Summary Stay on Par with Performance! During the transition from CPIC 2012 to CPIC 2013, we will experience an election year, and many changes can happen. An avid golfer can play any open course, but playing various courses on different terrains makes golf challenging – even for the pros. And sometimes golfers are challenged playing the same course even though the rules are the same, because external influences (i.e. weather, equipment,...

Are you interested in applying for a GSA Schedule contract? If so, Pathways to Success is a GSA course whose certificate is a requirement for any of the solicitation packages. Jim Concannon, an experienced MAS Contracting Officer, will lead participants through the course with goal of completing the end-of-course knowledge assessment and obtaining the required certificate. You will earn 1.5 CLPs by attending a CPIC Forum Webinar and COMPLETING...

Course Overview This course will give participants an overview of the steps involved with planning the administration of contracts assigned to them. This is taught by the steps involved with planning what types of personnel will be needed to assist in contract administration, what skills a good contract administrator will need, duties and responsibilities, and preparing contract modifications. The course will prepare the student to handle simp...

Course Overview This course will give students the fundamentals of federal government contracting, and Contract Fundamentals such as: Who Can Bind Government in a Contract; the Requirements Process; the Contracting Process; Elements of a Contract; Anti Deficiency/Ratifications; Ethics; Personal/Non-Personal Services; Ambiguities in Specifications/SOWs; “Implied” Actions; Acceptance; Changes; Privity of Contract; Contracting Lead Ti...

This month's Federal CPIC Forum educational webinar will provide information from a Memo Draft recently released for comment by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Here is a summary of the information we have at this time:OMB analyzed the results from the FY12 PortfolioStat sessions, solicited agency feedback and incorporated insights from the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council to identify noteworthy management practices....

What is Enterprise Architecture? Need of Enterprise Architecture What is the difference between Enterprise, Segment and Solution Architecture? What are Architectural Frameworks? Frameworks: Zachman TOGAF DODAF FEAF What are Reference Models? What is FSAM? How does EA relate to CPIC? Relationship between EA and Cloud Relationship between EA and SOA Relationship between EA and Digital Strategy You will earn 1.5 CLPs by attending a CPIC Forum We...

Métier’s award winning software, PPM Central, provides integrated CPIC and project portfolio management (PPM) capabilities (http://www.metier.com). During this session, Métier will demonstrate the core CPIC and PPM capabilities and discuss case studies of how federal clients have used these capabilities to save money and do more with less while increasing CPIC maturity, identifying operational efficiencies, portfolio duplic...

Learn first hand about the many new changes just announced to CPIC! In late April 2011, OMB introduced two new forms, the Exhibit 300 (a) and Exhibit 300 (b) which comprise a new model for the Administration's pulse check on investment health and performance. The Introduction to CPIC and a Review of the Exhibit 300s seminar introduces the changes to the process and introduces the new Exhibits, "Capital Asset Summary and Performance Measurement...

The federal government plans to spend at least $75 billion on IT investments in fiscal year 2012. The size of this investment highlights the importance of reliably estimating the costs of IT acquisitions. A reliable cost estimate is critical to the success of any IT program, providing the basis for informed decision making, realistic budget formulation, and meaningful progress measurement. Without the ability to generate such estimates, progra...

Learn first hand about the many new changes just announced to CPIC! In late April 2011, OMB introduced two new forms, the Exhibit 300 (a) and Exhibit 300 (b) which comprise a new model for the Administration's pulse check on investment health and performance. The Introduction to CPIC and a Review of the Exhibit 300s seminar introduces the changes to the process and introduces the new Exhibits, "Capital Asset Summary and Performance Measurement...