The Federal Council of EEO & Civil Rights Executives is hosting the Thought Leadership Training Conference for Executives on Diversity & Inclusion. The Executive level Think Tank Training & Round-table Exchange Sessions will take place March 26-28, 2012 and will be held in New York City (Midtown Manhattan), New York. The focus of the conference is compliance with Executive Order 13583, which establishes a coordinated Government-wid...

The SMILE Conference is the leading conference devoted to Social Media, the Internet and Law Enforcement initiatives. The SMILE Conference has pioneered the adoption of social media by law enforcement agencies across the world for public outreach, crime prevention, and forensics. In conjunction with the ConnectedCOPS™ blog, The SMILE Conference has become both the go-to and most trusted source by law enforcement agencies worldwide.

Feel like your only shot is a combination cannon off the rail into the center pocket? Does your BlackBerry make you feel like Eddie Felson with two broken thumbs? Here’s your chance to make the shot and come home with the trophy. Federal IT billiards championship. Details below: What: Rack ‘Em Pool Tournament Who: Federal IT professionals When: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 6 p.m. Where: Buffalo Billiards, 1330 19th Street NW, Washing...

Featuring an interview with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and a conversation with Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) along with an expert panel discussion on re-thinking higher education, the Jobs & Economy of the Future Town Hall will explore the ideas, efforts, and policies underway to provide students with the skills necessary to keep America competitive and enhance economic opportunities for tomorrow’s workforce.

Whether your organization is moving towards data consolidation or maintaining all data in a federated environment, a data management framework must be put in place to enable information sharing and collaboration. Please join us to learn more about the Boeing Twister Data Framework, a leading data integration platform for rapid ETL processing and multi domain, federated queries on almost any type of data.Customer uses for Twister Data Framework...

Join NCSI for an In-Agency Technology Expo Marine Corps Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms -- Officers Club March 27, 2012

Cut-back management. Doing more with less. More mission for the money. Whichever buzz words you prefer, they all point to the same idea — that there is a new reality for managers in the federal government. Agencies are being asked to scale down, trim expenses, and find efficiencies without clear guidance on how to resource vital missions and continue improving program performance. FEDERAL MANAGERS HAVE A LOT ON THEIR MINDS. How can I sca...

Benefits 'In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.' - General George S. Patton, Jr., War as I Knew It, page 116 (1947) Those localities that have not planned for the current environment are experiencing a worse impact than t...

Pre-Bidders' Webinar for SHRP 2 Capacity Pilot Project RFPs C33 and C39 On March 20, 2012, the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) will be releasing two requests for proposals (RFPs). These RFPs will fund pilot tests of the two largest SHRP 2 Capacity products led by state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and regional planning organizations. The two products are of Transportation for Communitie...

In every organization there exists a somewhat buried but very dangerous loophole: the presence of local administrator accounts. Local administrator accounts are often times created directly by users and are hidden from the IT manager’s standard tracked list of administrative accounts managed by Active Directory. These accounts can be used by malware to install malicious software on local computers through the administrator account. Furth...