This session will discuss the techniques to manage contract delivery, budget, staffing, risk, and quality while fostering the client relationship; being responsive to needs of project staff; meeting company financial and project goals, creating third party relationships to add value or fill gaps, and understanding differences between risks and threats and how to manage risk and avoid threats. We will review contract types, differences and chal...

"Not having the information you need when you need it leaves you wanting. Not knowing where to look for that information leaves you powerless. In a society where information is king, none of us can afford that.” - Lois Horowitz Effective decision-making requires good intelligence. Harvesting good intelligence from raw and disparate data requires deliberate and timely cultivation and testing of the information to determine what value it...

Learn how to streamline IT procurement with a free NITAAC training. Compete and manage your IT requirements quickly and easily when you choose a NITAAC Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) . Our training specialists will demonstrate how GWACs enable you to leverage buying power, and how NITAAC's online ordering systems can increase productivity.A team of Contract and Program Specialists can help you at any point in the process, from pre...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Leadership: Building High-Performance Buying & Selling Teams This highly interactive one-day seminar offers buying and selling business professionals from both the public and private business sectors the opportunity to improve their leadership skills. "A subject that needs greater emphasis amongst the acquisition community. Great job!" James N. P...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Contract Negotiations Based on Gregory Garrett's publication Contract Negotiations: Skills, Tools, and Best Practices, this seminar provides a comprehensive treatment of contract negotiations, with a compelling discussion of what skills, tools, and best practices are needed to become a master contract negotiator. Attendees will learn: Contract negoti...

Surviving Sequestration on Its Way to a City Near You! Sequestration is more than a Beltway buzzword. The ripple effects are changing the game for agencies and governments at every level. How will the impact of sequestration play out on your home field? Deltek has assembled a starting lineup of first-string analysts, experts and industry thought leaders to discuss how the results of sequestration will trickle down to your region. Hear what th...

As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on May 7, 2013, from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET to explore the five-dimensional approach that was developed by the second Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP 2) Renewal Project R10 to help manage complex transportation projects from planning through the construction phases. The goal of the five-dimensional approach is to identify issues that should be planned and mana...

The Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series began in 1983 as a parallel effort to the Reagan administration’s strategic modernization, space and arms control agenda. In 1985, we added a missile defense series and then in 2000 we added a homeland security component. We have also hosted on occasion a separate, complimentary series on such matters as airlift, space and strategic bomber modernization, and a high level dinner seri...

As advanced and persistent cyber attacks threaten our nation’s critical infrastructure, government and industry share a common interest in partnering to stay ahead and protect their assets. However, while they share a common goal, due to the nature of their missions and organizational drivers, their motivations are not always aligned. Earlier this year, President Obama issued an Executive Order focused on cybersecurity that requires the...

Federal Allies Institute Washington Days Conference May 6 & 7, 2013 Holiday Inn Capitol Hotel, Discovery Ballrooms and Breakout Rooms 550 C St SW, Washington, DC 20024 The National Conference for Small Business Federal Contractors and Federal Agencies. Building Relationships in the Nation's Capital for Federal Business. Early Arrivers Networking Luncheon Sunday, May 5th hosted by FAI Network Chapters - Fort Myer Officers' Club, Arlington,...