FBC will once again host the 2011 Controlling Authority COMSEC & EKMS Conference at the Waikiki Marriott Resort and Spa from Monday, March 7 through Friday, March 11, 2011; with exhibits open Tuesday and Wednesday. About the Conference:The purpose of this conference is to allow USPACOM CONAUTH/CMS/EKMS Managers/Users the opportunity to meet on a yearly basis to facilitate the EKMS PHASE Conversion, Key Management Infrastructure and Cryptog...

At approximately $13 billion a year, the American defense S&T program is the largest in the world and now exceeds the total defense budget of all but ten nations worldwide. It is the wellspring of the Nation’s unprecedented technical superiority.The extensive programs supported by this budget generate the technology base from which the United States develops, acquires, and maintains a vast array of worldwide capabilities. Although at...

Learn about Microsoft’s Virtualization products and what’s new in Windows Server 2008 R2Join En Pointe and Microsoft to learn more about Microsoft Virtualization technologies in the Public Sector environment. Private clouds allow you to reap many of the same benefits of public clouds within your own environment. Take advantage of the scalability, self-service management, and elasticity of cloud computing with the additional control...

Capital Planning and Enterprise Architecture have operated as two separate functions within the Federal Government since their inception. With no clear linkages between the two disciplines, Enterprise Architects and Capital Planners have rarely crossed paths outside of completing portions of the Exhibit 300 and the organizations Target Architecture… until NOW. By properly integrating the two disciplines, Senior Managers of an organizati...

Electronic Systems Center, Cryptologic Systems Division, Communications Security Product Branch will proudly host the 1st Annual COMSEC Users Conference and Workshop. We are excited to kick this year off with the theme “The Present and Future of COMSEC”. This event is set to convene at the Gateway Club on Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas, February 23-24, 2011. We have created an agenda worthy of your attendance. COMSEC is securi...

This four-day course covers the key elements of the entire federal government contracting process. Introduction to Federal Government Contracting is designed to provide those new to government contracts (or those looking for a basic refresher) with an understanding of the entire government contracting process. By providing this framework, you will be able to understand how your work relates to the overall process and will be able to more easil...

The Hickam Air Force Base Expo is Day 2 of a week-long Hawaii Expo Series, traveling to five military bases in five days. Hickam AFB is home to the 15th Airlift Wing (15AW), and 67 partner units including Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), headquarters, and the Hawaii Air National Guard.This expo will be coordinated once again with the 15th Communications Squadron. The squadron is the focal point for communication and computer systems requirements on...

In 1982, GAO released the first edition of Principles of Federal Appropriations Law – a collection of the body of law governing the expenditure of federal funds commonly known as the Red Book. Today, agency program managers, general counsel, contracts administrators and financial officers are all faced with significant challenges in meeting organization needs within current budgets. What are the rules? How are they applied in practice? W...

The JCMO Provides Joint COMSEC support to meet the operational needs of the Joint Staff, Combatant Commanders, Services, Defense Agencies, Traditional and Non-Traditional Allies, and Non-Defense Agencies. To this end, this office serves as the Controlling Authority for all Joint Inter-Theater COMSEC Package (JICP) material and other Joint Programs as assigned by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Although we control JCS owned material the JCMO i...

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), executing the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) function within the Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP), will host the 2010 Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology (CBD S&T) Conference. It will be held November 15-19, 2010, at the Hilton Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Accelerating Science for the Warfighter and Beyond This will be the second time that the latest d...