On September 20th and 21st the NDIA Manufacturing Division will host an in-person event at Holland & Knight, 800 17th St. NW, District of Columbia. The Manufacturing Division is focused on establishing NDIA as a trusted resource targeted at addressing DoD challenges related to: Supply Chain Risk Management Workforce Development Advanced Manufacturing Research and Engineering Future Focus The event will include briefings and fireside chats...

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 Tec...

IntroductionA major conference focusing on improving acquisition and performance of Defense programs and systems, including net-centric operations and data/information interoperability, system-of-systems engineering and all aspects of system sustainment, will be convened in San Diego, CA, October 24-27, 2011. This conference is sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association, Systems Engineering Division, with technical co-sponsorship...

The 2011 Homeland Security Symposium will present an overview of the ongoing challenges associated with large-scale disasters (and their various forms) and the risks, strategies and investments necessary to address these ever-evolving and dynamic threats, including topics such as: Preventing and Responding to the Worst – Bio, Chemical and Nuclear Security Unpredictable Wrath - The Forces of Mother Nature Responding and Adapting – D...

Information Sharing in a Contested Cyber Domain, Post-Wikileaks What will be the ultimate impact of Wikileaks on information sharing initiatives? Many think that the impact will help drive information sharing into a standards-based approach with strong policy foundations. The unfortunate Wikileaks incident points to establishing fundamentally sound and responsible information sharing policies and procedures. Information is most powerful when...

The annual National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Space Division National Security Space Policy and Architecture Symposium will be held this year on the 28th and 29th of June, 2011 at the TASC Heritage Conference Center in Chantilly, VA. The Symposium is co-sponsored by NDIA and the Executive Agent for Space Staff (EA4Space) and is conducted at the TS/SCI level. It provides a unique non-attribution forum in which the Government can pr...