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This committee represents the interests of IT vendors in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community marketplace. Providing a venue for the largest of government sector clients, the Defense Committee focuses on topics such as business software and enterprise solutions, logistics, RFID, information assurance, wireless, and Netcentric operations, information sharing and acquisition of IT in these arenas.

Chairman: Dan Twomey, Gigatrust
Vice Chair: Gerry Robbins, Northrop Grumman

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PS Defense Outreach Task Group
This group works to bring the IT industry perspective to program managers and contracting, acquisition and procurement officers throughout DoD and the services, as well as reaching out to industry to engage them in IT industry issues. It provides senior industry speakers to the National Defense University and the Defense Acquisition University.
PS Intelligence Subcommittee
This group focuses on the specific needs of the Intelligence community, particularly on the developments related to information sharing as a role of the ONDI and reform of the security clearance granting process.
PS Information Assurance Task Group
This Task Group focuses on the Defense Science Board study to assess the risk of foreign influence on [DoD] software and suggests technology and other measures to mitigate the risks. It also focuses on the Supplier Assurance schema being discussed by DoD.
PS DoD Acquisition Reform Task Group
This task group is exploring the many reforms proposed over the past several years for DoD Acquisitions to identify and recommend improvements specifically for IT acquisitions in the Defense arena. The objective is to develop reforms that can facilitate timely and responsive IT acquisitions.
PS Defense Logistics Modernization Task Group
This task group will work to make recommendations to DoD regarding modernization of logistics, with a focus on data systems and how they impede or enhance modernization.
PS Government Roundtable Dialogue Series

Documents and Resources:

DoD Memo "Estimating and Comparing the Full Costs of Civilian and Military Manpower and Contract Support?"

01-27-10 Defense Committee Meeting- Section 8116 of HR 3326 (Franken Amendment)

01-27-10 Defense Committee Meeting- Mitchell Komaroff Bio

Memorandum

09-01-09 Defense Committee Meeting Speaker's Presentation

For additional information, please contact Trey Hodgkins, Vice President, National Security & Procurement Policy, at 703.284.5310.

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PS DoD Acquisition Reform Task Group
This task group is exploring the many reforms proposed over the past several years for DoD Acquisitions to identify and recommend improvements specifically for IT acquisitions in the Defense arena. The objective is to develop reforms that can facilitate timely and responsive IT acquisitions.

>Chair: Pug Gutridge, Cherokee Information Systems
>Vice-Chair: Vacant

Leadership opportunities available. If interested [...]
PS Defense Logistics Modernization Task Group
This task group will work to make recommendations to the Department regarding modernization of logistics, with a focus on the data systems and how they impede or enable modernization.

>Chair: (vacant)

Leadership opportunities available. If interested please contact Trey Hodgkins.

Documents and Resources:

For additional information, please contact Trey Hodgkins, Vice President, National Security & Procurement Policy, [...]
Defense Committee Meeting, July 7
Our speaker will be Mr. Riley Repko, Sr. Advisor, Cyber Operations & Transformation, for the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements. Riley will discuss the plans for the Department of the Air Force for Cyber going forward.

ITAA Defense Committee
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Tower Club
17th [...]
PS Defense Outreach Task Group
This Task Group works to develop the technology industry perspective and deliver to program managers and contracting, acquisition and procurement officers as part of the curriculum at federal acquisition institutes. It provides senior industry speakers opportunities to present this perspective to the National Defense University and the Defense Acquisition University.

>Chair: [...]
A.R. “Trey” Hodgkins, III
Vice President for National Security & Procurement Policy

Trey Hodgkins is the Vice President for National Security & Procurement Policy for TechAmerica. His focus is on the use of information technology and electronics at the Department of Defense and in the intelligence community (IC) and on the acquisition and procurement policies of the federal government. IT- [...]

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