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IT Acquisition: Charting a Course for Reform

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Army Navy Club
Washington, DC
TechAmerica Contact: Trey Hodgkins, thodgkins@techamerica.org

Government acquisition of Information Technology today is often recognized as being too slow for the pace of innovation. Government oversight necessitates transparency, and often to a degree beyond the needs of commercial markets. Can equilibrium be reached to build on the 15-year-old reforms that created preferences for commercial products and assured taxpayers that their money was being invested wisely? Can this be done while delivering the latest technology to warfighter?

Join TechAmerica to hear the latest Administration and Congressional initiatives to update and reform the acquisition of information technology by the Department of Defense, understand the impediments to achieving reform and explore how those initiatives could apply government wide.

Keynote Speaker

Tim Harp, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3ISR and IT Acquisition

Mr. Harp will report on the status of the Department response to Section 804 of the FY10 Defense Authorization Act requiring DoD to develop and implement a new acquisition process for information technology.

Agenda

7:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:35-9:15 a.m.
9:15-10:30 a.m.

Networking Breakfast
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote
Keynote Address
Panel Discussion

Panel Speakers

Mark Roddy, Defense Industry Principal, SAP (Moderator)
Bruce Leinster, Executive Consultant, IBM
Kevin Gates, Professional Staff, U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee (HASC) Bio
John Gilligan, President, The Gilligan Group, Bio

Location

Army Navy Club
901 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Registration Fees

Government – $0
Members – $45
Non-members – $70

*Employees of federal, state or local government agencies or legislative offices may register for free online or via phone at 703.284.5308.

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