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GTSC’s 3rd Annual IRS Days!

The Government Technology & Services Coalition’s 3rd Annual IRS Week will examine the missions of the Internal Revenue Service. Webinars feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, and subject matter discussions for approximately 1.5-2 hours daily.

GTSC continues to bring you the people, information, and collaboration necessary to understand our government partners. For IRS Week this year, we will once again host discussions around the IRS’ procurement goals, IT modernization priorities, cyber security missions, and their criminal investigations operations.

See the full agenda at our interactive program page: https://www.gtscdays.online/irs-week-2021

Special thanks to our Guardian Sponsor

Patrol Sponsor

Supporting Sponsor

GTSC Releases Annual Report on COVID 2020

GTSC 2020 Annual Report

Non-profit Expands programming, information sharing, and mission critical information between industry and government

The Government Technology & Services Coalition today released its 2020 Annual report discussing their accomplishments and challenges in 2020. Recognizing the impacts and milestones of the year with humor, the report describes the added services, expanded programming, and additional resources quickly developed by GTSC to meet the needs of its members.

“It was a tough year for non-profits – particularly 501 (c)6 organizations that were not eligible for any relief – but through the support of some really loyal and fabulous members who stepped up to continue their support, GTSC was able to expand programming, increase information sharing, and continue our important work with our government partners.” Said GTSC Founder and CEO, Kristina Tanasichuk.

“All of us at GTSC want to thank the numerous heroes in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, State Department and the Internal Revenue Service who pivoted quickly and continued to share information, continue their industry outreach, and really, not skip a beat achieving their missions.”

The Coalition expanded programing with new online Procurement Updates with the procurement teams from DHS Headquarters and components Customs and Border Protection, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Coast Guard, Secret Service in addition to the U.S. State Department and the Internal Revenue Service. Additionally, GTSC launched an interactive program website to support members with speaker bios, additional resources, and Leadership interviews to provide the most thorough exploration of homeland missions available.

The Coalition also expanded programming through Homeland Security Today –one of the foremost sites on all topics in homeland security. HSToday doubled readership to 1.2 million over 2019, and increased page views by 78% to nearly 2 million, over 88,000 views per month.

HSToday’s law enforcement only webinars exploded tripling subscriptions and producing 23 webinars on critical topics like Conspiracy Theory Extremism, Threats Around the Holidays, The INCEL threat, Law Enforcement Leadership Training, WMD and Drone threats, and much more.

HSToday also launched their Leadership Interviews to share even more information around how things on the border were progressing, and update on any new developments.

For more information or to learn more about membership, read the entire report here.

2/4-? | GTSC Annual Meeting: Where is DHS headed: Understanding the New Landscape

Join us in early February for a week of conversations with leadership from across DHS Headquarters to understand some of the leadership, new priorities, and notable programs and changes for 2021. Our annual meeting has merged with DHS Headquarters Days and will feature the Administration’s top leadership.

We will also release our 2020 Annual report and discuss activities around our 10th anniversary!

The week will look at what GTSC accomplished despite a year of COVID, hear keynotes from numerous government officials and officials involved in the Biden transition, and focus on the missions of DHS and how we can continue to create a collaborative environment to foster a secure homeland.

For the full agenda, click here.

Accelerating Modernization through Cloud Migration & Enterprise Data Management

As federal departments and agencies work to realize their Cloud Smart strategies, the Department of Homeland Security has evolved beyond merely “lift and shift” to modernizing in a way that leverages both cloud and hybrid environments to transform the way they manage their data. This modernization is allowing the Department to support the increasing and evolving operational needs of the DHS mission in a more flexible manner.

Join us for this panel discussion where we will explore best practices that can be used by Components in the Department of Homeland Security and across the federal enterprise to enhance operational capabilities by eliminating the traditional challenges of data silos and data duplication while enabling true data governance and expanded access and sharing of mission critical data.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

During the discussion you will learn about:

1) The best architectures for integrating, managing and governing disparate data

2) Strategies for enabling an entity-centric view of data across the enterprise

3) How metadata is being used to enhance data discovery, sharing, and security to enable the mission

4) The importance of techniques being incorporated to ensure trust and integrity in these modern environments as access to mission data is being greatly expanded.

SPEAKERS

Moderator:

Luke McCormack, Former CIO, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Panelists:

David “Jones” Eldridge, Director, Enterprise Cloud Services, Cloud Action Officer, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Fred Britton, Business and Information Technology Solutions, CACI

Mike Matechak, Chief Strategy Officer, Ardent

This webinar is generously sponsored by

MarkLogic

www.MarkLogic.com

Chris Pietrzak

Deputy Director

CBP Commercial Technology Innovation

Chris Pietrzak joined the U.S. Border Patrol in 1999 and currently serves as the Director (Acting) of the CBP Innovation Team (INVNT). INVNT’s mission is to identify, adapt, and deliver innovative and disruptive commercial technology solutions that makes frontline personnel safer and more effective. In this role Mr. Pietrzak oversees a budget of approximately $43M to develop, pilot, and deploy commercial technologies to end users and transition proven, impactful capabilities to CBP program owners.

CBP Week: Innovation with N. Clark Lazendorf

N. Clark Lanzendorf

Director, Tactical Aircraft and Vessel Acquisitions (TAVA), Air and Marine Operations (AMO)

Director Lanzendorf has over 10 years of federal acquisition, contracting and procurement experience. He is currently the Director of Tactical Aircraft and Vessel Acquisitions and is responsible the planning, execution, and management of acquisition programs and activities providing rotor and fixed wing aircraft and marine and riverine vessels to AMO operators. Director Lanzendorf is responsible for the management of a portfolio of major Acquisition Programs, to include the UH-60 Black Hawk, Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA), the Light Enforcement Helicopter and Coastal Interceptor Vessel. Additionally, Director Lanzendorf is responsible for the management of AMO capital assets, a $2.1B portfolio of 23,500 inventoried assets, ranging from aircraft and vessels to vehicles, IT equipment, and hand held devices.

