ADAPT Open Meeting Agile and EVM in DoD: Progress and Challenges April 17, 2015 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Navy League Building2300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA Continental breakfast at 8:00 AM Purpose A discussion with two senior DoD leaders of the changing IT policy towards adoption of Agile, and the challenges of applying EVM to acquisitions that are now employing Agile methods. Speakers DoD IT Policy Update - Efficiencies and Acquisition Reform...

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John Muir Digital connectedness makes us vulnerable. Cyber threats are one of the defining perils of our time. They threaten national and economic security and are aimed at governments, corporations, organizations of all types, and individuals. Personal devices, shopping, entertainment, telecommunications, manufacturing, supply chains, enterp...

Bending the Cost Curve: PlugFest PLUS In a June 13, 2014 speech at the Atlantic Council, Dr. William LaPlante, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisitions, announced that the Air Force is launching an initiative to improve acquisition processes by "Bending the Cost Curve." (Watch Video) He explained that Air Force Acquisition processes are too rigid and too slow to keep pace with emerging global technologies. The result is higher...

OUTCOME DRIVEN GOVERNMENT FORUM Achieving better results through new approaches to enterprise acrchitecture that focus on outcomes. Organizing Workshop This initial meeting is about establishing a community whose mission is to help Government organizations discover and put into practice new approaches to enterprise architecture that contribute to agency performance and deliver measureable improvements in results. Purpose Outcome Driven Govern...

The Southwest Cybersecurity Summit Building for the Future Purpose This event brings together top industry experts and government leaders to address the cyber problem in the context of what we can and should be doing to build resilience and protection in our enterprises and Government. Attendees will learn about changing Government policy, cyber research trends, and the latest in protection and resilience. It explores how the nation is dealing...

Join us for the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) - Colorado Springs Chapter - Cyber Focus Day set to take on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). Industry experts will be on hand to brief attendees on the latest trends, and best practices, in cybersecurity. This one-day forum will offer IT, business, law enforcement, government, military, academic, training, and other professionals a un...

Successful Internet-based businesses rely on rapid development and deployment of software to deliver new features to customers. They use agile methods and have reduced the time to test, integrate and put capability into production. You want to do some of that too, but you are not a start-up web business. You have legacy, infrastructure, in short, baggage, that you need to bring along. Maybe you are a government agency wanting to serve citizen...

The 2012 DTIC Conference; "Connecting Lab Research to the Warfighter", will bring together information professionals from the science, technology, research and development and acquisitions communities, who create, disseminate and use DoD scientific, research and engineering information. Over the span of two days, you will learn: how to maximize research productivity while preventing unnecessary or redundant research, how DTIC collects and shar...

Join Army LTG Carroll F. Pollett, DISA director, and the entire DISA leadership for the 2011 DISA Customer & Industry Forum at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md. from August 15 to18. This year's conference theme is “Power to Connect: Enterprise within Reach.” The annual DISA conference brings together decision-makers and subject-matter experts from the military services, combatant commands, industry, and academia...

Come and join the discussion about challenges to the workforce to incentivize candidates to pursue disciplines in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Preparing STEM candidates is only one aspect of concern. The overall problem is the number of experts available and realistic employment opportunities in their fields. Industry is responsible for connecting skilled workers with jobs that will benefit from their skills. The defense c...