01.23.07
Posted in AFCEA, Carter Morris, Charles Allen, DHS, DNI, DNI/CIO, Dale Meyerrose, George Foresman, Homeland Security, Information Fusion, Intelligence Fusion, Jay Cohen, Jim Flyzik, Michael Chertoff, Scott Charbo, conference, event, information sharing, innovation, security at 11:19 pm by Administrator
Dear Colleague:
You are Invited! 6th annual AFCEA Homeland Security Conference “Intelligence and Information Fusion… Beyond Sharing”, February 28 – March 1, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, in Washington, DC.
An All-Star Government-Industry Steering Committee has joined with AFCEA to craft a conference agenda that addresses the issues most critical to Homeland Security.
Invited Speakers Include
- The Honorable Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Mr. George Foresman, Under Secretary for Preparedness, DHS (confirmed)
- Mr. Scott Charbo, Chief Information Officer, DHS
- Mr. Charles Allen, Chief Intelligence Officer, DHS
- The Honorable Dale Meyerrose, Chief Information Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- RADM Jay Cohen, USN (Ret.), Under Secretary for Science and Technology, DHS
- Mr. Gregory Garcia, Assistant Secretary of Cyber Security and Telecommunications, DHS
- Mr. David Paulison, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Mr. Chris Rice, Chief Technology Officer, AT&T (confirmed)
Panel Sessions
Fusion Centers
- Dr. Carter Morris, Director of Information Sharing and Knowledge Management, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, DHS
- Ms. Lora Becker (invited), Director (Incoming), Federal State and Local Threat Reporting and Assessments Coordination Group, DHS
- Dr. Elaine Cummins (invited), Executive Staff, National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Mr. Robert Riegle, Director, State and Local Fusion Center, DHS
Border Fusion
- Mr. Jim Flyzik, President, The Flyzik Group
- Mr. Greg Giddens, Executive Director for Secure Border Initiatives, DHS
- Ms. Kathleen Kraninger, Director of Screening and Coordination Office, DHS
- Mr. Rod MacDonald, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information and Technology, DHS
- Mr. Frank Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs and Passport Services, Department of State
Enabling Fusion: Survivable/Interoperable
- Mr. Robert Zitz (invited), Deputy Under Secretary for Preparedness, DHS
- Mr. Tony Cira (invited), Chief Information Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Mr. Paul Cosgrave, Chief Information Officer, City of New York
- Dr. Peter Fonash (invited), National Communication Systems
- RADM Ron Hewitt, USCG (invited), Chief Information Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
- Mr. Robert LeGrande, Acting Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia
Cyber Fusion: National Cyber Defense
- Ms. Sallie McDonald, Director and Deputy Manager, National Communication Systems
- Mr. John Bansemer (invited), Director of Homeland Defense, National Security Council
- Mr. Jerry Dixon (invited), National Cyber Security Division, DHS
- Lt Gen Al Edmonds, USAF (Ret.) (invited), President and CEO, Edmonds Enterprise Services
- RADM Elizabeth Hight, USN (invited), Director, GIG Operations, DISA
- Mr. John Nagengast, Director, Information Assurance Programs, AT&T
- Ms. Kiersjen Nielson (invited), Director of Homeland Defense, Homeland Security Council
- Mr. Robert LeGrande, Acting Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia
Homeland Security issues and challenges – SOLVED! Don’t miss the Solutions Showcase with the latest Homeland Security technologies!
Please contact Jenny Pereira at (703) 631-6170 to reserve your space today!
On today’s Conference Calendar, with multiple Homeland Security events, THIS is the ONLY ONE you need to attend!
Register today!
Conference Sponsors
AT&T, Booz Allen Hamilton, ManTech, QinetiQ North America, Qwest Government Services, TANDBERG, Unisys and Verizon Business.
Questions?
Gina McGovern at (800) 336-4583, ext. 6236, (703) 631-6236 or gmcgovern@afcea.org.
We look forward to seeing you at the 2007 AFCEA Homeland Security Conference!
http://www.afcea.org/events/homeland
Sponsored by AFCEA International
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10.24.06
Posted in AFCEA, conference, event at 10:23 pm by Administrator
A Conference
on How Information Technology is Driving Advances in Healthcare
at the Federal Level…
- One-day program, packed with information to guide your organization’s
Health IT pursuits over the next 12-18 months;
- Updates from key stakeholders at VA, DHS, & HHS who are
responsible for achieving Federal health objectives through the
use of IT;
- Current status on the challenges and needs facing Health IT
project managers and department leaders, and how industry can
help;
- Hear from Health leaders/decision makers on where IT programmatics
and spending will be headed;
- Networking with industry colleagues and partners who are also
interested in Health opportunities – both prime and sub-contractors,
companies big and small.
