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AFCEA Announces The 2013 Distinguished Young AFCEAN And Emerging Leader Award Winners

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Originally posted by PR Newswire

AFCEA International is pleased to announce the 2013 Young AFCEAN of the Year, Distinguished Young AFCEAN (DYA) and Emerging Leader Award winners. These awards were presented on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at the West 2013 Conference in San Diego, CA. For more information visit www.afcea.org/awards.

The DYA Award recognizes and rewards exceptional performance in two areas - a record of going "above and beyond" at the local AFCEA Chapter level, and superior technical achievement in the professional arena. The AFCEA Regional Vice Presidents have the honor to personally select an individual from their Region to receive the Regional DYA Award. These honorees represent an elite group of individuals that have gone above and beyond for their Chapters. These honorees are also eligible to win the Young AFCEAN of the Year Award.

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FierceGovernmentIT’s Fierce 15

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Originally posted by Layla Jones, David Perera & Molly Bernhart Walker on FierceGovernmentIT

 

Over the course of 4 months in 2012 FierceGovernmentIT conducted interviews with government officials and industry to identify some of the most innovative projects and forward-thinking people working in government IT. From that pool the editorial staff collaboratively selected 2012's Fierce 15.

Most of the civil servants recognized in FierceGovernmentIT's Fierce 15 won't be found keynoting event after event across Washington. Instead, they handle behind-the-scenes orchestration of some of the most progressive projects underway in government and work tirelessly to make government more efficient, service- and mission-oriented, and accountable.

Find out who earned the #1 title in FierceGovernmentIT's Fierce 15 >> http://bit.ly/XvGD0X

DoD moves meetings online, but IT systems can’t keep pace

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Originally posted by Jared Serbu on Federal News Radio

As budget cuts take their toll on in-person conferences within the Defense Department, more meetings are shifting online, specifically to DoD's in-house Web conferencing service, Defense Connect Online.

The system has seen so much traffic recently that usage is starting to outstrip the system's capacity. And DCO may be about to see even more users. The Defense Information Systems Agency and the contractor that runs DCO have just released an app that lets defense employees host or log into meetings from their iPhones and iPads.

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IDGA Biometrics for National Security and Law Enforcement wraps, re-affirms military commitment to biometrics

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Originally posted by Adam Vrankulj on Biometric Update

February 1st wrapped up the IDGA Biometrics for National Security and Law Enforcement conference, closing a productive two days of presentations, networking and deal-making.

I attended the IDGA conference Jan. 31, and sat in on a few of the day's sessions to get a sense of what's new in the community and what to expect in the coming months and years from government agencies, independent vendors and the industry as a whole.

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