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Federal CIO VanRoekel's 'Future First' Vision for Government Focuses on Cloud, Open Standards, Modularity, Shared Services

His priorities include doing more with less, cybersecurity, closing the productivity gap, and changing how the government invests in IT

2 Reasons Videoconferencing Remains A Niche

Interoperability and Sociological barriers need to be overcome before videoconferencing becomes as popular as phone/texts/emails

Facebook Timeline & The New Lifestreaming Era

How the new Facebook feature will transform social media... yet again

Cybersecurity Threats Require Public-Private Partnership, Says Langevin

Tax credits, liability protection could help motivate partnerships

GTRA GOVBlogs is a convenient way for you to follow the latest blog entries from Government IT Executives all on one page!

10.26.2011 - Standards: Enabling National Security (ISE)

10.26.2011 - Promoting Global Health by Sharing Knowledge (White House)

10.26.2011 - Telephony: Streamlining Service Delivery (DOT)

10.26.2011 - California Technology Agency Celebrates Project Launch of World’s Largest Licensing and Enforcement IT Program (State of CA)

10.22.2011 - Five Things That Scare a CIO (NASA)

10.17.2011 - SGM McCrary Discusses What it Takes to be a Net-worthy Tablet (Army)

10.13.2011 - Increase Security On Your Google Account (State)

10.12.2011 - The Criticality of Integrated Program Teams (DHS)

10.12.2011 - Indiana University’s Health IT Training Program (HHS)

Blog: Why VanRoekel is the Type of Leader We Need

by Parham Eftekhari, Co-Founder & Director of Research, GTRA

A true leader isn’t afraid to build on someone else’s good work. Lucky for us the new Federal CIO understands and embraces this.

GAO Smacks Down GSA Requirement for Data Center Location

Prime example of how geographic location of data centers and cloud providers can become a sticking point if regulations are not established

Meaningful Use Stage 2 More Doable Than Round One

Experience, more planning, better understanding expected to result in a smoother process during Stage 2

Federal IT Spending Requests Top 2011 Levels

Despite CR and budget cuts, spending will grow (slightly) driven by telework / mobile computing, cloud computing / virtualization, and cybersecurity

Employers Struggling to Keep Up With Social Media Trends

Although many organizations promote use of social media, only a fraction have defined social media strategies or policies

FEATURED WHITE PAPER: Information Security for Government Agencies - Checks, Balances and a More Secure Endpoint

Government agencies must protect sensitive data while improving transparency and accessibility - all in the face of rising cyber-threats. A defense-in-depth approach can optimize visibility and enforcement - without requiring additional budget and resources - to improve your overall IT security posture.

Stonesoft Nominated for Best Security Solution, Top Solution Providers to Watch for 2012

Stonesoft receives nominations for 2011 GOVTek Awards

Hosted Filter Stops Malicious Email Before It Reaches Corporate Networks

Abaca’s new cloud service blocks 99.9% of spam

AIM Taps Industry Leader for Board of Directors

AIM appoints Arvin Danielson, CTO, Intermec to board of directors

Winvale Enables FederalConference.com to Increase Government Sales from $1M to $86M in One Year

Winvale client reports increased revenue as a direct result of recently awarded GSA Schedule contract

Confident Governance Named Amongst Startup Open’s 50 Most Promising Companies

Confident Governance is the first “native” purpose built enterprise cloud governance company

Automatic ID Industry Honors Excellence at 2011 AIM Expo

AIM recognized four individuals during the 2011 AIM Expo

Winvale Has Completed the Acquisition of Federal Solutions Group Bolstering its Federal Government Sales and Marketing Capabilities

Winvale accelerates its growth through the first in a series of strategic moves, Acquires Federal Solutions Group

MILCOM 2011

November 7-10, 2011  |  Baltimore Convention Center  |  Baltimore, MD

BDNA SCCM GURU Webcast Episode 5: Inside a ConfigMgr 2012 OS Deployment Task Sequence - Michael Niehaus, Microsoft Solution Accelerator Team

November 17, 2011  |  11.00a-12.00p PST  |  Complimentary Webcast

One Year Later: Status of Federal Telework

December 7, 2011  |  Complimentary Webcast

Thank you to the GTRA Government Council

for their continued support, time, and

dedication to the Federal IT Community.

THIS MONTH'S FEATURED COUNCIL MEMBERS

Dr. Peter Alterman, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, NIH (Security Council)

Reginald Brown, Deputy Associate Director, Office of Emerging Solutions and HR Innovations, OPM (CXO Council)

Robert Dilonardo, Chief Information Officer, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, DHS (CXO Council)

Charles Gepford, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Indian Health Services (CXO Council)

Jerry Horton, Chief Information Officer, USAID (CXO Council)

Randy Maples, Deputy Chief Information Officer – Management, FTC (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)

Walt Okon, Senior Enterprise Architect, DoD Enterprise Architecture & Standards Directorate, DoD (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)

Daud Santosa, Chief Technology Officer, National Business Center, Interior (CXO Council)

Harry Tabak, Chief Enterprise Architect, NOAA National Weather Service (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)

Gregory Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, GAO (Security Council)

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