GEAR UP West is a collaborative regional conference for college access practitioners from the western states of the US. The conference will be held October 21-23 at the Grand Hyatt in Seattle, WA. This year's conference will feature: Pre-conference session on dropout prevention Bill Gates, Sr. First Generation film screening and Q&A with the filmmakers Dr. Debra Saunders-White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs Leade...

The National Healthcare CXO Summit will highlight the current challenges and opportunities through visionary conference sessions and keynote presentations delivered by your most esteemed peers and thought leaders from Americas leading healthcare organizations. The one-on-one meetings with leading solution providers will offer vast expertise in the area of healthcare. All this, seamlessly integrated with informal networking opportunities over t...

The National Healthcare CFO Summit will highlight the current challenges and opportunities through visionary conference sessions and keynote presentations delivered by your most esteemed peers and thought leaders from Americas leading healthcare organizations.

We are proud to present Los Alamos National Labs with the annual Technology Exposition taking place on Monday, October 22, 2012. This is a wonderful opportunity for LANL personnel to see the latest in emerging technologies, network with industry experts, and share ideas and future goals. Attendees can view live demonstrations and presentations from a variety of companies. Technologies on display include: Adapters Cloud Computing Data Protectio...

Benefits Conventional wisdom (and EPA policy) has provided that any person shipping hazardous materials to a disposal facility will end up being jointly and severally liable, with all other entities shipping materials to the facility, for any costs of cleaning up contamination at the facility. Likewise, conventional wisdom and EPA policy have informed up that manufacturers or producers who deal with certain types of contractors or subcontracto...

If an easier way to find and win federal contracts existed, would you be interested? The Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) were created to reduce the administrative burden for Government and Industry, and to create additional government contracting opportunities for small business concerns. It says so in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). While the process for issuing and awarding these requirements is streamlined, finding and wi...

On Monday October 22nd at 12:00 noon, ALL will be hosting a panel of professional staffers from the four key Congressional defense oversight committees -- the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee (HAC-D), House Armed Services Committee (HASC), the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee (SAC-D), and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). Committed speakers include: Bob Simmons, Staff Director (Majority), House Armed Services Creig...

SANS returns to Maryland for SANS Baltimore 2012, October 15-20. Now more than ever, hands-on information security training experience will set you apart from others in the field. So, register today for SANS Baltimore 2012 and get the best cyber security training money can buy. Register and pay by September 5 to receive a $500.00 discount.This event is part of SANS Capital Region Fall 2012 along with SANS Crystal City 2012, bringing you two we...

Based on the tremendous support and ongoing involvement SANS has received from the Singapore Information security community we are pleased to return this October. We are bringing our new Virtualization and Private Cloud Security course and our advanced Forensics and Incident Response course in combination with our core programs to SANS October Singapore 8-20 October, 2012.Don't miss this opportunity to upgrade your IT skills, work toward your...

A bad audit can significantly damage the bottom line of a contractor. The audit process can be filled with many challenges for government contractors to overcome. The lack of publicized guidance by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) has created many concerns when attempting to determine what is considered a proper compliance program. The shift from the ten key systems to six in the new DFARS Business Systems Rule makes it imperative for...