This interactive training will cover the latest best practices, methodologies and hot topics in project management. Using live in-class exercises and the latest best practices, learn how to keep projects on target, on budget, and track your projects with greater accuracy. Plus, upon completion, attendees will receive 35 PDUs, meeting the education requirements to sit for the PMP® exam.

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...

Webcast: The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) mandates that each federal agency develop a program to provide information security for data and systems that support the agency's functions. And while agencies have had varying success meeting the demands of FISMA, the Obama Administration has ushered in a new wave of information security proponents eager to bolster these programs and create a new, higher level of cybers...

Happy Holidays! There is nothing better than eating a bowl of chili on a cool December evening…. except when it is ALL YOU CAN EAT chili, wings and Nachos AND the proceeds go the Army’s Walter Reed Society. Join dcTechSource.com in a fun filled evening of great wings, hot chili, cold beers, and blatant networking, all while raising money for the Walter Reed Society. You know about Walter Reed. Well the Society provides special ser...

The scientific meeting provides a forum for presentation of research papers in a collegial setting, wherein SOMOS members may seek critical and constructive analysis of their observations, conclusions, and recommendations. The annual meeting also provides numerous opportunities for SOMOS members to meet in an informal setting to establish or renew acquaintances, share recent experiences, and solve common problems. Previous conferences have gen...

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...

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