The federal government is in the early stages of adopting private and public clouds as a way to make government IT more flexible, elastic and scalable – optimizing efficiency and reducing costs. With the support of the Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft definition of cloud computing to be used across all agencies. Additionally, the General Services Admi...

What You Will Learn: What place-based budgeting means and how to approach it The goals of this new policy OMB's expectations of your agency How you can use existing GIS technology to facilitate compliance The advantages of a place-based approach Why You Should Attend: Learn the facts about place-based budgeting guidance and the underlying reasons for the new policy Gain practical knowledge from executives who are experienced in place-based th...

TargetGov's Government Construction Contracting Teleconference Extraordinary Growth Potential If You Know the Ropes! Attend this teleconference to • learn what construction bonds are and who must be "bonded" • learn the differences between and costs of bid bonds, performance bonds, and payment bonds• learn what agencies are responsible for these opportunities• identify the upcoming pipeline for opportunities • identify...

MSAPC will bring together government officials from the US, NATO, EU and the Horn of Africa regional states, senior decision-makers from the shipping industry and latest products and technologies suppliers to help all stakeholders in adopting a practical, comprehensive and sustainable strategy to address maritime security and best practices to counter piracy. Topics Include: Global Commerce & Modern Piracy Crisis Response Types of Pirate Attac...

Our Largest Most Government Intensive Showcase Ever: Products will be showcased to representatives from Homeland Security, BRAC Locations, Civilian Agencies and Department of Defense personnel in one, contact-intsensive event. Showcased products may include: Anything Bio-Medical, Food, Anything Relating to Construction, Furniture, Telecommunications, Cyber and Physical Security, Wireless Technology, Engineering, Architecture, Transportation an...

If you do business with government agencies and their contractors, you should attend Business Over BreakfastTM, the most productive government sector "just networking" breakfast event in DC/MD/VA. Business Over BreakfastTM DC (5th & K NW) convenes at Busboys & Poets and is hosted by Courtney Fairchild, President of Global Services and a Founding Member of The American Small Business Coalition. Your registration for Business Over Breakf...

Our 9th Annual Government Services & Technology Summit will feature a number of the leading public and private companies in the government sector and will include presentations and workshops addressing key industry trends and issues, M&A valuations and strategies, and raising private and public capital. Who Should Attend: Senior executives of government services and technology companies Private equity investors Institutional investors Professi...

December brings SANS' best new courses to Washington to serve the nation's most sophisticated cyber security community. See our new hacker classes, wireless, secure coding, pen testing, 20 critical controls, and more. SANS is the one education organization known for developing those security skills now most in need. Don't miss this unique chance to learn from the best teachers in security. Pick a course and come to SANS Cyber Defense Initiativ...

Like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, there's a love/hate relationship between our government and Web 2.0. It's on again, it's off again, it's on again...Well, given productivity and security/privacy concerns, govies are never going to spend all day hanging out on facebook. But that doesn't mean that Web 2.0 does not have an important role to play in government. A series of agencies are building out Web 2.0 communities inside the firewall...

The Pentagon Defense Technology & Intelligence Career Fair is produced by Transition Careers. The purpose of this event is to bring together job seekers and employers/recruiters within the defense technology, intelligence, scientific, contractor, academic and government communities. The event is only open to job seekers that already have access onto The Pentagon(Pentagon Military ID or CAC Card). Transition Careers is not responsible for job s...