If you are currently doing business in the Health
IT market, or you want to do business with VA, HHS, or DHS….
Then you need to be at Health IT Day on
November 15.
Exact
Schedule for the Day
More
About AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Day
Featured Speakers Include:
- Dr. Jeffrey W. Runge, Chief Medical Officer,
DHS
- Dr. Robert M. Kolodner, Chief Health Informatics
Officer, VHA, VA
- Mr. Craig B. Luigart, CIO, VHA, VA
- Mr. Charles Havekost, CIO, HHS
- Ms. Karen Evans, Administrator of E-Gov &
IT, OMB
- Ms. Laura Conn, Acting Dep Dir, Natl Center
for Public Health Informatics, CDC
- Hon. Michael O. Leavitt (invited),
Secretary of HHS
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Posted in AFCEA, Information Assurance at 2:01 am by Administrator
AFCEA Technical Committee Tech
Forum
Information Assurance: Navigating The Future IT Threat
Landscape
November 13, 2006 0800-1200
Pricing:
Government/Military – $FREE / Industry – $75
Event
Location:
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
12900 Federal Systems
Park
Fairfax, VA 22033
Map | Driving Directions
Topic:
This AFCEA Technical seminar will
focus on the emerging new threats to our Government’s IT
infrastructure. As new types of attacks and even the motivations
behind those attacks evolve, it is increasingly difficult to
recognize threats, stop attacks, isolate damage and even potentially
forensically track back the attackers. The speakers will discuss
topics ranging from: IA regulatory compliancy, protecting the
infrastructure and its assets, emerging Defense-in-depth protection
strategies, technologies role, and best practices. |
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| Speakers: |
Chris Rouland – ISS CTO – Moderator
Richard Hale – DISA –
Confirmed
Joe Capps – USA – Confirmed
Mike Brown – FAA –
Confirmed
Anthony Bargar – USAF – Invited
Curtis Dukes – NSA –
Confirmed |
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| Schedule: |
08:00 – 08:30 Registration and sign-in
08:30 – 08:40
Welcome
08:40 – 09:00 Threat Overview (Chris Rouland, CTO
ISS)
09:00 – 09:15 Speaker #1
09:15 – 09:30 Speaker
#2
09:30 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:15 Speaker #3
10:15 –
10:30 Speaker #4
10:30 – 10:45 Speaker #5
10:45 – 11:30
Q&A Session |
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10.06.06
Posted in DNI, DNI/CIO, Intelligence Community, information sharing at 12:01 am by Administrator
GCN: Intel agencies going to ‘war’ over IT security
One quote from the article I found interesting: “[Dale Meyerrose, DNI/CIO] said his office was given the challenge of leading the federal effort to prepare for the Avian Flu. His office helped set up three portals — for top-secret, secret and unclassified data. The secret and top-secret portals were set up in two weeks, but the unclassified portal took six months.”
This definitely great news, but why have 3 portals? (It is easy to imagine that there is probably redundant data on all 3 portals.) Why not just create one portal that has classified and unclassified data? People could gain access to it based on their security clearance. So that a person that doesn’t have clearance can access only the unclassified stuff and the person that has a top secret clearance can access everything.
Do you think this is doable? What would it take?
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10.05.06
Posted in DNI, DNI/CIO, Information Assurance, Intelligence Community, policy, security at 11:52 pm by Administrator
Intel agencies going to ‘war’ over IT security
Just saw this article on GCN and found some things particularly interesting… Dale Meyerrose, the DNI/CIO, stated: “We haven’t updated our security policy since 2001,” he said. “It took three years to write and four years to get approved. We will do this in 11 months.”
Can you imagine that? What if the business world worked that way? I bet commercial companies work create policies in less than a month. How does Google or Bank of America do it? Maybe the IC should be talking to them…
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10.04.06
Posted in JFCOM, breakfast, military, small business at 10:30 pm by Administrator
The ASBC : WBC Hampton Roads/Tidewater
WBC Hampton Roads/Tidewater October 2006 — U.S. Joint Forces Command
Click here to register for this event.
For the Inaugural Hampton Roads/Tidewater Washington Breakfast Club, we’re pleased to welcome Dr. Russell Richards and Captain Ray Rodriguez, USN of U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
U. S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) is one of nine combatant commands in the Department of Defense, and the only combatant command focused on the transformation of U.S. military capabilities.
