Understanding Command and Control is no longer an option-- it is a requirement. With the recent combat and peacekeeping operations around the world, military forces have been forced to develop a faster, more effective and adaptable command and control model to quickly respond to the operator’s needs. Today’s missions differ from traditional military tasks as they are more complex and dynamic. They require more qualitative and colle...

“Automating Analysis to tackle the data surge & meeting current budget requirements” The past ten years of war have dramatically improved the IC’s ability to collect intelligence. With ever increasing technology and sophistication of sensors the amount of information being collected has overwhelmed analysis systems and current process. Today the Armed Services and defense agencies must accelerate the development and fiel...

Across the Logistics community the challenge exists to sustain forward operating Commands and Organizations with limited resources. Policy leaders are working diligently to create strategies that address the warfighter’s needs and tasking Defense Support Agencies to do more with less. Logistics has evolved significantly since initial operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan. Efficient use of resources and process improvement technologies...

A non-partisan educational and training Summit designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards the DoD & VA’s efforts at the iEHR and Federal HIE initiatives. The Summit will be benefiting the 501c3 nonprofit Wounded Warrior Project. The theme for May 2012 will be : Being Successful Across Domain Data Sharing and the iEHR: working towards clinically relevant, technically feasible, and financially viable innovations....

Overcoming System Challenges to Achieve Greater Capabilities and Efficiencies In today’s austere fiscal climate, unmanned air systems are assuming greater roles and continue to increase in importance for the US military. The DoD FY 2012 budget includes $4.8 billion for UAVs. While they are relied upon more and more heavily for a variety of missions, UAVs still face key challenges in regards to communications infrastructure, data manageme...

This year’s event will focus on the challenges ahead for the JLTV, MRAP, HMMWV ECV and MTVR/LVSR, including what will be done in the coming year to address the shifting priorities and vehicle requirements in OCOs. The drawdown in Iraq and shift to a long-term, sustainment strategy in Afghanistan mean that now more than ever the military must develop vehicles adequate for these new missions. Shifting theater requirements and budget realit...

Social Media for Government Communications How To Engage Citizens & Enhance Transparency Using The Latest Web 2.0 Technologies Building on the success of over 25 social media for government programs, comes the latest forum from the Advanced Learning Institute – designed to help you transform the way you communicate. Several agencies are making dramatic strides in developing approaches and systems that work for them in their engagemen...

The Summit is designed for active members of the Military Services, VA, Federal Healthcare Agencies, Academia, and Industry HIT solution providers, and those in attendance will be expected to have a strong working knowledge of the issues at hand. The sessions are created to offer a full spectrum view towards the DoD & VA's efforts at iEHRs, and Federal HIE initiatives. The forum is also created to encourage a real, pragmatic level of discu...

Earn Continuing Education Credits for ASQ & Six Sigma Recertification With the current budget situation and the focus on efficiency, Continuous Process Improvement is critical to the future success of your department. IDGA will bring together the public, private and non-profit sector leaders to highlight trends and look toward the future of Business Transformation and Process Improvement. Whether it be in supply chain improvement, human r...

Performance based Lifecycle Product Support In a Time of Limited Resources Performance Based Logistics has become one of the Defense Industry's key strategies to extend the lifespan and improve the reliability of today's defense systems. Increased deployments and shifting acquisition budgets are driving logisticians to minimize system downtimes and improve warfighter support using innovative PBL approaches. The evolution of PBL is happening no...