GOVTek Monthly Newsletter: Issue 65, January 2010


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GTRA Council Meeting Video Interviews
DR. PAUL A. TIBBITS, MD
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of Enterprise Development
VETERANS AFFAIRS


DENNIS WISNOSKY
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Enterprise Architect
DEFENSE

DAVID ZEPPIERI
Chief Information Officer
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

BILL WITTEL
Director of Business Development
ISOCORP

MICHAEL MCFARREN
Senior Principal, Information Systems Engineer, MITRE
DEFENSE


CHARLES ROSS
Director, Sales Engineering
Public Sector
McAfee

RON ROSS
Senior Computer Scientist
NIST

ROGER THORNTON
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
FORTIFY

BLAIR CANAVAN
VP, Business Development
TITUS LABS

JEFF WARD
Director, Public Sector Sales
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President
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TIM KELLEHER
EVP, Sales & Marketing
ECLAT

DAVE KAEHLER
Director, Federal Sector
Q1 LABS

MAX BERMAN
Vice President
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BILL NIESTER
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GTRA Council Meeting Research Briefs
GTRA Research Brief: The Acceptance of Cloud Computing in the Federal Government
Only a few years ago, the term "Cloud Computing" was known only to the hyper-savvy techies of the world. Today, hardly a week goes by where technology publications and e-newsletters don't mention the term and how it is revolutionizing the federal IT landscape. In 2009, GTRA has seen government executives go from bewilderment to general acceptance of Cloud as a viable model. In this research brief, we look at the key factors which have lead to Cloud's acceptance, address the top concern federal executives have vis-à-vis implementing Cloud Networks, and take a glimpse into the future to see what government executives should do next.

GTRA Research Brief: A Tipping Point - The Fight for our Nation's Cyber Security
GTRA believes that the critical role IT plays in the overall machine we call the Government is often overlooked and undervalued, making it hard for practitioners to not only do their job but truly get excited about what they do. At the same time, this lack of 'limelight' also adversely affects the discussion on the responsibilities and duties facing IT practitioners as servants of the taxpayer. In this research brief, GTRA shares its view on why Government IT practitioners deserve more focus, presents facts it believes show that times are changing with regard to how IT is viewed in the government, and lists the responsibilities it feels members of the community must always remember while performing their day-to-day activities.

GTRA Research Brief: Techies, the Unsung Heros
GTRA believes that the critical role IT plays in the overall machine we call the Government is often overlooked and undervalued, making it hard for practitioners to not only do their job but truly get excited about what they do. At the same time, this lack of 'limelight' also adversely affects the discussion on the responsibilities and duties facing IT practitioners as servants of the taxpayer. In this research brief, GTRA shares its view on why Government IT practitioners deserve more focus, presents facts it believes show that times are changing with regard to how IT is viewed in the government, and lists the responsibilities it feels members of the community must always remember while performing their day-to-day activities.
GTRA Council Meeting Press Releases
Government Cyber Security Priorities for 2010
A Keynote panel of Industry security executives moderated by Christopher Garcia, Director Cyber Security and Incident Response Center, FAA with Robert Lentz, Former Deputy Asst Secretary of Defense for Cyber, Identity and Information Assurance, DoD, Tim Upton, Founder, President & CEO, Titus Lab, and Charles Ross, Director, Sales Engineering Public Sector, McAfee focused on cyber security priorities for 2010 and gave the audience strategies for preemptive security measures.

NASA CIO, NIST, DHS Dispel Myths about Cloud & Share Vision for 2010
Chris Kemp, CIO, Ames Research Center, NASA, delivered one of the most highly anticipated keynotes on how Cloud Computing is being used at NASA to help cut costs, increase efficiency, and allow the agency to increase focus on mission critical activities.

GTRA Council Awards "Best Of" 2009 Tech Leaders!
Today GTRA announced the "Best Of 2009" technology winners for the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) awards. Senior executives at the Government Technology Research Alliance's semi-annual council meetings voted among their peers for cutting edge speaking demonstrations, presentations and best in class government technology solutions. GTRA will be including the award winners in a beta group for supporting Obama CTO Council initiatives.
Research & Publications
Ready. Aim. Fortify.:  U.S. Army Deploys Application Security Regimen through Fortify 360
Maintaining training superiority and achieving readiness objectives required the Army to transform its business practices and information management processes as part of the overarching "Net-Centric Data Strategy" of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). As a result, much time and effort has been devoted to TAMIS development and network "hardening" solutions designed to prevent attacks against the application.

