SUMMARY: The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) will meet on October 14, 2011, in Washington, DC. NBSAC discusses issues relating to recreational boating safety. This meetingwill be open to the public. DATES: NBSAC will meet Friday, October 14, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please note that the meeting may conclude early if NBSAC has completed its business. All written materials, comments, and requests to make oral presentations at...

Benefits Discover how to navigate the minefields of public contracting and procurement code with ease. Do you want to know how to minimize the looming pitfalls inherent in public contracting? Now you can. attend this seminar and enhance your knowledge of the complex and always changing system of laws and regulations involved in public contracting and procurement. You will find out not only how to effectively coordinate the public procurement p...

Agenda Thursday, October 13 8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments 9:00 am Opening Remarks John Letchford, Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 9:15 am Opening Keynote Open Roads Open Minds: An Exploration of Creative Problem Solving Steve Uzzell, Renowned Photographer Steve Uzzell is a veteran National Geographic photographer and one of the nation's leading corporate photographers. Steve's award-winning approach to...

This is the annual planning meeting for academic science and engineering teaching and research program administrators, capital project teams, finance and capital planners, facility and space planners, facility engineering managers, faculty, deans, and science department heads to benchmark their plans and programs, and build on the latest successes and innovations. Attend this conference to benchmark your academic science and engineering facili...

"Creating Spartan Energy Warriors: Our Competitive Advantage." A two-day forum emphasizing the importance of energy as a tactical advantage in the crucial pursuit of energy security and independence. Topics will include: energy efficient acquisition; game-changing solutions; affecting culture change/successes and challenges of retooling our fleet; C5I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Collaboration and Intelligence) considerations;...

Join us for 5 days of in-depth IT training from expert instructors while enjoying some time away from the office in the heart of sin city! Register now and customize your conference agenda which features 8 tracks, 50+ conference sessions, deep dive content, an extended MCITP Boot Camp, pre- and post-conference tutorials and much more!

The first annual OASIS International Cloud Symposium (ICS) brings together standards development organisations, government, network & research organisations, and others from around the world to chart the progress and define a path to enable robust trusted cloud deployments. Hosted at the beautiful historic Ditton Manor, located outside London, the Symposium combines high-profile keynote speakers, interactive roundtable sessions, moderated...

SANS returns to Maryland for SANS Baltimore 2011, October 9-14! Now more than ever, hands-on information security skills will set you apart from others in the field. So, register today for SANS Baltimore 2011 and get the best computer security training money can buy. Register and pay by August 24 to receive a $400.00 discount.We're offering the following 5- and 6- day infosec courses in security, leadership, and computer forensics with certifi...

Join Deltek’s Chris Dixon and Public Technology Institute’s (PTI) Alan Shark for a FREE webinar on the breakdown of the results from the State of City and County IT 2011 National Survey and analyze the indications for state and local markets. What You Will Learn: In August and September 2011, PTI and Deltek conducted a national survey of local government chief information officers (CIOs) and information technology (IT) directors. T...

The Administration has issued a directive requiring all U.S. government agencies to upgrade their public-facing Web sites and services to support IPv6 by September 30, 2012. There have been plenty of starts and stops in implementing this next generation Internet address operation. And with this deadline quickly approaching, many federal agencies are still looking for guidance on what to do, how quickly to do it, and the business case for doin...