Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are placing increased emphasis on implementing an effective "information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) program" for all government and contractor run IT systems. This will be accomplished by DHS and OMB increasing the annual FISMA reporting requirements and NIST issuing NIST Special Publications (SP): I...

Objectives »»Learn to see new opportunities for creating value for citizens and customers, for removing waste from every process, and for creating more rewarding jobs for employees »»Understand how lean thinking can be applied in every type of office and service activity in local government »»Choose the lean pathway that is right for you and create your own action plan for implementing lean in your organizat...

L2 Federal Resources presents an exclusive contracting webinar... LIVE WEBINAR | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 | 1PM Eastern Affirmative Action for Federal Government Contractors: What You Need to Know Federal government contractors, subcontractors and suppliers must adhere to a specific set of regulations governing employment practices and procedures. Failure to comply with the regulations can lead to monetary liability or even the cancellation...

Green belt recipients will leave the workshop with the tools necessary to:• Lead and evaluate Six Sigma implementation and deployment in your organization• Thoroughly understand and work with advanced Six Sigma concepts and applications• Communicate and relay basic statistical calculations to senior management and critical decision making bodies • Understand the methods and reasons for developing and analyzing an experiment...

Protecting Military Airbases and Commercial Airports against the Forces of Nature 2012 Exposition and New Technologies Presentations The #1 threat to our airports and airbases continues to be the devastating forces of nature! Hurricanes Tornados Lightning Fire Snow and Ice Seismic Activity / Earthquakes Flooding Objective of this Event: Provide concise, factual overviews and demonstrations of new technologies, innovations, and procedures for m...

L2 Federal Resources presents an exclusive contracting webinar... LIVE WEBINAR | Thursday, November 15, 2012 | 1PM Eastern Small Business Size Determination: Identifying and Avoiding Affiliation Traps SBA determines whether an entity qualifies as a small business concern by counting its receipts, employees, or other measure including those of all its domestic and foreign affiliates, regardless of whether the affiliates are organized for profi...

L2 Federal Resources presents an exclusive contracting webinar... LIVE WEBINAR | Wednesday, November 14, 2012 | 1PM Eastern Preparing for the New Human Trafficking FAR Regulations On September 25, 2012, President Obama signed the Executive Order- Strengthening Protections Aganist Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts, mandating that federal government contractors take on more to ensure that their companies are assisting in the battle ag...

The Transmission & Distribution Summit offers a unique format for solution providers to gain access to the leading T&D executives across North America. Over three days, solution providers will meet and interact with senior T&D executives through a number of one-on-one business meetings and many organized networking activities. In addition, solution providers will attend strategic summit sessions led by thought leaders from across t...

Improve Program Results with Proper Grant Management Fundamentals-Develop better and more efficient grant management skills through practical application and examples from the pre-award phase to audits and closeoutsEvaluate Cost Principles and Allowability to Maximize Resource Allocation-Avoid the pitfalls of unallowable costs with in-depth knowledge of cost principlesMaster the Audit Phase for Future Funding Efforts-Learn to spot common error...

Benefits With the United States having an estimated 100 year's worth of undeveloped gas reserves, the exploration for and the extraction of natural gas from shale formations throughout the United States have taken the forefront in the oil and gas industry, but not without some controversy. There is great controversy and concern over the methods and chemicals used to extract gas from shale formations, especially the use of hydraulic fracturing....