The wireless industry has built more than 250,000 cell sites in the United States in the past 20 years. But many more cell sites are needed as iPhones®, iPads®, Droids and the like strain existing network capacity. New cell sites and significant modifications to existing cell sites will also be needed to meet the government's goal of using wireless to increase broadband speeds and coverage. At the same time, 'tower management' companie...

As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on June 4, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will explore the SHRP 2 Report S2-C19-RR-1: Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects (C19). Register now. The report identifies strategies that have been successfully used to expedite the planning and environmental review of transportation and some non-transportation projects within the context of ex...

Join NCSI for an In-Agency Technology Expo Naval Air Station Pensacola June 3, 2013 Each year NCSI produces over 100 tabletop technology expos at U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence and Federal Agency locations around the world including the Pentagon, National Security Agency, Ramstein Air Base and Central Intelligence Agency to name just a few. Our technology expos are typically four (4) hours in duration and attract 20 to 50 exhibitors....

National Day of Civic Hacking is a national event that will take place June 1-2, 2013, in cities across the nation. The event will bring together citizens, software developers, and entrepreneurs from all over the nation to collaboratively create, build, and invent new solutions using publicly-released data, code and technology to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, our cities, our states and our country. National Day of Civic Hack...

The Spring 2013 Behavioral Finance (BeFi) Forum Public Policy Roundtable brings together the brightest minds in behavioral finance to discuss research that combines behavioral science and cognitive psychology with economics and finance. The work presented will focus on topics of immediate relevance to public policy makers and industry leaders, including retirement security, financial inclusion, consumer financial protection and financial advic...

A bewildered Medicare Advantage industry continues to endure operational challenges, regulatory modifications, critical technological transitions, and a collection of wait-and-see policies/procedures. How can operational executives effectively streamline their interdepartmental operations in the midst of such confusion? It’s a daunting task with many moving parts. In the Revenue Management track, hear in-depth case studies from your peer...

IDGA’s 4th Annual Border Management Southwest will bring together all relevant stakeholders to discuss the most pressing issues facing the Department of Homeland Security, from efforts to build new partnerships to modernizing security capabilities. Policy makers, uniformed service leaders, law enforcement and industry partners will gather in Tucson to network, share best practices and explore potential paths to fortify the United States...

Hosted at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, over the period May 28-31, 2013, SCIDEX is an international defense and homeland security event. SCIDEX will open on May 28 with a one-day conference being run by the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis. The conference will be followed by three days of exhibition including live vehicle agility demonstrations, small-arms firing demonstrations and a rotary wing exhibit...

AnDevCon, the technical conference for software developers building Android apps, is the biggest, most info-packed, most practical Android developer conference in the world – and now it's coming to Boston! Whether you're an enterprise developer, work for a commercial software company, or are driving your own start-up, if you are building Android apps, you need to attend AnDevCon, May 28–31, 2013 in Boston. You won't find sys admins...

Data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication. The growing use of collaborative technologies – from mobile devices and social media to virtualization and cloud computing – will continue to be one of the most significant factors impacting the security landscape. For these reasons, the federal government has increased efforts to minimize and prevent cyber security attacks, and will continue to place signific...