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Advancing Government through Education, Leadership and Collaboration

Networks and Telecommunications COI

August 27, 2018

Advancing Government through Education, Leadership and Collaboration

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Advancing Government through Education, Leadership and Collaboration

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

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Speaker Introduction

Zain Ahmed Senior Director CenturyLink Federal

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Featured Speaker

Eric Cho Acquisition Innovation Advocate Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Advancing Government through Education, Leadership and Collaboration

Questions and Answers

• EIS - How is DHS reducing the time to award so that agencies can deliver mission

capabilities sooner? Talk about how the PIL is modernizing DHS's financial systems... And use of the Eagle II contract using the self-evaluation and on the spot

• ral presentation model...
• DHS's PIL - The PIL is one of the Fed Government’s most well known and

revolutionary acquisition approaches. How does the PIL work? How does the PIL measure success?

• DHS PIL Boot Camp Workbook - Talk about the nine commonly used evaluation

techniques that can help streamline the EIS fair opportunity task order process. Are

• ther agencies buying in to this guidance?
• Oral Presentations - are covered in the workbook. What key takeaways?
• Survey - DHS initially conducted a survey as the first step in addressing the risk

averse

• Common Techniques - What are some of the techniques most commonly used on

PIL project acquisitions?

• Webinars - one of the courses is Oral Presentations with a Twist....What are some of

the "twists"?

• RFI Best Practices - comment on some of the best practices.

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Questions and Answers

• US CIS Lessons Learned - What "lessons" from US CIS's multi-step, oral

presentations?

• Rapid Procurement Processes - DHS offered a webinar on rapid procurement

processes for non-traditional firms. Comments on the Case Study of S&T Silicon Valley Innovation Program?

• DHS Successes - The data shows that innovation evolution is occurring throughout

DHS. How so?

• AIA Council - What are the key accomplishments of the DHS AIA Council?

How does the Council measure progress?

• Change Culture - As DHS strives to change the acquisition culture, what has been

the biggest "ah ha“ takeaway?

• DOD OTA -

The federal contracting community tends to be risk averse. As such, DOD has gone outside the FAR procedures and are using OTAs - Other Transaction

• Authority. Comments on OTAs?
• Industry Support - What can industry do to support you, the PIL?
• Key Message - What key message would you like to share with this government-

industry audience?

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N&T COI Business Meeting

Tom Cuneo

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COI Leadership

• COI Industry Chair – Tom Cuneo
• COI Government Chair – Jeff Flick
• COI Industry Vice Chair – Dee Delaney
• COI Government Vice Chair – Andrew Low
• Programs Chair – Deirdre Murray
• Programs Co-Chair – J.D. Henley
• Communications Chair – Stephen Benitez
• Senior Advisors – Bob Woods, Jim Williams, Jeff Mohan
• Chief Technical Officer – John Okay

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Networks and Telecommunications

New

New Projects

• Fed CIO Council Support of ZTN/SDN Working

Group

– ZTN/SDN - to research and define functional technologies emerging in this space in support a more secure and functional workplace. – OBJECTIVE: Provide leadership and volunteers to support the five sub tasks within the working group – DELIVERABLE (s): Leading Market Research and Demonstration sub tasks Summarize findings, deliver recommendation papers, technology papers, support meetings and industry demonstrations – SCHEDULE: Ongoing – Leadership (weekly), Group (weekly) – COI CROSS-COLLABORATION: Within N&T COI and Cybersecurity COI.

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Networks and Telecommunications

UPDATE

Continuing Projects

• GSA NS2020 Working Group

– NS2020 EIS is a 15 year, $50B, multiple award contract – OBJECTIVE: Continue to be a liaison between GSA, Government and Industry to drive collaborative conversations around NS2020 timelines, vehicle requirements and transition. Create responses to GSA inquiries, develop and deliver white papers, and support meetings and industry days.

• Objective (s) - include 2016-17 EC Focus Area Alignment if applicable

– DELIVERABLE (s): Create responses to GSA inquiries, deliver recommendation papers, technology papers, support meetings and industry days. – SCHEDULE: Ongoing – Leadership (weekly), Group (bi-weekly) – COI CROSS-COLLABORATION: TBD as necessary to support the inquires and deliverables.

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Attend N&T’s Track at ELC 2018 Tuesday, October 16, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Track Theater 1.

Advancing Government through Education, Leadership and Collaboration

Thank you to for hosting today’s meeting

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