ASMC The Business of Defense

  • The Postal Service will kick off its pilot to provide identity management services in the cloud in early 2014. The IRS and DHS also are pursuing complimentary initiatives to authorize and authenticate users.

    November 15, 2013
  • Dr. Theresa Cullen, chief medical informatics officer at the Veterans Health Administration, leads the program that allows the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to share data to improve the quality of health care they provide.

    November 14, 2013
  • Billions of advertising dollars are spent by businesses attempting to market to the federal government because they spend roughly $3.5 trillion a year!

    November 14, 2013
  • What is the IT strategy for the Defense Health Agency? How has it enhanced DoD's IT efforts to delivery care anytime, anywhere? How is the DHA modernizing its technology infrastructure and realizing a robust integrated electronic health record? Join Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dave Bown, CIO at the Defense Health Agency. Dave Bowen Chief Information Officer Defense Health Agency

    November 14, 2013
  • The Defense Department is canceling plans to buy additional cargo helicopters from a Russian arms export agency that has supplied Syrian President Bashar Assad's military forces with arms and ammunition. 15 Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters were to be purchased next year at a cost of $345 million and then delivered to Afghanistan's national security forces. DoD has paid Rosoboronexport more than $1 billion since 2011 for 63 Mi-17s that have been delivered to Afghanistan or are on order.

    November 14, 2013
  • The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee pressed federal Chief Information Officer Steve VanRoekel, federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park, Department of Health and Human Services CIO Frank Baitman and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services deputy CIO Henry Chao to acknowledge the oversight failings, and for someone to declare they were in charge of the program.

    November 14, 2013
  • On this week's Capital Impact show, Liberty Group Ventures President Kiersten Todt will discuss how corporations and the general public are handling the rollout of the cybersecurity framework. November 13, 2013

    November 13, 2013
  • The troubled HealthCare.gov website has been the subject of at least one attempted but unsuccessful cyber attack, according to one of the of the Homeland Security Department's top cyber officials. Lawmakers at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing said the consolidation of personal information and the glitch-prone website are cause for concern.

    November 13, 2013
  • Brian Contos CISSP, VP and Chief Information Security Officer within Blue Coat’s Advanced Threat Protection Group Brian builds successful security companies and has had multiple IPOs and acquisitions. He is a published author, seasoned business…

    November 13, 2013
  • Amanda Nguyen Director of Web Communications U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Communications Amanda Nguyen (Eamich) is the Director of Web Communications U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Communications. The policies and programs of the…

    November 13, 2013
  • Blue Coat empowers your agency so you can safely and securely deliver Mission Critical Applications, Identify Threats Infiltrating your Network, Accelerate Change, Manage Risk, Accelerate Application Performance and Protect Mobile Workers. Blue Coat has a…

    November 13, 2013
  • Dwight Gibbs and Scott Keough from Contraqer will discuss how their company can help you manage the process of acquiring technology. November 12, 2013

    November 12, 2013
  • The Defense Information Systems Agency said it doesn't expect the demand to be as great as initially thought as it developed a contract worth $450 million.

    November 12, 2013
  • Arnold Giammarco, a U.S. Army veteran who turned his life around after struggling with drug addiction is fighting his deportation. He says he should not have been expelled last year for a minor criminal record after honorably serving his country and living here legally for more than 50 years. He was deported to his native Italy over drug possession and larceny convictions, his attorneys said. The former Connecticut resident is seeking to reverse his deportation, arguing in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that immigration authorities never acted on his citizenship application in 1982.

    November 12, 2013