AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) DC (District of Columbia) is the oldest and most well-established Chapter of the AFCEA International family. With approximately 3,000 members and 6,000 nonmember associates and friends in industry, government and academia, AFCEA strives to educate and marshal local federal and contractor communities to achieve stronger, more cohesive, National Capital Region teaming.
The long-held mythos regarding governmental weakness in recognizing and securing nascent technologies was deposed in AFCEA’s recent Summit, held 21 February 2012. Panelists identified contract vehicles, innovative strategies and effective tactics Military and Federal agencies intend to deploy for government-wide rapid technology acquisition. This year’s Symposium highlighted development, integration and deployment of progressive technologies with a focus on implementation of L2 (lessons-learned). The intended result. . .effective guidance for government and industry to achieve fast-responder technology acquisitions.
According to Ms. Peter Tseronis, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of the Department of Energy. . .“To take a trend on, there’s a lot that has to be considered: it’s acquisition, it’s who provides the service, it’s considering what’s the next thing that’s going to come out . . . it’s up to us to figure out how it serves the mission.”
And, the focus government leaders were driving home referenced industry and the institutionalization of key information technology sharing built on proficient private sector modeling. The federal and contractor community needs to deliver progressive access management, biometrics, collaboration, cybersecurity, identity, information sharing, mobility, R&D, etc. – as integral industry-standards with efficiency, succinctness in budgetary practices and enterprise-wide fulfillment proficiency. Second-best or almost-there won’t cut it this season.
Government and industry have to step up their game, because the general consensus among DoD (Department of Defense), Military and Agencies/Services is, as the national budget tightens. . .encapsulation of operational oversight with an eye on industry-driven "cost efficient" trend-setting charts the most provident pre-emptive planning in 2012 and beyond.
Panelists shared common frameworks regarding Enterprise IT. Stating strategic requirements drive significant acquisition and implementation markers. Major General Steven Smith, Director, Cyber Directorate, United States Army CIO/G-6 (Chief Information Office/G-6) stated, "We’re looking for joint, collaborative, open-system solutions to our problems. The first question we ask is who’s doing it better? What are the other services doing? And then we reach out to our partners in the dot-gov environment because we have to cut that cycle time.”
The DoD remains the government’s trend-setter, "Identity-based, security-driven, network access is being fast-tracked by the DoD. . .if we could solve this problem, a lot of 'other' architectural challenges we face could get easier. . .a major challenge is the speed of acquisition. . ." stated Captain Christopher Page, CO (Commanding Officer), Hopper Information Services Center, Office of Naval Intelligence, United States Navy.
Adaptation of protocol coupled with mission-critical confluence regarding real-time industry-trendsetting are keys to infrastructural redesign for DoD and Services/Agencies/Department – this rings true for today, tomorrow and the immediate future.
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