Homeland Security Week (HSW) will provide homeland security stakeholders with an industry event focusing on further developing the requirements necessary for numerous government agencies, all directly or indirectly responsible for US homeland security, to facilitate a complex, joint, multilayered plan that will combat the evolving threat our country faces – all while ensuring the support of the communities they serve. The 10th Annual Hom...

Federal Information Technology Reform Act Symposium Series The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) represents the most comprehensive overhaul of Government IT since Clinger-Cohen. OMB is preparing implementation guidance for the requirements of the law, however, each Federal agency will need to develop their own implementation policies and processes. FITARA changes the Chief Information Officer’s (CIO) role si...

Unlike traditional manufacturing, which involves creating a smaller object from a larger source material, additive manufacturing takes raw materials, feeds them through a digital manufacturing system and creates a customized object from that material, eliminating excess material waste. This potential ability to exchange AM design and manufacturing capabilities via file sharing has enormous potential ramifications for reducing shipping and prod...

Over 20 Top Experts from USAF AF/A2D, OUSD/AT&L, INSCOM, HQ USA,NSA, Army G-3/5/7 PO, DoD CIO, FBI, DHS/FEMA, NIST, NGA, DISA, WRTAC, Deloitte, IBM, Raytheon, NetApp, DigitalGlobe, Resilient, Elder Research, L-3 Data Tactics, Femme Comp Inc., and IDA Discussing: • Emerging DOD, IC and Government Intelligence Plans and Needs • Status and Forecast of Key DoD, IC, and Government Intelligence Programs and Initiatives • Tools and...

Over 30 Experts from DOT, FAA, NASA, GAO, USAF, USGS, DHS, DOJ, FEMA, Insitu/Boeing, Lockheed Martin, British Petroleum, MAAP, NUAIR, UMd, Small UAV Coalition, Altavian, ADFS, Airware, Global Aerospace, Unmanned Experts, McKenna, Long, Aldrige LLP, Duetto Group, and Eckert Seamans examine… ■ Current and Future Plans for UAS Integration in the National Airspace ■ Roadmaps, Regulatory Issues, Technical Challenges ■ Finan...

The Department of Defense continues to be the largest single acquirer and user of energy and energy systems and technologies in the world. While most continue to be petroleum and petroleum-based products, there is also a steadily growing market for alternative energies. In addition, DoD and the Services are investing heavily in new technologies to improve energy efficiency and management, whether at fixed installations or in the deployed, mobi...

Transforming the use of enterprise architecture to improve performance and mission effectiveness. PURPOSE ODG’s March Workshop will showcase how Government organizations have incorporated agile EA and outcome-driven methodologies to drive operational efficiencies and enhanced performance in support of their agency’s mission and arrive at a baseline of agile EA attributes. In particular, the workshop will examine how emerging applic...

Over 20 Service & Industry Experts from: NMIO/ONI, Army G2, HQ USAF (AF/A2C), OSD/CIO C4I, 480 ISR Wing, USAF (AF/A2D), USMC (CD&I/G5), USMC/MCWL, ODNI/IARPA, USA (PMTS), HSARPA/DHS, USA (PM SAI), NRO/MID, NPS, Northrop Grumman, Harris, Raytheon, ViaSAT, DigitalGlobe, ISPA, System Dynamics Intl, & CSFI will be presenting: Special Presentations by: ■ RADM Elizabeth Train, USN, - Director, National Maritime Intelligence- Integr...

Hosted by the Marine Corps Association and Foundation in coordination with HQMC, we will celebrate the work of the Marine Corps Logisticians of 2014. Honoring the Officer, Enlisted, and Civilian Logisticians of the Year as well as the Unit of the Year. Join us at this widely attended event where you will meet old friends, MCA&F members, industry partners, and others in the military community for an evening of education, networking, and mos...

The 10th Annual Vision Defense Strategic Planning Forum will be hosted by the Professional Services Council at the Hilton Crystal City on March 3, 2015. The highly popular panel of defense industry strategists will offer their views on the latest DoD budget request, the major challenges facing the industry in the future and their view of the longer-term defense environment.This year our panel will be speaking to these important questions: How...