On February 1, 2010, President Barack Obama requested $79.4 billion in spending on information technology projects for fiscal 2011. Please join AFCEA Bethesda on February 26th for a panel of federal Chief Information Officers to discuss the 2011 IT budget priorities, including:
-How will next yearâs budget reflect the presidentâs ongoing agenda in areas like healthcare, education, energy and the environment?
-What will the continuing push towards transparency, reusability of data and cloud computing bring in terms of IT budget priorities?
-What new technology applications should agencies invest in to enable intra-agency and interagency collaboration and create a coordinated process for identifying and implementing social media tools in open government?
-How might the winding down of the war in Iraq and the surge in Afghanistan be reflected in IT budget priorities?
Speakers include:
-Roger W. Bakerâ¨Â Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technologyâ¨& Chief Information Officerâ¨Department of Veterans Affair
-Vance Hitchâ¨Â Chief Information Officerâ¨Department of Justice
-Dave Wennergrenâ¨Â Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense forâ¨Information Management, Integration and Technologyâ¨and Deputy Chief Information Officerâ¨Department of Defense
For more information on the February 26 breakfast, please contact Beth Kelley, Registrar at registrar@bethesda-afcea.org