Conference Day Two: Wednesday 09 June 2010

7:30 Registration & Coffee

8:00 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

8:10Keynote: The Social Security Administration’s Major Drivers For IT Excellence

  • SSA’s revitalization of the IT investment management process to foster transparency and agility with a focus on outcomes
  • Improving SSA’s service delivery through technology innovation leveraging collaboration among employees, the public, academia, and government agencies
  • Enabling SSA’s Internet Service Delivery strategy through robust authentication and prudent risk management

Frank Baitman
Chief Information Officer
Social Security Administration

8:50 Organizational Roadblocks To Cloud Implementation

Mic Mazarick
CTO
VirtuDataCenter

9:30 Networking Break

10:15Cloud Computing: NASA's Nebula Cloud Computing Platform: Bringing Mars Data Down To Earth

  • How cloud computing can enable greater transparency, deeper engagement with the public and private industry, and allow agencies to do more with less resources
  • New scenarios and benefits that this capability can provide for technologists and policy makers alike
  • How the flexible capability that Nebula offers hastens the pace of innovation, collaboration and new breakthroughs in a way that we see everyday in the private sector

Chris C. Kemp
Chief Information Officer
NASA Ames Research Center

10:55Keynote: Unifying And Simplifying Agency IT Infrastructures In Government For Mission Results

  • Pioneering the deployment of cloud computing services to address mission essential needs in an agile and cost-effective manner
  • Optimizing the infrastructure to support new Web 2.0, multimedia, enterprise and mobile services

Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia
Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of the Interior

11:35Keynote: Department Of Homeland Security CIO Update

  • Overview of DHS efforts to standardize and consolidate its IT infrastructure through its OneNet and Data Center Consolidation programs
  • Lessons learned for other Government Agencies as they embark on their own Data Center Consolidation efforts
  • Looking forward – DHS’ leverage of cloud computing

Richard A. Spires
Chief Information Officer
Department of Homeland Security

12:15 Lunch

1:00 Integrating Enterprise Infrastructure

  • DISA perspective
  • Challenges, current progress, and future requirements

John Garing
Director of Strategic Planning and Information Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency (Tentative)

1:40 US Coast Guard C4IT Service Center

  • Supporting a geographically dispersed network from a new command

Mark T. Powell
Director, C4IT Service Center
US Coast Guard

2:20 Networking Break

2:50 Networx Transition And Beyond

  • Why agencies are transitioning to Networx
  • Transition status
  • Networx evolution: security, VoIP, wireless, cloud services
  • Other network services, future COMSATCOM services acquisition, Connections II
  • Regional implementation of broadband infrastructure

Karl Krumbholz
Director, Network Services Programs, Integrated Technology Services
General Services Administration

3:30Case Study: IT Infrastructure Advances And Consolidation At CDC

  • Collapsing 20+ independent infrastructure support groups and domains into one consolidated IT infrastructure support organization while saving 30-40% of previously projected annual support costs
  • Creative ways to save money through good management of staff and resources, including deployment of new cost-saving technologies like server virtualization
  • Maintaining service levels and expanding service offerings each year

Howard M. Smith
Associate Director for Technology Services, Information Technology Services Office
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

4:10 End Of Main Conference