Having Confidence in Cloud Computing: Addressing Enterprise Security Concerns
Although there is growing recognition of cloud computing's benefits-and an ever stronger business case for achieving high performance by moving deeper into the cloud-progress is snagged on concerns about IT security. Enterprise IT leaders now must find the right balance between the risks and rewards of computing in the cloud. They can benefit by revisiting well-established IT security and enterprise risk management practices.

Best Practices for the Implementation of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) for the U.S. Federal Government and Military
The CUI Memorandum standardizes practices around the sharing of CUI with a goal of improving the sharing of information within the executive departments of the Federal Government. The Memorandum specifically adopts, defines, and institutes CUI as the single designation for all information formerly referred to as SBU in the Information Sharing Environment (ISE). To meet the Presidential Directive all departments and agencies must take necessary and appropriate actions to safeguard sensitive but unclassified information related to America's homeland security.

New Study Reveals Remote Workforce Challenges During Emergency
A new study by Telework Exchange and Intel, titled "Mobilizing Against Pandemic" revealed that 81 percent of government and business IT decision makers have written business continuity plans.  However, the study finds an inflated IT confidence - both sectors report implementation challenges and lack assurance that employees could work remotely during an emergency.

How to Succeed With IT Security Using SCAP
Securing the U.S. against cyber attacks has become one of the nation's top priorities. To achieve this objective, networks, systems, and the operations teams that support them must vigorously defend against external attacks. This also rings true for the commercial sector as more than 70 new vulnerabilities are found each week in commercial applications - and many more have been exploited without public recognition in custom applications written by programmers from individual sites in government, commercial, and private enterprises.

Titus Labs Announces Message Classification 3.1
Titus Labs today announced a new release of its flagship offering, Titus Labs Message Classification (TMC). The latest version of the TMC software, version 3.1, delivers the power to label both inbound and outbound messages as well as classify portions of an email. TMC 3.1 enables users to label incoming mail to enable better records management. In addition, military organizations can now benefit from the new capability to classify portions of an email. These new features help organizations understand the value of what needs to be protected and to better find, manage and control sensitive data.

Gideon's SecureFusion Automates The Consensus Audit Guidelines
Gideon Technologies announces that their flagship solution, SecureFusion, supports numerous automated security controls of the Consensus Audit Guidelines (CAG), an effective guide developed with the intent to help defend the nation's intelligence and information infrastructures. Developed in a collaborative effort across federal agencies, FBI cybercrime teams, and forensic experts, the CAG is viewed as a valuable guide for blocking well-known, high-priority attacks across government infrastructures.

Top Reasons for Information Labeling
Identify the business value of data by tagging emails and documents. Labels add structure to volumes of unstructured data within large organizations. Consistent labels based on corporate policy include metadata to improve email management, prevent inadvertent disclosure, trigger encryption, and add intelligence to archival.
Upcoming Industry Events
January 7, 2010: The Performance-Driven Agency Transformation Solution
In this webinar we will focus on how eaGov 2010 assures that agencies can capture, represent, and tie together information sets that are fundamental to transformation. We'll explore how stakeholders and analysts across agency domains access unified content from a common repository and use that information to drive informed decision making and planning, as well as directly supporting mandatory reporting.  To register please visit our website at http://troux.com/resources/events/

January 7-8, 2010:  IJIS Institute Winter 2010 Industry Briefing
The IJIS Institute presents the most authoritative update on the justice, public safety, and homeland security information sharing and IT market at its semi-annual Industry Briefing.  The Industry Briefing offers a detailed look at information sharing and national initiatives that impact our nation's safety and security.

January 26-28, 2010:  Eastern Regional NIEM Practical Implementer's Course
This 3 day course is structured to take implementers through NIEM in a structured process.  Lessons presented on the first day will provide XML terminology and introductory concepts that will be reinforced during the next two days of training. The second day focuses on an overview of NIEM and practical implementation techniques, and includes hands-on exercises reinforcing key NIEM concepts. On the third day, participants will build on the IEPD case study through mapping, schema subset generation, creation of extension and exchange schemas, and packaging and distribution methods.