Among his duties, the commander of USJFCOM oversees the command’s four primary roles in transformation – joint concept development and experimentation, joint training, joint interoperability and integration, and the primary conventional force provider as outlined in the Unified Command Plan approved by the president.
The doors open at 7:30 AM for registration and networking with a hot buffet breakfast being served at 8:00. Each attendee will be given the opportunity to introduce him/herself and his/her company. Following this our speaker will present their program and we will turn it back over to networking following any questions there may be.
The cost of the event is $30.00 for prepaid registration and $45 at the door.
We look forward to seeing you Wednesday morning!
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10.03.06
Posted in AFCEA, breakfast, event at 12:24 pm by Administrator
AFCEA Bethesda Chapter October Breakfast
Meeting Information
“Moving from Compliance to Performance”
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
LOCATION:
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, Maryland 20852 Phone: 1-301-822-9200 Fax: 1-301-822-9201 Toll-Free: 1-800-859-8003
Rates if you register in advance:
AFCEA Members $48; Non-Members $60; Gov/Military free
PLEASE NOTE: On-site registration fees are $10 higher
and the parking fee is now included in registration.
Registration Begins: 6:30 a.m., Breakfast Served Promptly at 7:30 a.m.
Click here for the AFCEA Bethesda Chapter Home Page
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09.28.06
Posted in awards, small business, technology at 1:24 pm by egreenwood
According to this years Digital Government Achievement Awards, here are some of the most useful government IT applications.
Montana Tankhelper is a site that helps manage underground storage tanks. “Tankhelper is a much more useful tool than a three-ring binder of information stuck on a shelf in a service station somewhere, especially since if tank systems fail, cleanup and resulting liabilities can cost millions” said Todd Sander at the Government Technology Conference in Albany, N.Y. The site has information on why tank systems fail, as well as deadlines, forms, due dates etc. “It is a really good example,” said Sander, “of taking a bureaucratic regulatory process and making it friendly and easy to use.”
Maryland’s Economic Development Portal. Important information on how businesses decide to locate. The search begins quietly, mostly online, checking various locations to see what kind of information is available, and rather quickly eliminating or shortlisting locations based on what is found. Maryland — seeking to attract business — put information online about infrastructure, taxes, available properties, etc. It’s all in one place and takes what is already known how to do, and focused it on a community of interest to give Maryland a competitive advantage.
The Federal Government’s grants.gov aggregates $400 billion annually in grants and presents it coherently, which is a major leap forward. The site is easy to navigate, and solves the problem of grants going unused because they were difficult to find, or fraught with unknown deadlines etc.
Oakland County Michigan’s Video Arraignment and Document Management System connects courts, administration, jails, police departments and other law enforcement agencies on a common network. The network reduces the need to transport prisoners for arraignments and other appointments. Reduced security concerns, personnel costs etc. The system contains calendars and schedules, the video recordings are transferred to the record, and digital signatures and time stamps handle legal issues and non-repudiation.
Seminole County, Fla., Emergency Whiteboard. This is just a very simple way for sharing information in managing any kind of disaster. This site contains lots of information, from how to donate blood, where to find tents, etc.
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Posted in BRAC, Fort Meade, NSA at 12:44 am by Administrator
Fort Meade Expansion Ignites Fears – washingtonpost.com
I actually live close to the expansion area and generally think this is positive. One thing that the planners and developers need to ensure is that they make the Arundel Gateway development mixed use. This would definitely alleviate some of the traffic concerns. If there is housing, office and retail within 1 mile, then you really don’t need a car and naturally don’t have to be in traffic so much.
So what would you think if this were happening in your neighborhood?
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09.25.06
Posted in DIA, Defense IT, DoD, Intelligence Community, R&D, innovation, technology at 11:07 pm by Administrator
Lewis Shepherd Bio 2006
Mr. Shepherd has had an impresive career so far! From his Bio, it states that Lewis Shepherd is currently (Senior Executive Service / Defense Intelligence Senior Level) the DIA Senior Technical Officer and Chief, Requirements & Research Group (R²). It further states that Lewis Shepherd leads R&D (research and development) for next generation
technological solutions for the Defense Intelligence enterprise comprising DIA and the Department of Defense Intelligence Community.
Very cool! Can you imagine if other IC execs did the same thing? How’s that for being open? Way to go Mr. Shepherd! Now, all he needs is a public blog! 
So do you think that pretty soon many IC execs will be online?
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