What is Cyber Compliance? What is needed to be a cyber compliant superstar? What are the ultimate considerations when trying to be cyber compliant in this hacker rich environment? What are the differences between maintaining compliance as a Prime versus a Subcontractor? What must a company consider down the road to maintain its compliance? What if they do not? Is there a bigger legal issue here not being considered? What is Congress thinking?...

Innovation and Cyber for the Warfighter Today and Tommorow AFCEA NOVA is proud to host our 10th Annual Joint Warfighter IT Day on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel. This one-day conference provides an unparalleled opportunity to hear from and meet senior military and civilian leaders from OSD, the Combatant Commands, the Military Services, and DoD Agencies. The top-tier list of senior speakers includes: CIOs from DOD, USAF...

Join ACT-IAC on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, for our first membership meeting of the year! This is a great meeting to catch up on what’s happening within the ACT-IAC community! The meeting will be taking place at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel, 8661 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182. We’re pleased to have a program panel featuring four Chief Information Officers from agencies within the Department of Agriculture. The panel will discuss thei...

We all know that media outlets are an important segment of the government marketing community. But many marketers find it challenging to forge constructive relationships with media organizations. In this interactive forum, editors of top government media brands will discuss their approaches to covering government technology topics, thought leadership, and marketplace news. Industry vendors are limited to 2 tickets per company. *All attendees w...

AFCEA NOVA 37th Anniversary Black Tie Tribute to Warriors AFCEA NOVA’s 37th Anniversary Black Tie Tribute will focus on serving those who are still serving. Grappling with an unrelenting and frenetic operations tempo for the past 15 years, our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and CoastGuardsmen have been at the tip of the spear in defense of our nation. Some have served three, four, five or more deployments in hostile areas around the...

The AFCEA NOVA Small Business Committee is hosting our next breakfast event on 23 January. We have an exciting set of speakers to address Cyber Opportunities and Challenges Facing the DoD. Join us and hear from the DOD and DLA on the cyber challenges and opportunities that will face the Government and contractor community in the coming year

KM Practitioners have the daunting task of improving their company or agency's knowledge-sharing initiatives, from better content management, to capturing lessons learned, to bridging the elusive gap between the people, process, and technology that runs the organization. That's why it's so important for KM professionals to gather and learn from each other; to glean from the experts who've gained success in this fast-growing, ever-evolving fiel...

Enter into enforceable teaming agreements. Minimize your risks. Eliminate or dilute oppressive clauses. This is a practical, understandable guide to the formation and enforcement of teaming agreements in Federal procurements. John will guide you along the way, whether you are a prime or a team partner. Non-Disclosure Agreements will also be discussed.

Bid protests are rising rapidly in the federal contracts arena, as are the number of protests being sustained by GAO and the Court of Federal Claims. Both of these trends have enormously negative consequences for your agency. Our instructors are experienced attorneys. They will give you the benefit of their years of experience so you will learn how to avoid bid protests. Learn the most common areas of protest and how you can avoid those mistak...

Exercise your preaward and postaward debriefing options in negotiated procurements. Get practical advice on a variety of protest related topics, such as how to obtain a contract suspension, how to use the rule of two to your advantage, and when you should challenge a modification to an existing contract. You will learn what, when, where and how to protest Federal procurements and what are the pros and cons of the protest forums. Protests at th...