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Federal Computer Week's annual FEDERAL 100 winners were announced yesterday. This year's winners, chosen by a panel of government and industry leaders, include 76 from the federal government, 1 from state/local government, and 23 from industry. The list includes 51 designees from civilian agencies and 25 from the defense sector.

The January 13th Fireside Chat with Steven VanRoekel is available as a video on-demand.

Vivek Kundra

The nation’s first Federal Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, steps down in August for a fellowship at Harvard University, and the AFFIRM community applauds this important step in his career while recognizing two years of drive, vision, and accomplishment.

The annual AFFIRM Leadership Awards are presented for outstanding executive leadership in government-wide Information Resources Management.

A series of awards will be presented to an individual or group of individuals (group award) who have made significant leadership contributions to activities which have significance beyond their agency or organization and provide efficiencies, effectiveness, in an outstanding manner.

If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please download this form for more information.

AFFIRM's IT Visionary Series with John Chambers, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Cisco, held on October 19, 2010, aired on C-SPAN3 and is also streamed on the C-SPAN site.

Federal News Radio, a sponsor of AFFIRM's monthly luncheon speaker series, has a dedicated webpage for news coverage that is continuously updated with editorial content from AFFIRM luncheons. Click here for AFFIRM's page.

AFFIRM in the News

VanRoekel Expands On Obama's Agency Merger Plan; 2012 IT Plans
AOL Government
January 13, 2012

AFFIRM is pleased to release its 13th Annual Federal Chief Information Officer Top-Ten Challenges Survey.

The survey includes discussion of the top IT and IT-related challenges, critical technologies/solutions, and perspectives on specific issues facing the federal CIO community.