Rob Carey, CIO, Dept. of the Navy to speak at the Keynote Address for next week’s Virtual Fose event!

Yes, we’re bringing FOSE to a desktop near you! This time you don’t have to come to Washington, DC to experience the #1 rated Technology Show for Government. It’s available from the comfort of your office.

For over 30 years, FOSE has been the one IT event known government-wide as the annual meeting place for the industry. No other event draws over 10,000 senior level IT decision makers from federal, state, local, and international government converging to learn, network, share experiences, and evaluate products, services, and solutions from over 400 industry partners.

Where: Your desktop, Your Home/Office
When: August 12, 2009
Cost: FREE

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Rob Carey, CIO, Dept. of the Navy

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

Decision Superiority in the Information Age

Rob Carey, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Dept. of the Navy

As the Department of the Navy looks to the future, emerging technologies provide great opportunities to the Department and the warfighter. These same technologies also present security challenges. Mr. Robert Carey, Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer will discuss how these cybersecurity challenges are being addressed within the Department of the Navy and the need to balance the polarity of access and security.

Robert J. Carey serves as the sixth Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of the Navy (DON). As the DON CIO, Mr. Carey is the senior Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) official in the Department and he provides top-level advocacy for the Secretary of the Navy for the development and use of IM/IT and creation of a unified IM/IT vision for the Navy–Marine Corps team. He develops strategies, policies, plans, architectures, standards, and guidance, and provides process transformation support for the entire Department of the Navy.

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