Fort Sumter National Monument will present a special history talk on a variety of subjects every month from July 2010 until March 2011. Each presentation will take place at the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center on a Saturday at 2:00 p.m. July 24, 2010: The Nullification Crisis of 1832 August 21, 2010: Slave Resistance and Revolts September 18, 2010: The Citadel October 16, 2010: The Mexican War November 20, 2010: Southern Fortifications During the...

The Air Force Association’s 27th Annual Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition will take place February 17-18, 2011 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Invited speakers to the Symposium will include Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Roy and other top Air Force leaders. During the Symposium, e...

Join us for Telework Week, a nationwide effort to encourage agencies, organizations, and individuals to pledge to telework on February 14-18, 2011. Sign up now and telework during the week of February 14-18, 2011. Why? Telework is a win-win-win opportunity for agencies/organizations, employees, and the environment. Telework supports: Workforce productivity and continuity Operational efficiencies, sustainability, and real estate savings Attract...

Jim Fraser, Vice President of CGI Federal will share about how CGI is using govWin Task Order Management solution to pick the right contracts and task orders to bid on, make fast bid/no bid decisions and put together winning teams and proposals in limited time frames.

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

Convergence in the Next Generation Data CenterThursday, February 17, 2011 - 8:00-11:45amThe Willard Hotel - Washington, DC Discover how extending virtualization from your data center to the desktop can help you reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) while improving network performance and reliability—and increasing data integrity. Join us to learn how you can prepare your data center to maximize the benefits of virtualization, cloud comput...

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has become an increasingly vital part of the Department of Defense’s continuous process improvement efforts. The benefits of LSS, the tool that was successfully pioneered and adopted by the commercial world to achieve continuous process improvements, are now being fully realized by the federal government and the DoD in particular. The objective of LSS is to utilize a data-driven approach and methodology to eliminate...

On December 8, 2009, President Obama issued an Open Government Directive to direct all Federal Government agencies to "take specific actions to implement the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration." A year has passed since this directive and while government agencies have made significant progress, only 17 of the 29 agencies fully meet the expectations set forth in the memo. While the 12 other agencies are making progress...

Enterprise Strategies for Efficient Government OperationsFebruary 16, 2011 - 7:30 am - 12:15 pm Government professionals are looking for practical, actionable strategies to use information technology as a means of delivering more effective operating environments. Although this is a long-standing goal for most new programs, leveraging IT strategies for measurable performance improvements has proven challenging for many agencies. This is your op...

When it comes to operating in the “cloud” the federal government is just as driven as commercial businesses about exploring its potential in an effort to reduce costs, improve collaboration and deliver services in a more efficient way to core constituents. With data center consolidation a strong element of 2011 government planning, cloud computing has become one of the most talked about issues for government agencies and governmen...