ASMC The Business of Defense

  • Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Surgeon General of the Army, Senior Vice President, CGI Federal As Senior Vice President for the health industry at CGI Federal, Dr. Peake is responsible for the overarching US…

    May 03, 2012
  • As we near critical health policy deadlines, it is essential for the federal sector to understand how secure, interoperable health data exchange can improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, access, and safety of care. Laws, such as the Affordable Care Act, are influencing how IT must be harnessed by providers and payers in the public & private sectors.

    May 03, 2012
  • Executive Vice President HIMSS Carla Smith is Executive Vice President of HIMSS, the world’s largest cause-based, not-for-profit focused on the optimal use of information technology and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. HIMSS represents…

    May 03, 2012
  • President Barack Obama said in his speech in Afghanistan he recognizes American are tired of war. The Pentagon says more than 1,800 American troops have been killed in more than a decade of war in Afghanistan. 88,000 are still stationed there. After spending 1.3 trillion dollars there and in Iraq the stage may be set for the U.S. to exit war footing in two years. The President said the U.S. has removed 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan so far and another 23,000 will leave by the end of the summer.

    May 03, 2012
  • This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" National Secretary-Treasurer J. David Cox, 8th District National Vice President Jane Nygaard and Legislative Representative Marilyn Park preview National Nurses Week May 6 - 12. The trio discusses challenges federal nurses face at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Prisons and Department of Defense and highlights the union's Nurses Steering Committee.

    May 02, 2012
  • Live At Black's Bethesda for the new Tiki Bar launch Guests include our hosts, Jeff and Barbara Black, and Black's Mixologist, Doug Doyle Travis Croxton of Rappahannock Oysters Craig Shniderman, Director, Food & Friends Dan Gross and Bruce Wood of Toby Creek Oysters Jackie Greenbaum of Jackie's restaurant and the new El Chucho and Chef Diana Devila DC's Miss Pixie

    May 02, 2012
  • Chef Richie Brandenburg, curator of the new Union Market Dave Coleman and Mike McGarvey from the new Three Stars Brewery in Tacoma Park, MD Alison Reed, pastry chef at Ripple and Sugar Magnolia Bakery Chef Christine Van Bloem from the Kitchen Studio Cooking School in Frederick Winemaker Sebastien Marquet of Doukenie Winery

    May 02, 2012
  • Live remote at Founding Farmers, Potomac, with: Founding Farmer's Executive Chef Joe Goetze, Director of Honey Val Zweig and Master Mixologist Jon Arroyo From the new Four Seasons, Baltimore's, Michael Mina concept restaurants, Wit and Wisdom and Pabu, Pastry Chef Chris Ford (Food & Wine Magazine's 2012 Pastry Chef of the Year) and Pabu's Executive Chef, Jonah Kim Wagshal's Pam the Butcher and Bibiana's Executive Chef Nick Stefanelli in talking about the LambJam national cooking competition. The Fancy Food Show is coming back to DC - Ron Tanner with NASFT, exhibitors Peter Kaldes of Kaldes Bros. Imports and Maggi Castelloe of Hunt Country Foods.

    May 02, 2012
  • Chef/Owners Robert Weidmaier (Marcel's, Brabo, Mussel Bar and more) and Michel Richard (Citronelle, Central) in talking about their new restaurants in Atlantic City's newest resort, Revel. Gianluigi Dellaccio, founder of Dolci Gelati La Sandia restaurant's Daniel Mahdavian, mixing up new kinds of guacamole, including one with crickets! Chef Cam McNair of the new, New Orleans Po Boy Shop Eric Platt of Pacifica Prime Wines in with Dr. John Forrest, proprietor of New Zealand's Forrest Winery.

    May 02, 2012
  • Live remote at 14th Street's Black Jack Bar with: Owner Jeff Black and other contestants in the Chefs' Chicken Fried Steak Competition: Scott Drewno, The Source Adam Sobel, Bourbon Steak Kyle Bailey, Birch & Barley Victor Albisu Judges Amanda McClements (Metrocurean) and David Hagedorn and Tim Carman of The Post's Food Section Dr. Fran Cogen of Children's Hospital Diabetes Care Complex

    May 02, 2012