April 8, 2010: Spring Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting - Free to Government
Telework Exchange will host the Spring 2010 Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 8, 2010 in Washington, D.C.  The event, titled "Moving Beyond 10 Percent Teleworking," will focus on management, policy, and technology to enable further government telework adoption.  Registration is free to government attendees.
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GTRA December 6-8, 2009 Presentations
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HOW CLOUD COMPUTING WILL TRANSFORM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
  • CHRIS KEMP, Chief Information Officer, Ames Research Center, NASA
CASE STUDY: VA PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
  • DR. PAUL A. TIBBITS, MD, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of Enterprise Development, VETERANS AFFAIRS
SUPPORTING YOUR AGENCY OBJECTIVES THROUGH BETTER COLLABORATION: A CIO PANEL DISCUSSION
  • KEN GRIFFEY, Chief Information Officer, Stennis Space Center, NASA
  • DAVID ZEPPIERI, Chief Information Officer, OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
  • THOMAS BOYCE, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Director, Office of Information Services, NRC
  • MANISH AGARWAL, Vice President, Solutions Services and CTO, ECLAT
  • HANS KELLER, Senior Director, IT Operations, ERICKSON LIVING
CYBER SECURITY PRIORITIES FOR 2010
  • ROBERT LENTZ, Chief Information Assurance Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, DEFENSE (Former)
  • CHRISTOPHER GARCIA, Director, CSMC, FAA
  • CHARLES ROSS, Director, Sales Engineering Public Sector, McAfee
  • BLAIR CANAVAN, VP, Business Development, TITUS LABS
CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY PANEL: CAN THERE BE TRUST IN THE CLOUD?
  • PETER MELL, Cloud Computing Project Lead, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST
  • EARL CRANE, Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, DHS
  • ROGER THORNTON, Founder & CTO, FORTIFY
CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES AND DEFINITIONS
  • PETER MELL, Cloud Computing Project Lead, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST
NEXT GENERATION RISK MANAGEMENT
  • DR. RON ROSS, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST
EA, INC. - GETTING BUY-IN FROM THE BUSINESS BY ACTING LIKE ONE
  • DOREEN COX, Chief Architect, Customs & Border Protection, DHS
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT THROUGH THE CLOUD: A CASE STUDY
  • ROGER MAHACH, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
FAA'S CYBER SECURITY SHARED SERVICES INITIATIVE: FOUR PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT
  • CHRISTOPHER GARCIA, Director, CSMC, FAA
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE AT FEMA USING THE SERVICE-ORIENTED MODELING AND ARCHITECTURE METHODOLOGY
  • IRA GROSSMAN, Chief Enterprise Architect, FEMA
  • JERRY JEN, Deputy Chief Enterprise Architect, FEMA
  • SCOTT SHOUP, EA Data Architect, FEMA
NEW DIRECTIONS IN BUILDING ARCHITECTURES IN SUPPORT OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
  • DENNIS WISNOSKY, Chief Architect, Chief Technical Officer, Business Mission Area, Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, DEFENSE
TECHNOLOGY'S PROMISE: ARE WE BETTER OR WORSE?
  • DR. SUZANNE ACAR, Senior Federal Data Architect
  • DR. SCOTT BERNARD, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Federal Railroad Administration, TRANSPORTATION
  • DR. RON ROSS, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST
  • MARIAN CODY, Chief Information Security Officer, HUD
  • DR. ROBERT "ROCKY" YOUNG

