The Military Aviation Logistics and Maintenance Symposium (MALMS) is an annual forum for the U.S. military and supporting industry to engage in deliberate discussions on everything related to aircraft maintenance, logistics and sustainment operations, including presentations on emerging trends, challenges, and evolving threats – all to ensure U.S. military readiness and dominance. This event is your opportunity to join top military and c...

Take a journey with Informatica and Carahsoft as we view mission readiness through the prism of VAULTIS. The Department of Defense has mandated all DoD leaders "treat data as a weapon system and manage, secure, and use data for operational effect." To achieve this mandate, the DoD Data Strategy lays out seven goals to transition towards data-centric operations: VAULTIS, to make data Visible, Accessible, Understandable, Linked, Trustworthy, Int...

The 2017 annual conference for the PNWGITA will be taking place April 24th & 25th at the Future of Flight in Mukilteo, WA only 30 minutes North of downtown Seattle. Come to Mukilteo, participate in our sessions and discuss today’s hot topics in Geomatics with your peers. We have a phenomenal roster of industry leading speakers that is second to none. GITA Pacific Northwest represents and supports the Geomatics industry throughout the...

FITARA Implementation Symposium III Theme: Assessing the Financial Management Impact Transparency is a key element of FITARA. Agencies will need to trace plans, investments, budgets, procurements and resources to business and mission outcomes. The approaches pioneered to enhance visibility across the CxO communities can benefit all areas of Government. Initial Scorecards On November 4 the House Oversight and Government Reform, Information Tech...

As Northern Australia continues to establish itself as a key military and strategic region for the ADF and its partners, further investment is needed to support the multitude of major defence projects and the necessary infrastructure required for their operation. The north has proven to be an attractive and resourceful location for defence/industry with close links to the Asia Pacific, a strong economy, existing military presence & capabil...

Don't miss this event presented by the Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC). In July 2015, Ms. Council joined the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology (OI&T) and Chief Information Officer. In this role, Ms. Council oversees the day-to-day activities of VA’s $4 billion IT budget and over 8,000 IT employees to ensure that VA has the IT tools and services needed...

Faced with the biggest reform for 40 years, budget cuts and organisational change, Defence is presented with a new paradigm – how to effectively innovate and deliver value for money services to support our armed forces in the wake of a changing fiscal and operating environment. Effective partnering between defence and industry will continue to be critical to fostering a culture of innovation, constructive reforms and the achievement of m...

Department of the Army Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASAALT) is holding an Industry Day on May 28 to engage industry and academia in discussion on a Cyber Innovation Challenge that leads to an OTA-based funding award. The Industry Day addresses how the Army plans to use the Section 845 Prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) authority to access new cyberspace capabilities that build upon, re-use and augment...

Despite the extensive global attention and resources to countering national and international terrorism, Australia's national security organizations face the ongoing challenges of preventing and responding to the continually evolving national security environment. In the last few months alone, the emergence of ISIS and introduction of new national security and anti-terror legislation continues to place a spotlight on Team Australia's borders,...

Opening with the theme of risk and threat management, the conference emphasised the importance of engagement and communication by bringing together a broad range of stakeholders who actively exchanged ideas, initiatives and opinions around optimising student security. Although campus and student security it is not an area that is easily managed, the conference showcased the proactive initiatives and ideas being implemented with a series of cas...