Federal CIO Vivek Kundra will moderate the discussion on 2011 Budget Preview at the AFCEA Bethesda Budget Preview Breakfast. It will be Friday morning, February 26th from 6:30-9:30 AM at the Ritz-Carlton in Tyson’s Corner.
On February 1, 2010, President Barack Obama requested $79.4 billion in spending on information technology projects for fiscal 2011. Please join [...]
On May 3-4, 2010, 1105 Government Information Group will host the Cloud Computing Conference and Exhibition for Government at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC.
The program will focus on how government using cloud computing in 2010 and the drivers moving agencies to cloud computing, best practices from government agencies that have adopted cloud computing [...]
On Thursday, January 21st, the AFCEA Bethesda is holding a chapter breakfast series on federal web 2.0. The event will focus on enterprise adoption and their 2010 outlook.
Guest speakers include Andy Blumenthal, CTO of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Robert Carey, CIO of the Department of the U.S navy, Gary Galloway, Deputy [...]
On February 3rd and 4th, 2010 there is a Health IT Summit for Government Leaders. It will be held at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington D.C. You can also access the summit from your own office or home live through the Internet. Some keynote speakers include Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health [...]
The General Services Administration recently announced that it updated the federal privately owned vehicle reimbursement rates. These new rates went into effect on January 1st, 2010.
The new rates are as follows:
Airplane – $1.29 per mile
Automobile if no government owned available – $0.50 per mile
Automobile if government owned available – $0.285 per mile
Automobile if committed to [...]
Tomorrow, December 17th, 2009 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Kenneth Feinberg, the Special Master for Executive Compensation from the Department of Treasury will be speaking at George Mason University. It will be held in Research 1, Room 163 on the George Mason University campus. Feinberg will be talking about his decisions regarding executive compensation and his speech [...]
Today at 11:00 am there is an eSeminar hosted by Federal Computer Week and James McCartney, identity management and privacy consultant for Deloitte Consulting. This informative eSeminar with be focused on the privacy issues associated with the open government initiatives. With these new initiatives, privacy has become more of a concern. McCartney plans on addressing [...]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched a cyber job fair on December 11th, 2009. This virtual job fair was opened in order to recruit more cybersecurity experts. And what better place to find them then online? This launch also is consistent with the Department of Homeland Security’s plans to hire up to 1,000 new [...]
Today the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management made known that they will be hosting the annual conference from December 2nd through December 4th in Washington D.C. The conference will include workshops, case studies, and interactive presentations. Speakers, who are senior level government financial managers, will be present and representing more than 30 different countries.
The theme of the [...]