UNIVERSAL IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT
  • DAVID STENDER, Associate CIO for Cybersecurity & Chief Information Security Officer, IRS
  • DR. PETER ALTERMAN, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, NIH
  • DEVON BRYAN, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, IRS
  • DR. DEBORAH LAFKY, Security Lead, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), HHS
IT GOVERNANCE FOR A NEW DIGITAL AGE
  • JOHN SULLIVAN, Federal Financial Management Enterprise Architect, GSA
IS THE CISO TRANSFORMING INTO THE IT RISK MANAGER?
  • RENE SMERAGLIA, Chief Information Security Officer, US MINT
DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK FOR THE WORLD
  • WALT OKON, Senior Enterprise Architect, DoD Enterprise Architecture & Standards Directorate, DEFENSE
  • MICHAEL MCFARREN, Senior Principal, Information Systems Engineer, MITRE
NIEM 100: EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW OF THE NIEM PROGRAM
  • DONNA ROY, Director, Enterprise Data Management Office, DHS; Executive Director, NIEM
OVERCOMING INFORMATION SHARING CHALLENGES
  • BRANDT WELKER, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, VA
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR SECURING WEB 2.0
  • MICHAEL WITT, Manager, Security Operations Center, CSIRC, IRS
INTER-AGENCY INFORMATION SHARING
  • PATRICIA CRAIGHILL, Assistant Director, NEXTGEN/JPDO (SAF/XC-NXTGN), US AIR FORCE
BUDGET LINE OF BUSINESS: COLLABORATION AND SHARED SERVICES IN GOVERNMENT
  • PHILIP WENGER, Deputy Policy Lead for Budget Formulation and Execution LoB, OMB
LEADING IN THE 21ST CENTURY:  FROM EXHAUSTED TO EFFECTIVE
  • DR. JAMES TRINKA, Director, Technical Training and Development, FAA
DIGITAL FORENSICS HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATION
  • DR. ROBERT "ROCKY" YOUNG
KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION AND SOME COMMON PITFALLS
  • NEELA LAKHMANI, Assistant Director, Information Technology Architecture and Systems Issues, GAO
MANPOWER ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY:  THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL IT HUMAN CAPITAL STRATEGY
  • SCOTT FLOOD, Chief, Manpower and Organizational Modeling Division, US ARMY MANPOWER ANALYSIS AGENCY
LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION FROM WITHIN
  • DR. W. STAN BODDIE, PMP, CISSP, Professor of Systems and Technology Management, i-College, NDU
THE 2010 GUARANTEE
  • AMIT YORAN, Chairman & CEO, NETWITNESS
  • RANDY VICKERS, Director, US-CERT, National Cyber Security Division, DHS

REVOLUTIONIZING ASSET MANAGEMENT THROUGH STANDARDS
  • STEVE KLOS, Executive Director, TAGVAULT.ORG
POLICY BASED AUTHORIZATION
  • PATRICIA HAMMAR, President & Managing Member, PKH ENTERPRISES
SECURE INFORMATION SHARING MADE EASY
  • MIKE BRAY, Director, US Federal Sales, TITUS LABS
CAPTURING A CLEAR VIEW OF CYBER SECURITY TO ENABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
  • HENRY "BUD" HORTON, Executive Director, ACCENTURE
  • SCOTT CHARBO, Vice President, CyberSecurity and Telecommunications, US Federal, ACCENTURE
NIEM: A PRAGMATIC FRAMEWORK MEETING EFFECTIVE DATA ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGES
  • DR. WILLIAM WRIGHT, Chief Consultant, ARCHSMART
AUTHENTICATION & IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
  • DR. LEN MIZRAH, President & CEO, AUTHERNATIVE
OFFENSE MUST INFORM DEFENSE: VULNERABILITY VALIDATION AND SECURITY TESTING THROUGH PENETRATION TESTING
  • TOM KELLERMANN, VP, Strategic Awareness, CORE SECURITY
SOFTWARE SECURITY ASSURANCE: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
  • ROGER THORNTON, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, FORTIFY
  • KELLY COLLINS, President, Public Sector, FORTIFY
GSA: YOUR FULL-SERVICE IT PROVIDER
  • MICHAEL O'NEILL, Deputy Director for IT Schedule Programs, GSA
OVERHAULING COMPUTER HEALTHCARE WITH DIGITAL DNA
  • RICH CUMMINGS, Chief Technology Officer, HBGARY
REMOTELY MANAGED COMPUTER SECURITY DEVICES FOR MOBILE WORKERS
  • JOHN JEFFERIES, VP, Product Marketing, IRONKEY
NETWORK AND DATABASE SECURITY:  THE INTEGRATION OF DATABASE ACTIVITY MONITORING (DAM) INTO SECURITY INFORMATION / EVENT MANAGEMENT (SIEM)
  • BILL WITTEL, Director of Business Development, ISOCORP
ID VERIFICATION BEST PRACTICES
  • LAURIE COOK, Strategic Sales Executive, LEXISNEXIS
CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGES IN TODAY'S TURBULENT ECONOMY: HOW TODAY'S AGENCIES CAN LEAD THE WAY
  • CHARLES ROSS, CISM, CISSP, Director, Sales Engineering Public Sector, McAfee
PROTECTING AGAINST FUTURE SECURITY RISKS
  • JACI VILARDO, VP, Federal Sales, NETWITNESS
IMPACT OF CLOUD COMPUTING ON IT SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE
  • DAVID FRENCH, VP, Sales, QUALYS
A SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE APPROACH TO DELIVERING NEW BUSINESS VALUE FROM EXISTING IT
  • ERIC KRAMER, DoD Account Manager, SOFTWARE AG
RETHINKING INFORMATION PROTECTION: NEW STRATEGIES TO PROTECT AND SHARE INFORMATION
  • BLAIR CANAVAN, VP, Business Development, TITUS LABS
GTRA Council Meeting Testimonials
"I got more meetings with senior executives here in 3 days than I have been able to get the last 6 months on my own in DC."
- Bill Niester, Director, Public Sector Markets, Qualys

