THIS IS A CONFERENCE THAT HAS SOLD OUT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS! The 2014 Executive Leadership Conference goals are simple: Connect great people with great ideas to inspire Leadership and Innovation in Radically Changing Times. In government today, an emerging collaborative ecosystem is transforming how, and with whom, people work. This requires that we adopt new approaches to carrying out agency missions and providing citizen services. ELC...

The 2014 Executive Leadership Conference goals are simple: Connect great people with great ideas to inspire Leadership and Innovation in Radically Changing Times. In government today, an emerging collaborative ecosystem is transforming how, and with whom, people work. This requires that we adopt new approaches to carrying out agency missions and providing citizen services. ELC’s Premise: Technology Both Addresses and Poses Our Toughest C...

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Council for Technology & Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) is pleased to announce that Scott Hogg, Chief Technology Officer at Global Technology Resources, Inc. (GTRI), and a founding member of the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force, will speak at The Egg & I on October 23rd on Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). During this presentation he will be addressing the current state of IPv6 adoption a...

Understanding how the government evaluates contractors’ proposals is a key step in pricing a deal to win. In this unique course, we review how the government contracting officers analyze contractors’ costs and prices; how they acquire their data; what reviews are performed; how data is validated; and how strategies are changed depending on the type of contract. Armed with this information, contractors can avoid the pitfalls that ca...

Come join the Small Business Alliance and the Small Business Administration on October 16th at the Ronald Reagan Building for Women Owned Small Business Straight Talk featuring SBA WOSB Guru Shuraie Mackin and International Trade Specialist Tanya Smith. This interactive event will debunk myths you may have heard about the WOSB certification and it’s limitations.

Come join the Small Business Alliance in-person or on-line on October 9th for an informative presentation given by the Small Business Administration’s HUBZone Program leadership team on how becoming a HUBZone firm or partnering with one can boost your business and community. The HUBZone Program was created in the late 1990s and was established primarily to stimulate capital investment in urban and rural communities designated as HUBZones...

Synopsis: If putting a 1500 page FAR under your pillow hoping for brain penetration through the night isn’t working and you need a basic understanding of the FAR, this course is for you. The course provides a quick overview of the FAR to help you understand how to find things and a review of the main topic areas and how they can impact your organization. Armed with this information, you’ll know when you need to refer to the FAR to...

In 2013, the President signed Executive Order 13636 to improve the cybersecurity of the nation’s critical infrastructure. One aspect of that order focuses on improving cybersecurity and resilience through acquisition. Come hear about plans to develop common cybersecurity definitions, conduct training, institute a risk management strategy, and implement baseline cybersecurity requirements in Federal acquisitions leveraging lessons learned...

Now offering two registrations for the price of one registration Expected outcomes: 1.Understand how feds acquire innovative technologies; 2. Learn how companies and government partner; 3. Learn the government and industry challenges and the steps you can take to overcome them; 4 Learn arguments you can make to dispel the myths surrounding IT contracting.

ACT IAC is pleased to announce the formation of the Federal Healthcare Working Group. Our goal is to create a community of interest for ACT IAC members who are interested in expanding our support of the federal healthcare community through this long-standing, public-private partnership. This program will serve to formally develop the agenda for on-going, collaborative, and actionable dialogue in support of better healthcare. The initial focus...