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BDE with U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Join GTSC for our Business Development Exchange (BDE) Meeting. Please welcome:

Christopher Perry
Director of Field Operations, US Customs and Border Protection, Detroit Field Office
US Department of Homeland Security

Chief Perry will join us to discuss challenges on the northern border and future opportunities.

Wednesday July 28, 2021
11:00 AM EST
REGISTER – GTSC members only
THIS IS A GTSC BDE MEMBER ONLY EVENT – NO PRESS. GTSC MEMBERS ONLY.

ABOUT CHRISTOPHER PERRY: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-perry-b179456a/
ABOUT THE BDE:
The BDE group is made up of companies that understand the “MISSION” of Homeland Security and companies that have, or want, work at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Members have an understanding of the existing contract vehicles. The group is not an introduction to business development — it is an active exchange of information and intelligence on opportunities and procurements. Everyone is expected to participate and share information.

BDE with U.S. Secret Service

Join GTSC for our Monthly Business Development Exchange Meeting. Please welcome:

Salvatore Saraceno
Head of Contracting Activity, Procurement Division, Office of Enterprise Readiness, US Secret Service

Wednesday July 28, 2021
2:00 PM EST
REGISTER – GTSC members only

Saraceno directs 43 Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists awarding over 1,700 actions valued at $350M for supplies and services safeguarding the nation’s financial infrastructure and payment systems to preserve the integrity of the economy to protecting national leaders and visiting heads of state and government.
THIS IS A GTSC BDE MEMBER ONLY EVENT – NO PRESS. GTSC MEMBERS ONLY.

ABOUT SALVATORE SARACENO:
Salvatore Saraceno began serving as the Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) for the United States Secret Service in September 2020. In his current position, Salvatore directs 43 Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists awarding over 1,700 actions valued at $350M for supplies and services safeguarding the nation’s financial infrastructure and payment systems to preserve the integrity of the economy to protecting national leaders and visiting heads of state and government.
Before his role as HCA, Salvatore served as the Chief, Technology Contracting Division, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). At USCIS, Salvatore was involved with the cradle-to-grave acquisition of software licenses and maintenance, computer hardware and peripherals, and mission critical information technology services vital to the success of the USCIS mission. Prior to performing as Chief, Technology Contracting Division, Salvatore served as a Contracting Officer on a $1.4B Weapon System Sustainment contract for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Lifecycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Peterson AFB, CO. This role with the USAF allowed him to utilize his contracting and management skills in the sustainment of space satellite weapon systems throughout the United States and its Ally partners.
Salvatore retired from the USAF as a Major/O-4 and held several roles from contract specialist, contracting officer to acquisition staff officer for Headquarters United States Air Force Space Command. He received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College, and he holds a Certified Professional Contract Manager certification from the National Contracts Management Association.

ABOUT THE BDE:
The BDE group is made up of companies that understand the “MISSION” of Homeland Security and companies that have, or want, work at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Members have an understanding of the existing contract vehicles: EAGLE II, PACTS II, OASIS, GSA Schedules, CIOSP 3. The group is not an introduction to business development — it is an active exchange of information and intelligence on opportunities and procurements. Everyone is expected to participate and share Information.

ESBG: DHS Mentor Protege Program July 7

GTSC members only

Hosted by GTSC’s Emerging Small Business Group

The DHS Mentor-Protégé program is designed to motivate and encourage large business prime contractor firms to provide mutually beneficial developmental assistance to small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned small business concerns. With its participating Mentor-Protégé Companies, the program is also designed to:

Improve the performance of contracts and subcontracts.

Foster the establishment of long-term business relationships between large prime contractors and small business subcontractors.

Strengthen subcontracting opportunities and accomplishments through three incentives. (see Section 1.5 of Program Details).

Join us to hear from

Sharon Davis

Manager of the DHS Mentor-Protégé Program, Office of Chief Procurement Officer

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

about the program, how you can engage, and the benefits to your large or small firm.

If you are not a GTSC member and are interested in this event, please contact us.

GTSC’s Inaugural State Dept. Days!

The Government Technology & Services Coalition is extremely pleased to host the First Annual State Department Days to examine the missions, programs, and goals of the U.S. State Department. Webinars feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, and subject matter discussions for approximately 1.5-2 hours daily from June 14-21st, 2021.

GTSC continues to bring you the people, information, and collaboration necessary to understand our government partners. For our first State Department Days, we will host discussions around the Department’s procurement goals, IT transformation initiatives, their small business strategy, and much more.

See the full agenda and register at our interactive program page:

https://www.gtscdays.online/statedepartment-days-2021

Below you will find the links to the PowerPoint Presentations from the Event!

GTSC-DOS Days 1 and 2

GTSC DOS Day 3 – Keith Jones

GTSC DOS Day 3 – Jeff Johnson

GTSC DOS Day 3 – Glenn Miller

GTSC DOS Day 3 – Matthew Graviss

GTSC DOS Day 4 – Brian Merrick

GTSC DOS Day 4 – Glen Johnson

GTSC DOS Day 4 – Cybersecurity

GTSC DOS Day 5 – OSDBU

Special thanks to our Guardian sponsor:

Our Patrol Sponsor

Our supporting sponsor

Small Business sponsor

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

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