"GTRA brings in the 'cream of the crop' in the government and industry! No other event provides us the opportunities and access to high level government executives that GTRA does. For three days we get to connect with people and foster relationships through roundtables, casino night networking and strategy sessions. GTRA gets the right people; the number of high ranking officials is amazing!"
- Sue Davaro, Customer Service Director, GSA
 
"The GTRA Council Meeting was an easy way to cut down on our federal sales cycle.  All of our top targets were here! GTRA is very efficient provides a great way to actually build a relationships."
- Matt Hauler, Program Manager, LexisNexis
 
"This small intimate setting is definitely the best. At most conferences you hear one speaker speak and then 400 vendors try to speak to them and give their their business card.  It's nice to have the one-on-one time. GTRA runs a well-oiled ship!"
- Matt O'Flynn, HBGary
 
"This is definitely the best conference event I have been to.  We will definitely be re-booking every six months!"
- Rich Cummings, CTO, HBGary

"GTRA has great opportunities and these events keep getting better and better!  The business meeting system works very well.  This is a world-class organization!"
- Max Berman, Vice President, Authernative
 
"FAR, FAR, FAR, better environment that is conducive to feds and private sector feeling comfortable working together - awesome opportunity to meet and build relationships with key thought leaders."
- Rolf Pemberton, Director, Project Performance Corporation
 
"Very good meeting where the setting was intimate and the delegates were eager to meet with us!"
- Scott Morin, VP Sales, Titus Labs

"Of the 30 events that I have attended this year, GTRA is by far the best organized event and the technology presentations surpass all others!"
- Peter Mell, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST

"We've been to six events and they have all been great!  The opportunity to network with the right executives has been very successful!"
- Adel Harris, EA Solutions Director, Citizant

"It's been great!  This event has been paced well.  It's very organized - we've loved it!"
- Charles Ross, Director, Sales Engineering Federal, McAfee
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June 2010 GTRA Council Meeting
The government IT community is in a state of complete transformation which is fundamentally changing the way it serves and protects America and its citizens. At a time where new technologies, policies, infrastructures, and changing human behaviors are converging, it is imperative for government's elite IT and technology leaders to collaborate and engage in meaningful dialogue to create a foundation that will ensure success for generations to come.

The invitation-only June 2010 GTRA Technology Council Meeting will bring together Government technology leaders for 3-days of executive-level meetings focused on the key areas driving government IT transformation:

Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Enterprise Architecture
Social Media & Web 2.0
Defense / Intelligence / Civilian Agency Collaboration
Leadership

GTRA industry thought leaders and cutting-edge technology providers will collaborate with government IT executives to share best practices, lessons learned, participate in live demonstrations and discuss innovative solutions vital to achieving agency objectives.

GTRA is now conducting Research for the GTRA Council Meeting and invites all interested parties to participate in the research process!
 
Please contact our Director of Research Parham Eftekhari at parhame@gtra.org  (773.517.8534-mobile) if you/your agency would like to participate in the research process.



