Though some federal agencies have made progress in shared service adoption and at least nine federal shared service providers (FSSPs) have emerged across various lines of business, widespread concerns over the implications of shared services are slowing further implementation of the 2012 Federal IT Shared Services Strategy. With these concerns in mind, Accenture Federal Services and Government Business Council undertook an in-depth study to be...

As a federal employee, searching for the right health insurance can be confusing, but there are tools and strategies available to help. At the start of 2014 open season, join Tom Shoop, Vice President and Editor in Chief of Government Executive, in conversation with government healthcare expert Walt Francis, author of the annual CHECKBOOK's Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, as he explains the details of available insurance plans, an...

SolarWinds IT monitoring and management products have been built to scale to the largest and most highly distributed environments without compromising the affordability, ease-of-use, and power that have made them some of the most widely used products in the industry. With the use of SolarWinds scalability engines you can scale your monitoring and management capabilities to hundreds of thousands of network devices, servers, or applications. ...

Government contracting can be a lucrative strategy for small businesses looking to grow, but it can also be an expensive endeavor for those that are unfamiliar with the regulations enforced by federal agencies.What many small businesses may not know is that there is an organization in Washington dedicated to protecting small companies from unfair federal regulatory enforcement actions. The Office of the National Ombudman (ONO) works to assist...

In light of the challenges presented by the current government shutdown, the NDIA Air Armament Symposium originally scheduled for October 8-9, 2013 has been postponed to NOVEMBER 5-6, 2013. Updates to the symposium agenda will be made available and posted on the Gulf Coast Chapter site http://www.ndiagulfcoast.com/ The 39th Air Armament Symposium Objectives: Two-day interchange for senior government (Federal, State and Local) industry leadersh...

As the role of SOF continues to be re-defined, it is important that forces benefit from the knowledge and experience of those deployed in disparate geographic locations. This Symposium will focus on the importance of creating a global SOF network, whereby operators and support staff across geographic regions have access and connectivity with each other and with SOCOM in order to more effectively conduct operations in support of their discreet...

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Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean is hosted by Homeland Security Outlook, who has facilitated six maritime security conferences since 2011. At each of these events, security experts, government officials, law enforcement, and solutions providers converged from around the world to network and learn of best practices and tools to enhance securing their maritime domain. Every day poses new challenges for Caribbean maritime security. Every day, ten...

ACI’s 5th Annual Advanced Forum on DCAA Audits is widely regarded as the industry’s benchmarking and networking event of the year. This event has sold out in the past, and is one of the few events that gathers key industry decision-makers and government officials all in the same room. The huge backlog in incurred costs audits remains and the potential hiring of new auditors has been delayed due to sequestration. It is estimated tha...

The Association of Special Operations Professionals (ASOP) is proud to present Special Operations Forces Symposium and Exposition (SOFEX 13) SOFEX 13 is an excellent opportunity to: - Showcase your latest products and services - Interface with the major decision makers from all the levels of command - Get new information to keep pace with military changing needs - Establish new business connections - INCREASE YOUR CLIENT PORTFOLIO!! Benefits o...