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Booz Allen Hamilton Is Continuing Its 'Smart Command' Series of Town-Hall Events
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(OPEN):
"BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON"--WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS 100TH
ANNIVERSARY--IS CONDUCTING "THE 'SMART COMMAND' TOWN-HALL SERIES"--WITH
SUPPORT FROM "GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE MEDIA GROUP'S 'DEFENSE
ONE'". ITS FOCUS IS ON PUTTING INNOVATIVE, INTEROPERABLE
TECHNOLOGIES INTO THE HANDS OF THE ARMED FORCES MORE RAPIDLY,
EFFICIENTLY, AND COST-EFFECTIVELY. SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
RENE CASTRO--WHO LEADS THE FIRM'S CHARLESTON-BASED U-S NAVY- AND
MARINE-CORPS-BUSINESS FOCUSING ON "COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS,
COMPUTERS, INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE", OR
"C-FOUR-I-S-R"--HAS MORE...
(CASTRO):
"GOVERNMENT-MISSIONS
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. THE SYSTEMS THAT WE
BUILD--WHETHER INFORMATION-SYSTEMS, OR COMMAND-AND-CONTROL SYSTEMS--MUST
EVOLVE IN INNOVATIVE WAYS, TO SUPPORT THOSE MISSIONS. WE'VE
LEARNED THAT A BIG PART OF THE CHALLENGE IN GOVERNMENT-ACQUISITION IS A
LACK OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY--NOT TO MENTION
A LACK OF OWNERSHIP OF KEY SYSTEM- AND INTERFACE-REQUIREMENTS ON THE
PART OF THE GOVERNMENT. IN CHARLESTON, WE SUPPORT AN
ENGINEERING-COMMAND THAT'S CALLED THE 'SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE
SYSTEMS CENTER'. THE NAVY HAS A NUMBER OF SIMILAR
ENGINEERING-COMMANDS THAT CAN STEP INTO THIS BREACH--AND CAN PLAY THE
CRITICAL INTEGRATOR-ROLE THAT'S NEEDED TO DELIVER TRULY INTEROPERABLE
ENTERPRISE-CAPABILITIES. THAT BENEFITS ALL OF US: THE
GOVERNMENT REALIZES EFFICIENCIES AND COST-SAVINGS; INDUSTRY IS PLACED IN
THE IDEAL ROLE OF CORE-CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, IDEALLY IN AN
OPEN-ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENT; AND TAXPAYERS GET MORE BANG FOR THEIR
DEFENSE-DOLLAR. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS: AN
ENTERPRISE-MINDSET DRIVES SCALABLE SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE MORE EFFICIENTLY
INTEGRATED."
(CLOSE):
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT "THE 'SMART COMMAND' TOWN-HALL SERIES" BY VISITING
"BOOZ-ALLEN"-DOT-COM-SLASH-"SMART-COMMAND"--AND BY FOLLOWING THE
DISCUSSION ON TWITTER, USING THE HASHTAG "SMART-COMMAND".
