IRS procurement runs in the neighborhood of $1.7B annually. Two-thirds of this goes to IT and telecomm, but IRS buys many other products and services as well. Many purchases are made off of GSA schedule contract, as well as the TIPSS and TCV GWACs managed by IRS. Over 2,500 companies had a piece of the action in 2008. IRS achieves about a 30% small business award rate. Check out IRS's upcoming requirements through the Treasury opportunities fo...

The first round of reporting from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act is in and the results are in...sort of. Join us for a one-hour complimentary web conference for an insightful look at where the money is flowing, how well the reporting is going, and our analysis of where things are headed in the coming year for the U.S. government information technology world. Note: Slides and a replay recording will be available after the live event....

When it comes to stimulus money no one is spending like the Department of Energy. Join us December 15 for our next Federal IT Breakfast & Schmooze as we host DOE CFO Steve Isakowitz who is guiding the department’s momentous spending. And Steve’s not just a pencil pusher - as a former exec at Lockheed and Booz Allen, not to mention a Master’s in aerospace engineering from MIT, he knows the info industry wants to hear.

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...

Medical Lessons Learned from the Asymmetrical Battlefield

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...

Webcast: The evolution of malware and crimeware has produced more insidious and harmful intrusions to networks and systems. This webinar will show how these types of intrusions relate to phishing and will help put current attacks into perspective and help organizations anticipate likely trends. The webinar will also describe the different ways by which clients may be attacked, and their machines may become infected. While many of these threats...

Webcast: Conducting any kind of an investigation can be risky. Conducting an investigation that involves people's character, finances and relationships within a family or an employee's workplace is even riskier because it likely changes the lives, careers and relationships among all of the participants forever. Register for this session to learn: --Components of a financial crime investigation; --How to plan a financial crime investigative str...

"Money-laundering is one of the most common and complex financial crimes to be committed. Learn exactly what you need to know about the specific statutes and regulations that govern the crime. The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, also known as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), and its implementing regulation, 31 CFR 103, is the main regulatory tool the U.S. government uses to fight drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes....

BIBA is a conference. It's more than that though. It's a place for big brains to explore big ideas and plan for big actions.You can attend, but you must share ideas and plan for doing something that matters. The participants at BIBA will help you build something new, or refresh something old.You will leave excited, invigorated and connected to a group of people that will support your .com, .gov and/or .org initiative.