Next.2018 is a conference with a purpose: to create new connections and bridge gaps between American innovators and Washington’s ideas and influence community. Our speakers and attendees share a commitment to realizing the potential of new innovations, and to understanding and navigating the full range of their implications on policy and business– an angle that no one can cover quite like Bloomberg. Taking place one week after the...

This will be a year of two budgets, as Congress and the new Trump administration wrap up leftover business for fiscal 2017, which began last October, and run through a full process for fiscal 2018. The fiscal 2017 process was left unfinished last year, with only one of the 12 spending bills signed into law and the rest of the government operating under temporary funding through April 28. The House and Senate didn’t act on a fiscal 2017...

Republicans are promising a burst of legislative activity in 2017, when they’ll take control of both the White House and Congress for the first time in a decade. With almost three weeks of session before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in, repealing Obamacare, rewriting the tax code and blocking environmental and other regulations top the agenda. Join Bloomberg Government experts on January 18 as we review the start of the 115th C...

For many Americans, anxiety about the hacker threat has grown in the wake of the high profile breaches at some of the nation's top retailers. For businesses, this means that the line between responsible and regulated may be shifting. The Obama Administration's cybersecurity framework is voluntary, but some say it lays the groundwork for new regulations in the future. You'll want to hear directly from the senior government officials and busines...

Several new financial regulations, including new mortgage standards, the Volcker rule and capital requirements, will test the effectiveness federal oversight of the financial industry in the future. Join Bloomberg Government for a free webinar on January 16, 2014 to discuss regulations to watch affecting the finance industry in the coming year. The presentation will discuss the most important regulatory changes in finance in addition to action...

The editors and publishers of Bloomberg Government will hold a special breakfast seminar for OSDBUs, program managers and small business specialists looking into new initiatives and practices that small business program officials can leverage to increase small business utilization at their respective agencies. The seminar will focus on contracting vehicles and processes that small business advocates are using to award new business to small and...