Barbara Adams is the President and CEO of CareerPro Global, Inc. (CPG). For more than 20 years, Barbara has grown CPG into one of the largest federal, military transition and private sector resume and career coaching companies by keeping her finger on the pulse of continuously changing federal hiring trends. She has cultivated a niche market in the preparation of job-winning Senior Executive Service (SES) applications. Barbara is the co-author of Roadmap to the Senior Executive Service (to be released in June 2011), author and administrator of the Certified Military Resume Writer (CMRW) and Master Federal Career Coach (MFCC) credentials. Barbara and her team of senior certified writers have assisted clients through the complex SES application process with the development of more than 2,400 SES applications.

John Carney has 25 years of experience in Information Technology. As a Senior Manager at Cisco, his focus is on Government and Security worldwide. His role is to analyze the business challenges of the market and utilize technology to address the challenges. He has authored several white papers and blogs frequently on security and other issues in government, and is the resident expert at Cisco for the Public Sector.

Prior to Cisco, John has held positions as a security architect, application developer, infrastructure architect and network architect in the healthcare and financial services industries. A true technologist at heart, John will uncover ways to adapt, modify or integrate technology solutions to solve complex business problems securely and seamlessly.

Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. The Cisco Government practice, which assists governments in creating a vision of the future, has been instrumental in providing advanced solutions through innovations in technology in areas such as urban innovation, education, public safety, data center buildout and more. For more information, be sure to visit CISCO's website.

Tom Dugard, a renowned leadership consultant and the owner of Affirmational Leadership Consulting, has extensive experience helping employers deal with common workplace issues, including time management, conflict resolution, personality diversity understanding, stress management, communications and employee relations through interactive learning environments.

Tom can help federal managers and executives affirm and engage the strength of federal employees and best address management and leadership issues that arise in the federal workplace.

Read Tom’s monthly column, Coached, to learn how to best motivate your employees and energize your work environment.

For more information, be sure to visit the Affirmational Leadership Consulting website.

Many federal employees are eligible for exclusive discounts on GEICO insurance because of their pay grade or group affiliations.GEICO participates in programs to help and recognize federal employees including the Federal Employee Education Assistance Fund (FEEA), and the GEICO Public Service Awards (GPSA). GEICO also provides Federal Pay Charts and Leave Records to all federal employees at no charge.

GEICO sponsors "The Funniest Fed" column in FEDmanager and FEDagent which highlights The Funniest Fed competition in Arlington, Va., and Washington, D.C. All federal employees, including those in the legislative and executive branches and active and retired militar personnel, are eligible to compete. For more information, please click here.

James can help federal employees better prepare for their future federal retirement and give them greater confidence as they learn about various decisions and circumstances that might impact their future benefits.

Read James' monthly column, Dollars & Sense, to learn how to maximize your retirement benefits and make the most sense of your dollars.

For more information, be sure to visit the Federal Retirement Planning website.

Kathryn Troutman is the founder and president of The Resume Place, Inc., experts in Federal Career Consulting and Federal Resume Writing, a service business located in Baltimore, Maryland, specializing in writing and designing professional federal and private-sector resumes, as well as coaching and education in the federal hiring process. For the past 30 years, Troutman and her team of Certified Federal Resume Writers at The Resume Place have advised and written more than 300 federal resumes per month for military, private industry and federal clients world-wide. She is also the author of several critically acclaimed books, including Ten Steps to a Federal Job, Writing Your NSPS Self Assessment, and Federal Resume Guidebook.

YGL is a professional organization of men and women employed by or for the government who are “young” in their service and/or “fresh” in their perspective. YGL was founded in 2003 by a handful of young federal employees interest in connecting with their peers. Its mission is to educate, inspire and transform the current and future leaders of government. YGL is committed to serving as a coordinated voice for the current and future generations of young government leaders by providing a community of leadership through professional development activities, networking opportunities, social events, seminars, fellowships and scholarships.

Founded in 1982, Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. provides quality legal representation on a wide range of employment law and federal personnel law issues. SB&R focuses on disciplinary and adverse action cases, employment discrimination complaints, Inspector General and Internal Affairs investigations, security clearance issues, and other federal and private-sector employment disputes.