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Presentation: Usability Through User-Centered Design: A Simulating Process, how the Social Security Administration uses application simulation to "test market" applications with their users, at the Tower Club, Vienna, Va. Contact Lynda Stewart at 703-591-7400, x213, or visit .Conference: Wireless Solutions: Enhancing Mobility, Logistics, Communications and Mission Delivery. Making wireless work for your agency, sponsored by Government Computer News, at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington. Register at or call 866-424-5323. Conference: Federal Acquisition Conference and Exposition, forum for federal acquisition professionals and policy-makers, sponsored by the Chief Acquisition Officers Council, Federal Acquisition Institute, General Services Administration and Defense Department, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington. Contact Heather Cameron at 703-558-7881, or visit .Presentation: 9th Greater Washington Technology Chief Financial Officer Awards, sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council at the Hilton McLean, McLean, Va. Contact Nicole Bono at 703-904-7878, or visit . Conference: conVurgeGOV 2005 forum for information exchange among senior government IT, security and eGov officials on the latest strategies and technologies to maximize agency performance and service delivery, at the Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, Va. Contact Rebecca Pazik at 312-588-1104, or visit .Solutions series: Security. This program examines contracting opportunities at the Homeland Security Department, 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church, Va. Free to government and industry. Contact marketing at 202-772-2500, or visit to register.Roundtable discussion: Controlling Complexity. The role of IT Service Management in achieving agility and operational excellence in government agencies, with Hewlett-Packard Co., WTOP Federal News Radio and Government Executive, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington. Free. Contact Andrea Welch at 866-474-6864, or visit .Conference: Performance Measurement for State and Local Government, on best practices and lessons learned on measuring and monitoring strategic plans. Speakers from the School District of Philadelphia, Georgia Transportation Department, Iowa, San Diego County, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Atlanta-Ravinia, Atlanta. Contact Melissa at 888-362-7400, or visit .Breakfast: Sponsored by Input Inc., with speaker Eugene Huang, secretary of technology for Virginia, at the Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church, Va. Contact Dana Broersma at 703-707-3543, or visit .Conference: Transformation TechNet, focusing on warfighter success stories, technology delivery, and process and business models for prototyping advance capabilities. Speakers and panelists from the U.S. Joint Forces, U.S. Fleet Forces, Air Combat, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine, and Marine Corps Development commands, and NTWARCOM, at the Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton, Va. Contact Stacey Giamber at 703-631-6128, or visit . Symposium: Government Symposium on Information Sharing and Homeland Security, sponsored by the industry group Government Emerging Technology Alliance, at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans. Contact Tina Dickinson at 301-596-8899, x218, or visit .Have an event you would like to list on the calendar? Visit our Web site, , click on "Other industry related events," then click on "Add your event" and enter the information.