This series of workshops is designed to steadily build momentum for successful implementation of the Open Government Directive. Mission: Demonstrate that creating a collaborative environment within an agency can be done with minimal resources (this is a no-frills workshop series). Share knowledge across agencies and between the public and private sector to address challenges and questions chosen by the participants from the public sector. Ensu...

SSF's April webcast features current and former FEMA and EPA officials who will discuss how the government prepares for crises and contracts for the goods and services it needs to rapidly respond to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes and other natural disasters, and to terrorist attacks. Learn what federal, state and local governments' buys through national contracts, what and how it buys locally, the opportunities for small and small...

2010 Government Web Managers 2–Day Conference: Open Government and Citizen Engagement Date: Tuesday – Wednesday, April 27 – 28, 2010 Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (both days) Place: Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC Fee: Fee: $250 for federal, state, or local U.S. government employees. Due to space limitations, this event is open to government employees only. Conference Description Join your peers for our biggest networking e...

A 3-day training forum will cover a combination of high-level DoD and VA initiatives as well as delve into case studies around innovative projects and developments underway throughout the military to ensure that you have the tools to do your job more effectively. This conference will explore 3 main themes: Improving the integration and interoperability of electronic medical records to provide seamless health coverage from the expeditionary for...

Field Service 2010The Inflection Point For Service Restructuring Your Organization For Growth The premiere service and support conference for senior service executives focused on service revenue enhancement and customer satisfaction. Service Executives Are In The Spotlight More Now Than Ever: With manufacturing sales and demand lacking, many industries find that their service businesses account for up to 50% of total revenue. No wonder there i...

For details on event, see Conference Program: http://www.ngma.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/conference-at-a-glancejan2010.pdf

A half day seminar on the fundamentals of government contracting The federal government procurement process presents a steep learning curve for individuals and companies new to the market. This seminar provides the essentials that will help you get a faster start to pursuing opportunities and growing your business. What You Will Learn: Structure of the federal government Federal budget process Federal buying cycle and selling approaches Key op...

Real World Best Practices for Accounts Payable Automation Across all government agencies, invoice processing not only represents a significant overhead, but with financial reporting and regulatory compliance issues, the importance of vendor and contract management, cost controls, and the need to optimize cash management are critical parts of an organization's value chain. End-to-end accounts payable (AP) automation, comprising of invoice capt...

The Open Government Directive ? Acquia and Alfresco During this webcast, attendees learned about the requirements Government 2.0 places on Social Publishing, Document Management, and Records Management, and the top ten ways Acquia and Alfresco deliver Government 2.0. In addition, new integration capabilities between Acquia and Alfresco were shown for the first time using CMIS, the new Content Management Interoperability Services standard.