This course taught by an experienced government procurement attorney, William Weisberg. The course will take a deep dive into teaming agreements, a part of the procurement process that too often gets taken for granted. The course will examine key aspects of teaming agreements, including: The basic structure of teaming agreements; How binding is the teaming agreement? (How binding do you want it to be?) What survives the expiration of the teami...

This three-hour webinar is a very abbreviated version of Centre’s two-day class on Contract Administration and is designed to provide participants with a high-level take on the “Do’s and Don’t’s” in contract administration. This webinar will assist participants to determine whether the longer more in-depth Contract Administration course is warranted. Contract administration is without a doubt the most comple...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. Society, technology, and institutions are confronting unprecedented change. Rapid acceleration of innovation, disruptive technologies and infrastructures, and new modes of network-enabled conflict requires leaders to not only think outside the box, but to think without the box. The Future Proof conference brings together the hackers, thinkers...

As part of the government’s administration of Federal prime contracts, the government is required to assess a contractor’s performance at prescribed intervals for contracts at certain dollar thresholds. The official system for evaluating Federal contractor performance is the Contractor Performance Assessment System, also known by its acronym “CPARS.” CPARS is a web-enabled application that collects and manages the libra...

About the Course The ITIL 4 Foundation course introduces candidates to the management of modern IT-enabled services, to provide them with an understanding of the common language and key concepts, and to show them how they can improve their work and the work of their organization with ITIL 4 guidance. Furthermore, the course will provide the student with an understanding of the ITIL 4 service management framework and how it has evolved to adopt...

Stay at the forefront of change! Join us for our biggest event of the year to learn about the latest trends and developments in government contracting. For one day only network with industry's top thought leaders and innovators. 2020 TOPICS:Fearless Forecasts for 2020GSA Schedule UpdatesTrends in Bid ProtestsLegal Compliance IssuesFAR UpdatesSmall Business UpdatesGovernment Contract Cases of InterestFederal Market Intelligence& more to be...

About the Course PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation: PRINCE2 Agile, the world's most complete project management solution, combining the flexibility and responsiveness of Agile with the clearly defined framework of PRINCE2®. PRINCE2 Agile is an extension module tailored for forward-thinking organizations and individuals already benefiting from PRINCE2 that would like further guidance on how to apply Agile methods to the world's most recognized...

Government contracting is fundamentally different from commercial contracting. One major areas of difference is that contractors are required, in many circumstances, to self-report serious civil and in some cases criminal violations to the government. This program will examine those self-reporting requirements, including: What must be disclosed to the government, and what does trigger the disclosure requirements; When must (and should) require...

Compliance and ethics are integral pars of government procurement. From the False Claims Act and False Statements Act, through debarment, and including a multitude of other statutes, regulations, and contract provisions, government contracting can be a minefield. Acting ethically is only the first step to an effective compliance program. This program will: Survey the major compliance guideposts, including the False Claims and False Statements...

Objective: The course will provide the participants a good start on how to use the cloud infrastructure using AWS. It will give a practical usage of key concepts like launching servers in AWS, load balancing, auto scaling, launching database servers, etc. It will help in managing the operations and defining cloud architecture using AWS components described below. The course content has been prepared keeping AWS SysOps and Solutions Architect c...