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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10.06.06
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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09.11.06
Posted in DNI, collaboration, information sharing at 8:50 pm by Administrator
Dr. Fingar speech at DISCo
It is great to see that some senior DNI leaders are getting with their endorsement of Intellipedia, the IC wiki based on the same software as Wikipedia. Imagine that! Creating National Intelligence Estimates in a collaborative online fashion that everyone has access to. The Wisdom of Crowds at work.
So will it work?
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08.14.06
Posted in DNI, DoD, Information Assurance, security at 8:10 pm by Administrator
Building the IA Offensive Line – By Mickey McCarter – Military Information Technology
The Department of Defense has been making significant progress in recent months to implement various information assurance initiatives, according to DoD Information Assurance Director Robert Lentz.
One of the most promising activities that Lentz refers to is the Cross Domain Management Office, which was created with Dale Meyerrose and the Office of the DNI/CIO.
Let’s see how this works out… One would hope that their would be less redundancy at the very least…
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08.12.06
Posted in DNI, Intelligence Community, military, small business at 12:54 am by Guy
Tune into upcoming editions of FEDERALLY READY™ by The American Small Business Coalition for federal contracting information for the small business community.
FEDERALLY READY™ airs Monday mornings at 10am (EST) on AM 1190 WBIS and is simulcast on the FEDERALLY READY™ website located at www.federallyready.com.
Upcoming guests on the Eye on Government (sponsored by Eye Q Development, a Member of The ASBC) include:
If the upcoming GSA Alliant and Alliant Small Business GWAC’s are on your radar, click here to listen to our interview with Jim Ghiloni, GSA/FAS Acting Director of GWAC’s and Program Manager for Alliant and Alliant SB. (You’ll need to register and create your free Visitor account to access the Archives section)
Tune in!
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08.07.06
Posted in DNI, Intelligence Community, small business at 4:28 am by Administrator
SBINT welcomes Michele Weslander of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to the September 2006 monthly meeting.
The ASBC Small Business Intelligence (SBINT) Group is focused on business opportunities within the U.S. Intelligence Community and is open Members of The ASBC meeting the participation requirements.
The September 2006 SBINT event is nearly full. Click here to register.
The meeting begins at 8:00am and prepaid registration is required to confirm participation.
Participation requests must be submitted to Guy Timberlake at gtimberlake@theasbc.org.
Ms. Michele R. Weslander
Principal Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Chief Information Officer
Ms. Michele R. Weslander Principal Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Chief Information Officer Ms. Michele R. Weslander was appointed the first Principal Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Chief Information Officer in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on 3 January 2006. Prior to her appointment to the Director of National Intelligence staff as the Deputy Chief Information Officer, she served as the Deputy Technical Executive of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Ms. Weslander’s previous assignments at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency were as the Director of the Horizontal Integration Office, InnoVision Directorate, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Officer for Multi-INT. She was appointed to the Senior Executive ranks in August 2002.
Prior to government service, Ms. Weslander spent over a decade as a systems engineering and technical assistance industry partner and consultant supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, working primarily with the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency. Appointed a Chief Engineer at her company, her technical expertise includes image science, systems engineering, and operational prototyping and insertion of leading-edge technology to support operations. Ms. Weslander was selectively recruited directly from industry because of her renowned trail-blazing achievements in promoting multi-discipline intelligence collaboration and information sharing among Intelligence Community agencies and the Department of Defense. A true ambassador, her efforts to transform culture, as well as technology, have led to unprecedented collaboration and cooperation between the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office and their Commonwealth partners.
Ms. Weslander received a Bachelor of Science degree in both Physics and Engineering Science, cum laude, from Seattle Pacific University in Washington, and a Master of Science degree in Optics from the University of Rochester in New York. She is a member of a multi-agency and military team that was awarded the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation, and was personally awarded the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. Ms. Weslander is a member of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CAPSTONE 2003-4 Fellows, and attended the program for Senior Managers in Government at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government in Massachusetts.
This link will take you to an article written by Seattle Pacific University, Michelle Weslander’s alma mater: http://www.spu.edu/depts/uc/response/summer2k5/alumni/intelligence.asp
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