GOVTek Monthly Newsletter: Issue 53, January 2009

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TOP HEADLINES

Obama Names First CPO
Nancy Killefer, the nation's first Chief Performance Officer, is taskd with bringing more accountability and transparency to federal agencies and their program

Obama May Spend a Billion on Biometrics
Spending driven by needs in Defense, Intelligence and Homeland Security agencies

CIO Council Panel Details Functions
The Information Security and Identity Management Committee will promote the development of standard performance measures for information security and provide an environment in which agencies can share experiences

Obama: America's First "Online Social Networking President"
Government websites will no longer simply push-out information, but will collect it from the public and decide how to use it in the decision making process- a dramatic shift for Washington

FEATURED NEWS

IT Security Begins with Enterprise Architecture
Successful security programs are dependent on EA, not the other way around, according to Ron Ross at NIST

CISOs Ponder New FISMA Requirements
Bill aims at providing consistency in compliance measurement across agencies

Army Revises Knowledge Management Regulations
Now stresses network-centricity through use of metadata discovery tools

Experts: Changes Will Come Fast for Government IT
New workforce, changing technologies and increased threats cited as key reasons

CSIS Recommends Cybersecurity Model Based on Nonproliferation
The recommendation suggests creating a cyber security directorate at NSA in hopes of achieving similar success as the directorate set up to deal with the nuclear threat after the cold war

Agencies Get Directions for Segment Architecture
The Federal Segment Architecture Working Group published the report which acts as a step-by-step 'cookbook' to building your agency's segment architecture

Agencies Prepare for the YouTube Administration
Obama's emphasis on transperancy will translate to increased use of mass collaboration tools in all agencies

The Fastest Computers are Going Hybrid
Using multiple types of processors in a single system saves energy, but technology still in its infancy

GTRA 2008 AWARDS

Dr. James Ransome - Most Dynamic Speaker Dr. Robert Rocky Young - Best Demonstration
IronKey - Most Valuable Solution Provider PhishMe - Best Boardroom Meeting
Dr. Scott Bernard - Most Cutting Edge Presentation Ron Ross - Most Cutting Edge Presentation

Executive Transformational Leadership Workshop

GTRA and Succeed to Lead are joining forces to provide government leaders a half-day executive-level meeting from our convenient downtown DC location. The meeting's curriculum is built around the theme "Executive Transformational Leadership" and will educate attendees on the tools and techniques necessary to be effective leaders in our ever-changing environment that includes a new administration, a changing workforce and new technologies such as social networking.
 
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GTRA Symposium June 2009 
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The GTRA Symposium, June 7-9, 2009 at the Homestead, VA, is designed to provide government CXOs an executive-level forum to learn, collaborate and share best practices across the areas paramount to executing successful IT strategies: Enterprise Architecture, Security, Green IT, Health IT, Defense and Leadership.  The GTRA Symposium converges the GTRA Council Meetings, ArchitectureGOV, SecureGOV, GreenGOV, Leadership/HRGOV, HealthGOV taking place at the same time and location for true government-wide collaboration. Each of these individual councils will have a full program while allowing participants to network and share information across technology areas.

Confirmed Council Members and Speakers

CONFIRMED COUNCIL MEMBERS & SPEAKERS

Dr. Suzanne Acar, Principal Data Architect, DAS (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, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology Strategy, Office of Government-wide Policy, GSA (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, USDA (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 Management, Information Resource Management College, NDU (HR Council)

Dr. Barry Brown, Deputy Director, Enterprise Systems Engineer, Customs and Border Protection, DHS (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Richard “Dick” Burk, Chair, Health IT Committee, GTRA (Speaker & 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 (Speaker & Security Council)

Colleen Coggins, Chief Knowledge Officer, Interior (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)

Doreen Cox, Chief Architect, Customs & Border Protection Department, DHS (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)

Elisa Cruz, Chief Information Security Officer, FEMA (Speaker & Security 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)

Frederic Foley, Chief Architect and Director of Enterprise Architecture, U.S. 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 Continuing Education, Graduate School, USDA (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Ned Goldberg, Chief Information Security Officer, FDIC (Security Council)

Marc Groman, Chief Privacy Officer, FTC (Speaker)

Ira Grossman, Chief Enterprise Architect, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Enterprise Architecture Council)

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)

Vance Hitch, Chief Information Officer, Co-Chair Information Security and Identity Management Committee, Federal CIO-Council, Justice (Speaker)

Randolph C. Hite, Director, IT Architecture & Systems Issues, GAO (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Patrick Howard, Chief Information Security Officer, NRC (Speaker & Security Council) 

Marlene Howze, Chief Architect/Enterprise Architecture Program Manager, Labor (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Jack Israel, Chief Technology Officer, FBI (Security Council)

John Jefferies, Vice President, Product Marketing, IronKey (Speaker)

Richard Klemmer,Chief Enterprise Architect, NTIA, Commerce (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Andrew Krzmarzick, Senior Project Coordinator, Graduate School, USDA (Speaker)

Mischel Kwon, Director, US-CERT, DHS (Security Council)

Mary Lacey, Deputy Program Director, AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense, Missile Defense Agency (Security Council)

Kevin Lawson, Branch Chief, Applications Development Branch, TSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Phillip Loranger, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Education (Security Council)

Mary McCaffery, Senior Advisor, Assistant Administrator, EPA (Speaker & 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)

Capt. Stephen Mancini, Information Operations & Assurance Department, NDU (Speaker)

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)

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 (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)

Dr. James Ransome, CISSP, CISM, Senior Director, Secure Unified Wireless and Mobility Solutions, Corporate Security Programs and Global Government Solutions, Cisco (Speaker)

Joe Rose, Chief Architect, Education (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Ron Ross, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST (Speaker)

Larry Ruffin, Chief Information Security Officer, Interior (Security Council)

Timothy Ruland, Chief Information Security Officer, Census Bureau (Speaker & Security 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)

Marco Santini, Deputy Director, Customer Accounts & Research, GSA (HR Council)

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

Michael Schievelbein, Project Manager & Solutions Architect, Solutions Coordination Office, National Business Center, Interior (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)

Tim Schmidt, Chief Technology Officer, Transportation (Mobile & Wireless Council)

Frederick Schobert, Chief Technology Officer, Federal Acquisition Office’s Integrated Technology Services, 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)

John Sullivan, Chief Architect and Associate Director, EPA (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, IT Security Officer and Enterprise Architect, National Weather Service (Enterprise Architecture Council)

George Thomas, Chief Enterprise Architect, GSA (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)

Peter Tseronis, Deputy Associate Chief Information Officer, Energy (Speaker)

James Trinka, Director, Training and Technical Development, FAA (HR Council)

Arleas Upton-Kea, Director, Division of Administration, FDIC (HR Council)

Brian Wilczynski, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Standards, Defense (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Dennis Wisnosky, Chief Architect, Chief Technical Officer, Business Mission Area, Defense (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Diane Woodson-Reeves, Business Architect, Interior (Speaker)

Paul Wormeli, Executive Director, Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute (Enterprise Architecture Council)

Dr. Robert "Rocky" Young, Associate Professor of Systems Management, NDU (Speaker & Enterprise Architecture Council)

David Zeppieri, Chief Information Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Enterprise Architecture Council)