Cloud Computing Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management & Security
by John Rittinghouse & James Ransome

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While there is no arguing about the staying power of the Cloud model and the benefits it can bring to any organization or government, mainstream adoption depends on several key variables falling into alignment that will provide users the reliability, desired outcomes and levels of trust necessary to truly usher in a "Cloud Revolution". (LEARN MORE)

Special Thanks to GTRA Council & Confirmed Speakers
Dr. Suzanne Acar, Senior Federal Data Architect (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council) 
Deedee Akeo, Chief Architect, Business Transformation Agency (Enterprise Architecture Council) 
Lynn Allen, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Business and Technology Modernization, HUD (Security Council) 
Dr. Peter Alterman, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, National Institutes of Health (Speaker & Security Council)
Gregg "Skip" Bailey, Former Chief Information Officer, ATF, Justice (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Frank Bauer, Vice President for Government Training and Professional Development, Graduate School (HR Council)
Dr. Scott Bernard, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Federal Railroad Administration, Transportation (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Andrew Blumenthal, Chief Technology Officer, ATF, Justice (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Dr. W. Stan Boddie, PMP, CISSP, Professor of Systems and Technology Management, i-College, NDU (HR Council)
Tom Boyce, Deputy CIO, NRC (Speaker & GTRA Council)
Dr. Barry Brown
, Deputy Director, Enterprise Systems Engineer, Customs and Border Protection, DHS (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Devon Bryan, Director, CyberSecurity Operations, IRS (Speaker)
Richard "Dick" Burk
, Chair, Health IT Committee, GTRA (Health IT Council)
Jonathan Cantor, Executive Director, Office of Privacy & Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel, SSA (Security Council)
Michael Castagna
, Chief Information Security Officer, Commerce (Security Council)
Marian Cody, Chief Information Security Officer, HUD (Security Council)
Colleen Coggins, Chief Knowledge Officer, Interior (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Doreen Cox, Chief Architect, Customs & Border Protection Department, DHS (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
Patricia Craighill, Assistant Director, NextGen/JPDO (SAF/XC-NXTGN) (GTRA Council Member)
Elisa Cruz
, Chief Information Security Officer, FEMA (Security Council)
Linda Cureton
, Chief Information Officer, NASA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Kevin Deeley, Chief Information Security Officer, Justice (Security Council)
Brian Doerk, Senior Enterprise Architect, PMP, Treasury (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Steve Elky, Chief Information Security Officer, Library of Congress (Security Council)
Norman Enger, Former Director,Human Resources Line of Business Program Management Office, OPM (HR Council)
Rich Ferguson, Chief Information Officer, Federal Labor Relations Authority (Speaker & GTRA Council)
Scott Flood
, Chief, Modeling Division, U.S. Army Manpower Analysis Agency (Speaker)
Frederic Foley
, Chief Architect and Director of Enterprise Architecture, US Coast Guard (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Ylanda Ford
, Director, Enterprise Architecture, OCIO, HUD (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Christopher Fornecker, Chief Technology Officer, Integrated Acquisition Environment, GSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Sharon Fratta-Hill, Ph.D., VP of Academic Programs and Distance Education, Graduate School (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Christopher Garcia, Director, Cyber Security and Incident Response Center, FAA (Speaker & Security Council)
Ned Goldberg
, Chief Information Security Officer, FDIC (Security Council)
Ken Griffey, Chief Information Officer, Stennis Space Center, NASA (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
Ira Grossman, Chief Enterprise Architect, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
Patricia Hammar, President & Managing Member, PKH Enterprises (Speaker)
Chris Hardy
, Director, e-Learning and Technology Center, DAU (HR Council)
Brad Harshman, Chief Enterprise Architect, National Nuclear Security Administration, Energy (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Kenneth Heitkamp, Assistant Chief Information Officer for LifeCycle Management, Air Force (Security Council)
Dennis Heretick, Former Chief Information Security Officer, Justice (Security Council)
Randolph C. Hite, Director, IT Architecture & Systems Issues, GAO (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Patrick Howard, Chief Information Security Officer, NRC (Security Council) 
Marlene Howze, Chief Architect/Enterprise Architecture Program Manager, Labor (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Jack Israel, Federal Chief Technology Officer (Security Council)
James Johnson
, Chief Information Officer, Congressional Budget Office (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Richard Klemmer
, Chief Enterprise Architect, NTIA, Commerce (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Mischel Kwon, Director, US-CERT, DHS (Security Council)
Mary Lacey, Deputy Program Director, AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense, Missile Defense Agency (Security Council)
Deborah Lafky
, Security Lead, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), HHS (Speaker)
Kevin Lawson
, Branch Chief, Applications Development Branch, TSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Robert Lentz, Chief Information Assurance Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Networks and Information Integration / Chief Information Officer, Defense (Speaker & Security Council)