CBP Week 2020; November 16-20, 2020

Join GTSC for our 9th annual focus on the missions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection! Through COVID, terrorism, transnational crime, cybercrimes, and political and economic instability threaten the homeland. This week will examine CBP’s 12 strategic initiatives designed to harness and apply the power of data, intelligence, and advanced analytics, develop and maintain top-quality IT infrastructure and access, and expand our international and intelligence partnerships to leverage the benefits of interoperability and collaboration to protect the country.

Registration opens November 1 – stay tuned here and in your member newsletter for new speakers and updates.

Sponsorships are available! Contact us to learn more!

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUARDIAN SPONSOR:

Monday, November 16

2:00 PM Setting the Stage for Border Security: Immigration & National Security

Todd Bensman, Author

Tuesday, November 17

11:00 AM Supporting a Secure Border: Operations

Linda Jacksta, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Operations Support

Bradford Slutsky, Director, Information and Incident Coordination Center

Kathleen Scudder, Executive Director, Planning, Analysis, and Requirements Evaluation Directorate

George Talton, Director (Acting), Planning, Analysis, and Requirements Evaluation Directorate

Dave Fluty, Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services

Ron Ocker, Executive Director, Intelligence Operations, Office of Intelligence

2:00 PM Supporting a Secure Border: Enterprise Services

Benjamine “Carry” Huffman, Executive Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Services

Wednesday, November 18

11:00 AM Office of the CIO Update

Beth Capello, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the CIO

Thursday, November 19

2:00 PM Procurement Update

Diane Sahakian, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Acquisition

Earl J. Lewis III, Executive Director, Information Technology, Contracting Division

Julie Koo, Division Director, Information and Technology (IT) Contracting Division

Peter Giambone, Contract Specialist

Timothy O. Evans, Branch Chief for the Border Technologies Contract Branch, Office of Acquisition, Office of Enterprise Services

Ramona Watts-Sutton

Friday, November 20

10:00 AM Air & Marine Operations

Dennis Michelini, Executive Director, Operations, Air and Marine Operations

1:00 PM Technology & The CBP Mission

Tom Mills, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information and Technology

David Hansen, Executive Director (Acting), Passenger Systems Program Directorate

Robert Costello, Executive Director on detail to Border Enforcement and Management Systems Directorate
Office of Information and Technology

Thursday, December 3

10:30 AM Border Patrol: A View from the Front Lines

Chief Rodney Scott, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol

2:00 PM KEYNOTE: Setting the Stage for Border Security

Mark Morgan, Commissioner

Friday, December 4

11:00 AM Field Operations Update

Diane Sabatino, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Field Operations

2:00 PM Update from OIT

Sonny Bhagowalia, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Information Technology & CIO

Valerie Isbell, Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology

Office of Information Technology

EM2020: FEMA’s Missions to Prepare, Respond, Recover

EM2020 explores the missions of FEMA, the nation’s preparedness for, response to, and recovery from, any emergency.

October 27 – November 3, 2020

Most sessions begin at 2:00 PM, click here for more details on registration.

SPECIAL THANKS to

The Government Technology & Services Coalition’s EM2020 is a week of interactive webinars to explore the missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the practice of emergency management, and the nation’s preparedness for, response to, and recovery from, any emergency. Webinars feature a keynote speaker. and panel discussion for approximately 1.5-2 hours daily. Panels will be announced as they are confirmed – we anticipate 6 sessions with FEMA leadership.

AGENDA

Tuesday, October 27

Technology and the FEMA Mission

OPENING KEYNOTE

2:00 PM Lytwaive Hutchinson, Chief Information Officer

Discussion:

2:30 PM Karen Filipponi, Chief Component Human Capital Officer

Wednesday, October 28

EVENT KEYNOTE

1:30 PM Peter Gaynor, Administrator, FEMA

Preparedness: Expanding our Understanding

2:00 PM Alex Amparo, Assistant Administrator, National Preparedness

Discussion panel:

2:30 PM Linda Mastandrea, Director, Office of Disability Integration and Coordination

3:00 PM Chief Keith Bryant, Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration

3:30 PM David Maurstad, Deputy Associate Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration

Thursday, October 29

Resilience for All-Hazards

2:00 PM Bridget Bean, Deputy Administrator (Acting), Resilience

Friday, October 30

FEMA Modification of Response and Recovery efforts in a pandemic environment

2:00 PM Jeffrey Dorko, Assistant Administrator for Logistics, Office of Response and Recovery

2:30 PM Dr. Melissa Forbes, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Recovery, Office of Response and Recovery

Tuesday, November 3

Procurement Update

2:00PM Bobby McCane, Chief Procurement Officer

2:30PM Lester Ingol, Deputy Chief Component Procurement Officer

Read more about our sponsor, Excelicon, here:

Emergency Management Week 2020

The Government Technology & Services Coalition’s EM2020 is a week of interactive webinars to explore the missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the practice of emergency management, and the nation’s preparedness for, response to and recovery from any emergency. Webinars feature a keynote speaker. and panel discussion for approximately 1.5-2 hours daily. Hosted October 27-November 3, 2021. See the agenda here.

Special thanks to our Guardian Sponosr

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