Federal Manager's Daily Report

The General Services Administration’s Office of Technology Strategy

and the CIO Council’s IT workforce committee will host a forum

titled “Designing for IT Survivability” March 14 at the GSA

headquarters auditorium in Washington, D.C.

An expert panel will discuss strategic aspects of applying identity

credentialing (Real ID Act and FIPS 201), open architecture and

key emergency support functions, according to the Council. Topics

will include their approach to the interoperability and

integration of IT systems and networks, day to day operations

of data interactions, meta data fusion and other key issues of

continuity of operations. This forum is free and is designed both

for COOP personnel and anyone working on IT projects. To register,

go to: http://www.cio.gov/registration/itquarterlyforum/index.cfm