Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Maximizing Your IAC Membership Investment Maximizing Your IAC Membership Investment

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action 2 AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR TECHNOLOGY  Established in 1979 by government employees to provide a forum for communication & collaboration with their peers  National federation of ADP councils – original name was the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils (FGIPC)  Purposes – communicate, collaborate, inform, educate & train, promote the profession

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action 3 INDUSTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL  Established by ACT in 1989 to provide a vendor-neutral forum for obtaining industry advice  Mission: “bring industry and government executives together to exchange information, support professional development, improve communications and understanding, solve issues and build partnership and trust, thereby enhancing government’s ability to serve the nation’s citizenry”  Purposes: –Provide a forum for studies and analysis of public sector management issues –Advise ACT and the appropriate government officials on industry trends and other issues –Assist ACT and the government by identifying expert speakers –Provide education and training

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action 4 ACT-IAC IS UNIQUE  Only organization in the IT community where government and industry sit at the table as peers  Provides an ethical and trusted environment where government and industry can communicate, collaborate and cooperate  ACT-IAC has been described: “… as, perhaps, the one objective forum for collaboration between industry and government.” “…a model of how government and industry can work together, particularly at a time when partnerships often exist in name only.”

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Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action 7 ACT-IAC Advancing Government Through Collaboration, Education and Action

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action 8 IAC – THINGS TO KNOW  Mission is to improve government through IT  Government issues drive the agenda  The forum is vendor and technology neutral  All activities must be objective and ethical  Government and industry work together as peers – almost every activity has a government and industry chair  Industry attendance at MOC and ELC is limited to preserve a collaborative environment  Lobbying and business development are prohibited  Non-profit 501(c)3 organization  Does not accept government funding  Member driven organization with professional staff partners

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action 9 MAJOR PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES  Program events  Program events: 40 – 50 annually  Conferences  Conferences: Small Business; Management of Change; Executive Leadership  Shared Interest Groups  Shared Interest Groups: Acquisition; Collaboration & Transformation; Cybersecurity; Emerging Technologies; Enterprise Architecture; Human Capital; Networks & Telecommunications; Small Business  Professional Development  Professional Development: Voyagers; Partners  Awards  Awards: Excellence.gov Awards; individual recognition  Special Projects  Special Projects: BetterBuy; Mythbusters; Financial systems acquisition  Chapters  Chapters: San Diego and Denver  Web site  Web site:

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action 10 IAC VALUE TO YOU KNOWLEDGE & EDUCATION  Government plans, needs and challenges  IT issues (e.g. cloud, cybersecurity, acquisition, etc.)  Government IT marketplace & how to do business PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT  Formal training and development  Operating in a collaborative, consensus-based environmentRELATIONSHIPS  Government  Industry SHAPE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES & PROGRAMS  Improve government’s ability to serve the nation

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action 11 HOW TO GET INVOLVED AttendParticipateLeadSponsor What you get out of it depends on what you put into it!