Join MeriTalk’s Cyber Security Exchange for the second annual Cyber Security Brainstorm on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The event will bring together savvy Federal cyber security experts to share best practices, collaborate on challenges, and discuss what is needed for the future of cyber security. More details coming soon. For more information, contact Lisa Futterman...

Find out which meetings - of which bodies - are open meetings under Nebraska law. This seminar will get you headed in the right direction to avoid costly mistakes and litigation. Find out what Nebraska law has to say about balancing the public's right to information with the individual's right to privacy. If you're involved with a public entity or if you represent the media, you need to know the ins and outs of federal and state public records...

The world of easements may not be as impossible as you think. Do not let the intimidating complexity of easements cause you anxiety. Whether you're looking to draft, comply or fight one, our local experts will give you the know-how to succeed - without getting caught in exhausting and expensive legal battles. Attend this seminar and get the practical easements information you won't find anywhere else. You will hear it all - the requirements o...

Don't have a working communication plan in place? Learn how to create an effective, applicable plan in 10 simple steps. This live webinar is an intensive training program to walk you through the steps of building an effective communication plan to support your organizational goals, no matter what they may be. The plan will be broken down into segments to define and set goals, identify target audience and key media channels (news and social me...

Dirty laundry and county board meetings - what do these have in common? Both could be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Whether and when electronic communications such as emails, text messages, social media posts and tweets are subject to public records laws is a confusing and challenging question for public officials and journalists alike. This live webinar explains when such electronic communications must be disclosed and when they...

Federal agencies face ever growing volume and diversity in their data. And they’re being asked to do more with the data they do have. Data must be more open, too, such as the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 2014, signed into law on May 9, which requires federal agencies to publish their spending data in a standardized, machine-readable format that the public can access through USASpending.gov. Roughly 90% of the data in the w...

This webinar series is the result of an in-depth survey of North American government communicators. Hear from government communicators about what keeps government communicators up at night, where they find inspiration and creativity, how technology is being used to be more efficient and effective, and what innovation means to government agencies today. Join the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) and FedInsider and learn ho...

Synopsis: Companies and agencies concerned with implementing new ideas/processes have to contend with the federal budget cycle. One of the great challenges of both the government desiring new, innovative technologies or great service provider companies that are entering the market is the need to obtain funding. The issue becomes: how do new technologies/services become integrated into the government budget cycle? This course will provide an ov...

SC Congress Toronto is Canada’s premier information security conference and expo experience. Join us for this year's SC Congress Toronto on June 17-18, 2014! The two-day gathering brings industry thought leaders together with the latest technology service solutions to provide you with the answers you need to secure your enterprise network. In a jam-packed schedule, you will be apprised of the latest information security developments, con...

Technology and communications approaches change rapidly, and government contracting tools can become outdated, no longer meeting the purpose they were originally designed to serve. Innovative networking advances such as unified communications and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) are approaching the threshold of mainstream adoption by commercial companies with 50% of companies projected to implement them by year's end. How are agencies ensuring the...