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...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, NITAAC, is now holding free trainings for all those involved in the purchase of information technology products, services and solutions. Earn 2 CLPs as you learn about our government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): ECS III for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. You’ll find NITAAC GWA...

The 2013 Federal Cloud Computing Summit and Technology Showcase will examine how agencies have implemented Cloud solutions within their organizations. It will also look at the Cloud broker model and examine the future of Cloud solutions within the government. The following topics will be addressed during the day: Best practices in the acquisition of commodity IT Examination of recently-completed Federal Cloud projects Cloud success stories and...

Jennifer Schaus hosts a series of government contracting webinars (complimentary). They are all recorded and available for download. Full calendar is available at: http://JenniferSchaus5.eventbrite.com RECORDING OF DEBRIEF Webinar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awzSLWpMK8 Anna Urman of Tactical Insight joins us for a webinar discussion on the "debrief". Learn what it is, how, when and why to ask for it. Your questions will be addressed in a...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Information Technology Initiatives and Contracting with Small Business An AgencyInsight™ event made possible through the support of: Small federal contractors are invited to join us for a discussion with U.S. Custom and Border Protection's Charles Armstrong and Guy Torres on May 30th at the Carr Workplaces Event Center next door to the historic Willard Hotel. This AgencyInsight™ event represents...