For speaker suggestions, please contact David Hantman.

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The first Hill FITARA Score card provided a lot of Fs, no As, and only a couple of Bs. GAO will provide insight on last year’s scorecard and talk about plans for the 2016 edition. How does the Hill evaluate agencies, what can agencies do to improve their scores – in 2016 and 2017 – and what’s ahead? […]

Powner
Director, Strategic Engagement and Partnerships
Formerly Director of IT Issues, Government Accountability Office
The MITRE Corporation
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Michelle Bacon [invited]
Policy Analyst
Office of Management and Budget
Sean Casey [invited]
Policy Advisor
Office of Management and Budget
Malissa Levesque [invited]
Policy Analyst
Office of Management and Budget
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FITARA is the first step in driving better IT infrastructure across the Federal government. While CIOs address the challenges their increased authority present, industry partners tackle the changes needed in their collaborative efforts to provide agencies better tools and better service. […]

David Hantman [moderator]
General Manager
MeriTalk
Edwards
Executive Director, Business Development Federal Sales, Strategic Programs
Dell Technologies
Psaki
Federal Chief Technology Officer
Pure Storage
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By the end of 2015, Federal data centers grew to a whopping 11,700 – up from 9,000 in 2014. Yes, UP. New guidance for agencies on how to refresh their consolidation and optimization efforts is pending from OMB, but early indicators suggest it will focus around rationalizing guidance, increasing accountability to targets, and leveraging shared services. […]

Walker White [moderator]
President
BDNA
Chief of IT Systems
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives
Associate Chief Information Officer
Enterprise Data Center Operations
Department of Agriculture
Director
Policy and Planning Staff
Department of Justice
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Director of Strategy and Compliance
Tech Data Government Solutions
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Acting Executive Director of FITARA
Department of Agriculture
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FITARA looks to Federal CIOs to expand their expertise on the mission of their agencies. This shift away from mandates focused predominately on technology priorities – along with IT modernization, Cyber Security, and increasing pressure to gain efficiency – has created a chasm between mission owners and operators. How do Federal CIOs make it to the other side of the growing chasm? […]

Jeffrey Hogarth [moderator]
Senior Sales Director
Federal Civilian Business Unit
Dell
Acting Executive Director
Office of IT Strategy, Policy, and Governance
Department of Health and Human Services
Bhagowalia
Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Deputy Chief Information Officer
U. S. Customs and Border Protection
Senior Advisor
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources
Department of Health and Human Services
Simpson
Chief Product Officer / Executive Director for the Office of Enterprise Application Development
Office of the CIO
Department of Health and Human Services
Event Details
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Where
Knight Conference Center at the Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C.
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