This Educational Program is open to Government Employees ONLY to permit candid discussion. Industry and Press are NOT Invited to Register for the Training Workshop Workshop Description Federal agencies, their employees, contractors and other partners are under stress as pay freezes and budget cuts are discussed in Washington, and the state and local government partners of federal agencies continue with steep budget cuts and layoffs. In this en...

Potomac Forum, Ltd. Executive Breakfast for Government Series The New IT Investment Governance: A path to responsible Federal Program and Information Technology Management Special Keynote: The New IT Management in the Federal Government Honorable Roger W. Baker Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer Department of Veterans Affairs Implementing the New OMB Governance Model to Track and Manage Programs an...

The OMB Circular, No. A–11, Part 7 PLANNING, BUDGETING, ACQUISITION, AND MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL ASSETS says that all major projects will be managed using EVMS as defined in the Capital Programming Guide. That the information will be used to report to status against OMB 300 programs. EVM is a proven project management technique which will provide an early warning of project cost and schedule performance issues. On June 30, 2009, the Office...

Industry and Government Leaders Present Practical Solutions to Government COOP Requirements. Hear from industry experts and government managers leading Business Continuity Planning and Continuity of Operations Development. The instructor Team presents practical, real-life solutions required to establish or improve a business continuity program within your Federal, State, Local, Tribal, or Private Sector organization. The key to success in mov...

MAST is the unique, established first-in-class global conference and trade-show for senior maritime defence and security leaders, organised by an international committee of authoritative, influential government, research/academia, and industry decision makers. MAST creates an unparalleled annual forum at which future capabilities and concepts issues are discussed and debated by the world’s leading – surface, submarine and joint op...

Fall 2010 Mentor Protégé Night Register for this event: AFCEA NOVA Member Rate Individual Registration Corporate Sponsors Special Registration Event Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 5:30pm - 9:00pm Mentor Protégé Night is focused on helping to develop the future leaders of both industry and government. The event brings together emerging leaders and seasoned professionals to connect, share ideas, and generate the n...

Workshop Description This Potomac Forum Training Workshop provides an overview of data center consolidation in compliance with the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative. The Workshop provides a detailed breakdown of major components, reporting requirements and intended goals of the Federal Initiative and how to implement the initiative in the government environment to achieve an effective, cost effective and compliant data center consol...

Workshop Description This workshop is led by subject matter thought leaders and business consultants Mark Stein and Lilith Christiansen (authors of Successful Onboarding: A Strategy to Unlock Hidden Value within Your Organization; McGraw-Hill). The workshop is designed to help you improve, design, plan for and implement an Onboarding program for your Government Organization. Why You Should Attend Federal executives, managers and staff attendin...

Workshop Description Workshop addresses key issues for government managers and staff for the successful management of electronic records today: E-discovery requests, stubborn cultural issues, grappling with the variety of web content, the working relationship between records managers and IT, enduring collections of paper records, and groundbreaking work in e-records management. Workshop will also present an overview of current NARA policies a...

Government in today's business environment is facing new management paradigms. Agencies are facing demands for decreased development costs, reduced time to deployment, and increased scrutiny into capital investments. New business solutions must address these shifts. These new solutions must also address the evolving pressures of regulatory requirements including the latest demands for transparency and accountability, combined with the prolifer...