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...

Federal Information Technology Reform Act Symposium Series The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) is one of the key elements of the current administration's efforts to improve Government information technology. It aligns with the Administrations key technology objectives of: (1) driving value in Federal IT investments, (2) delivering world-class digital services, and (3) protecting Federal IT assets and information...

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...

Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise May 19, 2015George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA The DI2E Plugfest is the annual demonstration of advancements in the DI2E. The purpose is to provide a environment of networked, interoperable and reusable components, the Plugfest eXchange, where vendors are able to deploy and show their tools to provide flexible, agile and data-driven capabilities to Warfighters. The DI2E is the Department of Defense...

"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...

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...

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...

AGILE IN GOVERNMENT Sharing Innovative Approaches & Best Practices Scaling, Contracting, Governance, Measurement Another event in the series presented by ADAPT. The purposes of this event are: to foster better understanding of how agile software development methods are providing the basis for incremental and modular acquisition across Government, to discuss the changing technology of modern information-intensive businesses and the implicat...

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...

Attacking the Impediments The DoD CIO's 10 Point Plan for IT Modernization targetsthe most pressing, near-term challenges. It addresses consolidating infrastructure, streamlining processes, and developing the workforce. This first goal under streamlining processes is to Enable Agile IT. The objectives are: Lead the development of an Agile IT development methodology Provide Guidance to DoD On Agile IT Best Practices ADAPT is facilitating this w...