DirectEmployers Association

🎖️ Veterans bring valuable skills, experience, and leadership to the workforce—but connecting them to the right opportunities requires the right tools.

Join Kim Lott, DirectEmployers, and Ellen Samoriski, NASWA, for: Reconnecting Veterans to Opportunity: Using NLx Tools to Strengthen Veteran Employment Outcomes

📅 July 10, 2026
⏰ 8:30 AM
📍 Independence DE

This practical, training-focused session will explore how workforce professionals can leverage NLx resources to support veteran recruitment, employer engagement, job matching, apprenticeship opportunities, and SkillBridge initiatives.

Learn how DVOPs, LVERs, and CODLs can maximize these tools to strengthen employment outcomes for veterans and transitioning service members.

See the full agenda: https://web.cvent.com/event/1385fb39-9938-462e-a3ef-6f8c919244de/summary

Got breakthrough HR strategies or compliance insights to share? 🎤 The DEAMcon27 Call for Presenters is OPEN!

We’re looking for passionate speakers to take the stage and inspire our community of HR, recruitment, and compliance professionals. Whether you have a case study to share or advanced regulatory guidance to untangle, we want to hear your unique perspective. 💡

Submission Highlights:
- Simple, streamlined application process.

- Opportunities for solo presentations, co-presentations, or panel discussions.

- Position your brand in front of hundreds of enterprise HR leaders.

Ready to lead the conversation? Click the link below to review the guidelines and lock in your submission before the August 15th deadline!

🔗 https://deamcon.org/call-for-presenters/

President Trump's new Executive Order 14409 shifts the federal relationship with AI into high gear.

It won't change your daily compliance checklists today, but it is quickly altering the tech standards for companies doing business with the government.

Here are the quick highlights:

🛡️ Tighter Tech Security: Higher cybersecurity expectations for contractor systems touching federal networks.

🔍 Focus on Model Integrity: Increased attention on data governance and how powerful AI recruitment tools are secured.

🤝 Partnership First: A clear preference for voluntary public-private collaboration over top-down government mandates.

Staying informed now means fewer surprises as these tech expectations become embedded in future program requirements.

The White House Just Signaled Where AI Policy Is Heading: What Federal Contractors Need to Know President Trump's June 2026 AI Executive Order is reshaping federal cybersecurity policy. Here's what federal contractors need to know about its key provisions.