Phillip Loranger
, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Education (Security Council)
Roger Mahach, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Speaker & Security Council)
Randy Maples
, CEA, Deputy Chief Information Officer - Management, FTC (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Ethel Matthews
, Senior Advisor to Chief Information Officer, Security and Privacy, SBA (Security Council)
Mary McCaffery
, Senior Advisor, Assistant Administrator, EPA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Michael McFarren, Senior Principal, Information Systems Engineer, MITRE (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
Debra McKeldin, Chief Enterprise Architect, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS (Enterprise Architecture Council)
John McManus, Former Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Commerce (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Margaret Mech, Chief Information Security Officer, FTC (Security Council)
Peter Mell, Cloud Computing Project Lead, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST (Speaker)
Matt Newman
, Professor of Systems Management, NDU (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Jillian O'Connell, Chief, Enterprise Investment and Information Management, US Geological Survey (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Walt Okon, Senior Enterprise Architect, DoD Enterprise Architecture & Standards Directorate, Defense (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
Bajinder Paul, Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Richard Prentiss, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury (Security Council)
Ken Rogers, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Planning, State (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Joe Rose
, Chief Architect, Education (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Dr. Ron Ross,
Senior Computer Scientist, NIST (Speaker)
Donna Roy, Director, Enterprise Data Management Office, DHS; Executive Director, NIEM (Speaker)
Larry Ruffin
, Chief Information Security Officer, Interior (Security Council)
Timothy Ruland, Chief Information Security Officer, Census Bureau (Security Council)
Eddie Saffarinia, Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology, Interior (GTRA Council)
Peter Sand
, Director of Privacy Technology, DHS (Security Council)
Dr. Ronald Sanders, Associate Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital, Chief Human Capital Officer, DNI (HR Council)
Daniel Sands, Chief Information Security Officer, Director, Information Security and Awareness Office, OCIO, National Institutes of Health, HHS (Security Council)
Marco Santini
, Deputy Director, Customer Accounts & Research, GSA (HR Council)
Daud Santosa, Chief Technology Officer, National Business Center, Interior (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Derek Scarbrough, Chief Information Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services (GTRA Council Member)
Michael Schievelbein
, Project Manager & Solutions Architect, Solutions Coordination Office, National Business Center, Interior (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Tim Schmidt, Chief Technology Officer, Transportation (Speaker & Mobile/Wireless Council)
Frederick Schobert, Chief Technology Officer, Federal Acquisition Office's Integrated Technology Services, GSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Robert Seay, Chief Enterprise Archtiect, GSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Joe Seger
, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Interior
(Security Council)
Donna K. Seymour, Deputy Assistant for Administration for the Under Secretary of the Navy, Navy (Enterprise Architecture Council)
René E. Smeraglia, Chief Information Security Officer, US Mint, Treasury (Speaker & Security Council)
David Stender, Associate CIO for Cybersecurity, Chief Information Security Officer, IRS (Speaker & Security Council)
John Sullivan, Federal Financial Management Enterprise Architect, GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Peter Sullivan, Director, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Labor (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Eric Sweden, Chief Enterprise Architect, NASCIO (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Harry Tabak, Enterprise Architect, National Weather Service (Enterprise Architecture Council)
George Thomas, Chief Enterprise Architect, GSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Dr. Paul A. Tibbits, MD, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of Enterprise Development, Veterans Affairs (Speaker & GTRA Council)
James Trinka, Director, Training and Technical Development, FAA
(Speaker & HR Council)
Arleas Upton-Kea, Director, Division of Administration, FDIC (HR Council)
Tan Van Luong, Chief Enterprise Architect, US Mint, Treasury
(Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
Brandt Welker, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, VA (Speaker & GTRA Council)
Philip Wenger
, Deputy Policy Lead for Budget Formulation and Execution LoB, OMB (Speaker)
Brian Wilczynski
, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Standards, Defense
(Enterprise Architecture Council)
Dennis Wisnosky, Chief Architect, Chief Technical Officer, Business Mission Area, Defense (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
Paul Wormeli, Executive Director, Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Col. Douglas Wreath, Director, Net Centric Operations Division, Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO), US Air Force (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
Dr. Robert "Rocky" Young, Associate Professor of Systems Management, NDU (Enterprise Architecture Council)
David Zeppieri, Chief Information Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)
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