If you don't see images, click here to view Story Ideas  .  Events  To ensure delivery, please add newsletter@bisnow.com to your address book, learn how PUBLICATIONS: Daily Business | Real Estate | Legal | Tech/Fed IT | Association/Non-Profit | Medical | The Scene CITIES: Washington | New York | Chicago     June 16, 2009         A Day With the Birds A big shoutout to Marymount University grad programs, offering an info session this Friday, June 19. Choose from several great programs to best suit you— IT, Health Care Management, Business Administration, and more. See ad at right to register.   Hokie Hokie Hokie Hi, Tech Tech VPI, Solah-rex, Solah-rah, Polytech Vir-gin-i-a, Ray Rah VPI, Team Team Team! Too early for a cheer? OK, well we were a little spirited after spending yesterday afternoon with the Virginia Tech Intelligence & Defense Executive Alumni (VT IDEA) at CSC’s Conference Facility in Chantilly.   How much brain power is in this room? VT IDEA was founded by KippsDeSanto’s Pack Fancher and former CIA CTO Bob Flores to connect university research leaders with business and government alumni to bring solutions to national security challenges. Well, that and to talk about Beamer Ball.   You may remember Bruce Lawlor, center, as Chief of Staff at DHS under Tom Ridge. Now he’s heading Tech’s Center for Technology, Security, and Public Policy. He’s busy studying the effects of catastrophic events, namely what would happen if a fault line that runs from St. Louis to Memphis caused an earthquake (something possible since it hits 8.0 on the Richter scale about every 500 years).   Seong Mun, a medical research fellow and Director of Tech’s Imaging and Health Informatics (iHi) Center says that roughly 700 medics have been killed in Iraq. To combat that, Tech is designing robots that can perform medical procedures in the field without risking an extra human life.   Tech VP of IT Erv Blythe with distinguished alumni and Digital Sandbox co-founder Anthony Beverina. Erv just finished Tech’s “Converge Security Initiative” that brought together physical security and IT organizations for enhanced campus safety following the campus shooting in April ’07. Anthony’s company is using the economic downtown to score some top-notch talent: “Our last 10 hires were rock stars.”   Anyone looking for more schooling should turn to Saifur Rahman, who heads Tech’s Advanced Research Institute. It’s starting a new Executive Master of Information Security Assurance program next year and is on the lookout for 25 super bright students. Good for Business?   Obama’s transparency push could be great for most businesses, says Bob Gourley, CTO of Crucial Point LLC, former CTO for the Defense Intelligence Agency, one of the Washingtonian’s 100 Tech Titans, and voice behind CTOvision.com. “The government is serious about accountability, so businesses who deliver quality results should be prepared for success. Conversely, firms which fail to deliver will have nowhere to hide."   A few other tech trends: Bob says more gov't agencies will turn to cloud computing; commercially supported open source software will continue to lead in all security metrics and grow in adoption; and, “Web 2.0 capabilities will empower users in ways that will dramatically change business models; most middle management that I run into don't seem to see this coming.” TECH TOWN CALENDAR   June 17 – NextGenWeb Relaunch Party from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Darlington House. June 18 – AFCEA Bethesda Federal Healthcare IT panel with speakers NIH CIO John Jones, HHS CIO Michael Carleton (invited) and EPA Director Information Technology and Resources Management Division Office of Pesticide Programs Oscar Morales. Details.   June 18 – NVTC B2G Committee is hosting an a meeting on “New to Government Contracting? Everything You Need to Know.” The event is moderated by Brad Antle, former President of SI International and will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Teqcorner. Details. June 18 – The ASBC’s Washington Breakfast Club with guest speaker Bridget Bean of SBA from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Tower Club. Sign up. June 18 – Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards banquet at the Tysons’ Ritz. Networking starts at 6 p.m. Details. June 18, 19 – The Digital Government Institute is hosting an Enterprise Architecture Conference & Expo at the Ronald Reagan Building. No cost for government to attend. Sign up. June 23 – NCMA Tysons Corner Chapter monthly meeting at Maggiano’s from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Info. June 24 – The 12th Annual Boy Scout Technology Award will be given to QinetiQ North America CEO Duane Andrews. The event is at the Tysons’ Ritz from noon to 1:30 p.m. June 25 – Former DNI Director Mike McConnell joins a panel at the National Press Club discussing cyber security and the importance of U.S. innovation for cyber and economic security. The events runs from 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sign up. IN OTHER NEWS GSA presented its annual budget to the Senate, testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee yesterday for the first time in recent history. GSA’s request includes $375 million for the Federal Buildings Fund and $270 million for its operating appropriations. Bethesda-based Master Key Consulting, a provider of verification and validation services to the federal government, announced a new strategic partnership with Austin-based SmarteSoft, an industry leader in investment software, test automation products and services. Booz Allen Hamilton was named one of Computerworld magazines top workplaces for IT professions. Booz ranked 41st on the list of companies and 4th for IT training. Send event information to techevents@bisnow.com and your company’s contract wins (plus any other exciting news) to techstories@bisnow.com       CONTACT EDITORIAL CONTACT ADVERTISING CONTACT GENERAL INFO This newsletter is a journalistic news source which accepts no payment for featured interviews. It is supported by conventional advertisers clearly identified in the right hand column. You have been selected to receive it either through prior contact or professional association. 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