MITRE Engineer Elected President of HR Leadership Forum

Washington, D.C., June 2008

Principal multi-discipline systems engineer Dan Ward has been elected president of the HR Leadership Forum (HRLF) for 2008-2009. HRLF, the Washington area affiliate of the international Human Resource Planning Society, is a professional association comprised of greater Washington metropolitan area senior HR professionals and organizational leaders responsible for human capital management.

Chief Engineer for Information Security Addresses Defense Conference

Arlington, VA, June 2008

Bill Neugent, MITRE Fellow and chief engineer for cybersecurity, gave a briefing at the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement's Cyber Security for National Defense conference in Arlington, VA, on June 25. Neugent discussed the need for the U.S. military, government, and industry to rethink the way they look at defending their information and operations against potential cyber attacks. He stressed the shift from keeping attackers out of systems to preparing to operate in a "cyber-degraded environment"—on the assumption that attackers are capable of penetrating initial defenses.

MITRE Engineer Speaks at Digital Asset Management & Marketing Operations Symposium

New York, NY, May 2008

Mary Lynne Nelson, MITRE principal information systems engineer, was a speaker on the "Expert Roundtable: DAM Procurement Best Practices" at the 2008 Digital Asset Management & Marketing Operations Symposium in New York City.

MITRE Engineer on Panel: The State of Homeland Security

Washington, DC, April 2008

Barbara A. Grewe, MITRE principal multi-discipline systems engineer, senior policy advisor, and former senior counsel for special projects, 9/11 Commission, served as one of two panelists at the Center for American Progress' event, The State of Homeland Security. Grewe and Daniel B. Prieto, senior fellow for Homeland Security and Intelligence at IBM's Global Leadership Initiative, discussed the evolution of homeland security, challenges at the federal, state, and local government levels and in the private sector, and emerging issues facing the new administration and the 2009 Congress. Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, also delivered remarks.

MITRE Engineer Discusses Federal "Brain Drain"

McLean, VA, February 2008

Gabriel F. Galvan, a principal information systems engineer with MITRE's Center for Enterprise Modernization, gave a presentation at the Northern Virginia Technology Council's Business to Government Committee panel discussion: "The Federal 'Brain Drain'—Using Outsourcing and Knowledge Management Strategies to Ease the Pain." Galvan raised key challenges facing the federal government workforce in the next decade, namely that sixty percent of the federal workforce and ninety percent of the Senior Executive Service will be eligible for retirement during the next ten years. Retirements are projected to peak in 2009, with an estimated 62,000 per year. Galvan discussed the need for integrated strategic human capital planning to attract and retain employees, including using technology to simplify and streamline the recruiting, retention, and training processes.

Two MITRE Engineers Elected to the Institute of Navigation's Executive Committee

Fairfax, VA, February 2008

Chris Hegarty, director for spectrum management at MITRE, and John Betz, a MITRE fellow, have been elected to the Institute of Navigation's (ION) Executive Committee. The ION is a non-profit professional society dedicated to the advancement of the art and science of navigation. Hegarty, who was elected president, is a long-time ION Council member and was inducted as an ION Fellow in 2007 (the highest honor awarded at the Institute) for "sustained contributions to the art and science of satellite navigation and for consistently demonstrating outstanding technical professionalism on GPS modernization, applications and augmentations." Betz, elected treasurer, is also an ION Fellow and has chaired sessions at many ION conferences. He has served as the treasurer of ION's Satellite Division since 2006.

MITRE Engineer Named Among Team of Winners of Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation

Boston, MA, January 2008

MITRE engineer Glenn Himes, PhD, was named among the winners of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology's Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation. Himes, executive director of MITRE's civilian agencies mission, is part of a national team of doctors and scientists who comprise the Medical Device PnP Program, also known as Plug-and-Play. The team, led by Massachusetts General Hospital's Julian M. Goldman, MD, designed technology to ensure interoperability of systems in the operating room and other hospital areas, with the objective to link devices and electronic systems and minimize mistakes.

National Institute of Standards and Technology's Federal Desktop Core Configuration Implementers Workshop

Gaithersburg, MD, January 2008

Drew Buttner, a lead information security engineer/scientist at MITRE, spoke at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's 2008 Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) Implementers Workshop. Buttner discussed specific software settings that can only be updated and checked manually, which can slow down federal agency reporting and compliance efforts required by the Office of Management and Budget for all federal desktop computers.

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