutions are compliant, but what about your company’s most important asset: your employees? Requirements for hiring, managing and reporting are vast and changing and keeping up with it is time consumi...

Join us to learn about the power of Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Government Contractors’ Account Schedules. In this session PVBS consultants showing you how to create and maintain certain General Ledger and/or Indirect reports inside of NAV. This session will include creating and updating Column Layouts as well as the main schedules.

The BIS form 748P is used for export licenses, re-export licenses and commodity classifications among other things. This form is the major feature of the web-based application platform used by BIS,“SNAP-R”. The need to apply for BIS 748P applications for exports and re-exports is increasing significantly largely due to Export Control Reform. If you are new to the BIS 748P application, you need to know all of the above and more if y...

The U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will present a live eTraining course on June 24, 2015 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm EST on Energy Management Basic Training- Tools and Resources for Results. This new FEMP eTraining course is presented in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Army, Office of Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (OACSIM). This course provides federal personnel with a concise...

We get it. The cloud is a proficiency, security and cost savings tool. It will transform the business of government. Everything from email, payroll, HR, software, and telework have been impacted by cloud computing. But before we can go too far down the cloud computing wormhole, it helps to know how we got to this point in the cloud, and where we are going next. We want to answer the question, ‘What can we learn from the early innovators...

Note: All students must fill out a FEMA form 119-25-1 to receive credit for this course. This form is attached, along with instructions for filling it out. All workshop material will be provided on a DVD (no hardcopy). Attendees must bring a laptop with DVD read capability to the workshop. Consequence of Dam Failure Workshop (L261) The Consequence of Dam Failure Workshop is designed to provide dam owners, emergency managers, and other relevant...

According to Gartner, citizen-centric government requires fundamental changes in information technology. Cloud computing provides the critical infrastructure, mobile-devices reach individuals directly, data fuels information, and security and privacy are mandatory. How do military and civilian agencies embrace emerging technology to meet their missions? Join your military and agency peers to explore innovative strategies and technologies your...