International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Document Security A representative of the U.S. Department of State / Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) will be presenting information on becoming ITAR registered. The mission of the DDTC as stated on their website is as follows: The U.S. Government views the sale, export, and re-transfer of defense articles and defense services as an integral part of safeguarding U.S. national se...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) was the first federal agency to use the NHIN as a tool to gain rapid access to electronic health information. In its partnership with MedVirgina, the Richmond-based regional Health Information Exchange (HIE), the partners used NHIN technologies to speed the delivery of clinical health records of patients awaiting medical disability decisions. In accelerating the process from weeks to days, the project...

Objective & Scope The Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) will sponsor the 36th Annual Joseph P. Cribbins Aviation Product Symposium for interested members of industry and the aviation logistics and acquisition communities on February 10-11, 2010. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Sustaining Operations While Recovering.” The purpose of the Aviation Product Symposium is to stimulate dialogue among industry ex...

Igniting the Space Economy For the past 12 years, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation has hosted the Commercial Space Transportation Conference in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. 2010 marks the 13th year that this conference will provide a forum for policy makers and technical experts to share their insights and discuss developments in commercial space transportation and other related ind...

The year 2009 saw significant changes in American's national security leadership and a new Quadrennial Defense Review published. Even outside the Department of Defense, the prevailing thoughts on our future security challenges talk of smaller conflicts, irregular warfare, insurgencies, terrorism, and increasing use of special operations forces. There continues to be an evolving National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy that cal...

The International Colloquium on Environmentally Preferred Advanced Power Generation (ICEPAG) is a three-day international colloquium focused on advanced distributed generation and central plant technologies. The conference will be held February 9-11, 2010, at The Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California, which is just minutes away from John Wayne Airport; the University of California, Irvine; and Newport Beach. The colloquium is orga...

Technological Solutions in a Fluid Environment As the continually aging aircraft fleet is tasked at the highest levels in history, the DoD has outlined road-maps to extend their service life and utility with technological avionics improvements across the board. At the same time, the growing needs of a constantly changing war environment must be addressed while increased congestion and safety concerns require attention as well. The need for new...

Advancing situational awareness with the next generation of SDRs: Cognitive Radios and Networks! IDGA’s Software Radio Communications Summit is the annual can’t-miss event for the SDR community. Members of the military, industry, and academia convene each year to discuss solutions and forge potential new partnerships for the continuous advancement in radio communications for DoD and Coalition forces. The goal of the 2010 Summit is...

KEY TAKE AWAYS: Attend this conference to learn how to capture the power of social media in your organization, along with helpful tools, tips and techniques to get started, including: Developing a social media (blogging, Twitter, podcasting, wikis, social networks, etc.) strategy to drive performance-based communications Building senior management support for your social media programs Integrating social media tools into your internal and exte...

In-agency technology expositions are time- and cost-effective for both on-site personnel and the exhibiting companies. The result is an efficient, orderly dissemination of information to personnel and an effective means of marketing for technology vendors.Each year, NCSI produces more than 125 in-agency technology expositions. These tabletop events consist of 25-50 technology companies exhibiting the latest in mission-related, emerging technol...