ASMC The Business of Defense

  • LTC Jeffrey S. Gribschaw currently serves on the Army’s Chief Information Officer/G-6 staff as the military deputy for Army Data Center Consolidation. Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy (USMA) in 1995, he was…

    April 19, 2012
  • CTO of Quest Software Public Sector A highly regarded industry expert, Kagansky has more than 15 years of senior management experience in developing technology solutions focused on cybersecurity, identity and access management, virtualization, and more.…

    April 19, 2012
  • Executive Vice President Mark Herman is a Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President based in McLean, Virginia, who plays a lead role in the firm’s modeling, simulation, wargaming, and analysis work. He has more than…

    April 19, 2012
  • President The MAHON Consulting Group Widely recognized as one of the United States’ leading authorities on health care fraud, Bill Mahon is President of The MAHON Consulting Group LLC, where he specializes in health care…

    April 19, 2012
  • JD, MA, Senior Principal Healthcare Industry Consultant, SAS Institute Leveraging 20+ years of direct executive-level experience within both the health provider & payer communities, Richard brings a unique perspective of the shared business & delivery…

    April 19, 2012
  • Many forward-thinking enterprises in the government and commercial sectors are using cloud environments to improve scalability, agility, automation, and efficiency. The operating landscape for these organizations is rapidly evolving: Costs are reduced. Data is ubiquitous. Information is flowing from more sources than ever before. However, the same features that create such high promise for the cloud also bring a potential for new levels of criminal exploitation through fraud. A distinguished panel of top experts will look at the new face of fraud in a digital age, provide insights in how to prevent, detect and investigate fraud in the cloud and identify options to combat fraud in the cloud computing world.

    April 19, 2012
  • Section Chief, Financial Crimes Section, Criminal Investigative Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Timothy A. Gallagher was named Section Chief of the Criminal Investigative Division’s Financial Crimes Section on November 7, 2011. In this position, he…

    April 19, 2012
  • JD, MA, Senior Director Healthcare LexisNexis Risk Solutions Bill Fox, JD, MA, leads the commercial healthcare group at LexisNexis Risk Solutions and is a frequent speaker on topics related to healthcare fraud, identity management, risk…

    April 19, 2012
  • This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" Campaign for America's Future Co-director Roger Hickey discusses President Obama's "Buffett Rule" tax legislation, while GovLoop Founder and President Steve Ressler previews the Next Generation of Government Summit. National Women's Law Center vice presidents Emily Martin and Judy Waxman join Ian Millhiser from the Center for American Progress to discuss health care reform.

    April 18, 2012
  • Reuters is reporting the Pentagon says it is making progress in developing weapons for its newest battleground - cyberspace - but still faces funding, technology and policy challenges. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Michael Basla, vice commander of Air Force Space Command, told industry officials on Monday the service was approaching its work on cyber capability as it would any other major weapons system.

    April 18, 2012
  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Zach Lemnios (LEM knee ohss), says 60 million dollars in new solicitations will be aimed at everything from autonomous systems...to more natural interactions between machines and people.

    April 17, 2012
  • Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he regrets the cost to taxpayers of his weekend trips to his California home, which cost about $32,000.00. The Associated Press reports, Panetta says he is looking for ways to find savings, but also says it is healthy to get out of Washington to get some perspective at his Monterey farm. Panetta is required to travel on military aircraft so he can remain in constant, secure contact with the White House.

    April 17, 2012
  • The White House has no intentions of ending CIA drone strikes against militant targets on Pakistani soil, U.S. officials say. The Associated Press says this could possibly set up the two countries up for diplomatic tensions after Pakistan's parliament unanimously approved new guidelines for the country's troubled relationship with the United States. U.S. officials say they will work in coming weeks and months to find common ground with Pakistan, but if a suspected terrorist target comes into the laser sights of a CIA drone's hellfire missiles, they will take the shot.

    April 16, 2012
  • Mr. Osborn has recently been appointed to be the NNSA Transformation Executive and will lead the agency's move to "OneNNSA."

    April 13, 2012