The San Francisco Bay Area is a Tier 1 UASI region, heightening the need for collaboration and expanded response capabilities across endless crises, from almost daily seismic events to fires and critical infrastructure threats. Join peers across all areas of emergency preparedness and homeland security to share best practices, explore solutions and build contacts critical to the region's unique disaster preparedness and emergency management ch...

The Federal Contractors Roundtable provides a highly-relevant forum where business leaders and industry professionals can discuss current and upcoming legislative, agency-specific policy and regulatory changes impacting how they find and win government sector business. This Month's Topic: Teaming and Subcontracting - Get Noticed, Get Selected, Get Work! Finding the right companies to partner with is tough. Getting picked to be on a team and ge...

The 3rd Annual Virtual Conference on Cloud Computing will be hosted online from April 18 - 22, 2011. It is global event, covering latest trends and innovations in the world of cloud computing. Conference panels, workshops, and tutorials are selected to cover a range of the hottest topics in cloud computing. Our conference tracks will focus on the following areas: - Cloud for Business, - Technology & Innovation, - Cloud For Public Sector, -...

Jennifer Schaus & Associates host a monthly *3rd THURSDAYS* Government Contractors (no-charge) Networking Event from 5:30-7:30pm at the Kennedy Center, Foyer Level, Millennium Stage Area. All professionals are welcome. For more info & to register http://JenniferSchaus3.eventbrite.com

The ASBCs of Government Contracting™ provides practical and up-to-date information on running a business and finding and winning business as a government contractor and subcontractor. Topics presented are selected based on information collected through ongoing surveys and member feedback, and are presented by Industry veterans and current and former Government officials sharing their acquired experiences. The goal? Delivering accurate an...

Usability Testing—It's Not Rocket Surgery Class Format: One Day Workshop Instructor: Steve Krug Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM ET Location: GSA - One Constitution Square Fee: $300 federal, state, local government$400 non-government Webinar Description After Steve Krug wrote Don't Make Me Think, he spent five years teaching a workshop about basic usability principles. People really liked it, and a lot of peop...

110: Negotiating Environmental Solutions Why take this training? People often enter negotiations armed with emotionally-charged positions defining what they want. This posturing of parties creates an adversarial relationship that is hard to move past. Interest-based negotiation teaches the skills needed to identify underlying interests, and to develop a protocol that enables all parties to get their needs met simultaneously. Interest-based neg...

On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, Mountaintop Marketing Group's Peak Series CIO Breakfast Series continues with Dr. Danny Harris, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Education. ABOUT Our Featured Speaker: Dr. Danny Harris is a 20+ year information technology and financial management veteran of the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Harris became the Chief Information Officer (CIO), Department of Education on October 1, 2008. As the CIO, he...

Showcase Your Company's Products / Services To This BRAC Location!This BRAC LOCATION is a base that is absorbing personnel from bases that are closing. As many as 18,000 New Persons are being reassigned to Belvoir's 20,000. BRAC LOCATIONS NEED EVERYTHING (and LOTS of it). Over 90 tenants at Fort Belvoir. Technologies Requested: Engineering, Greening, Furniture, Office Supplies, Printing, Architecture, Software, Bio Medical, Health, Aerospace,...