Brenda Byers, I.S.P., ITCP

Brenda Byers, I.S.P., ITCP represented CIPS at the FEAPO meeting in June that has led to CIPS being a founding member of the only EA industry body and Federation.

As a founding member, CIPS will help determine new members. The global industry, national, and regional work that CIPS does was critical to having its membership receive unanimous approval. 

The first organizations that were voted in as official voting members of FEAPO are:

-Data Management International ( DAMA International)
-DAMA International Education & Research Foundation
-The Association for Enterprise Information
-The Association for Open Group Enterprise Architects
-The Business Architecture Society (BAS) 

-The Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)

-CAEAP (The Center for Advancement for the Enterprise 

-Architecture Profession)
-IAC EA Shared Interest Group
-GITCA (The Global IT Community Association)
-The National Association of State CIO's (NASCIO)
-The Network Professional Association (NPA)
-The Open Group

The British Computer Society, IEEE Computer Society, and Federal CIO Council will be joining once they receive final approval.

Oct 17-20th
Ottawa Convention Centre, Ottawa ON

'Connected Government - Working Together to Better Service Canadians'

For 18 years GTEC (Government Technology Exhibition and Conference) has been inspiring public sector IT professionals with thought provoking demonstrations of advanced technology and a powerful line-up of speakers that features the best and brightest industry leaders. GTEC is Canada's Government Technology Event, and one which attracts over 7000 participants, renowned speakers, and exhibitors from across Canada and around the world annually.  This year's Conference program is impressive and once again includes a special focused program on the Next Generation CIO .

We encourage CIPS members to take advantage of the special pricing offered by using special promo code "CIPS15" when registering  and save up to $200.00 off the price of your conference package.  

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 via GITCA August newsletter

GITCA is very pleased to announce the launch of its Fellows program. In order to be considered for nomination as a GITCA Fellow an individual must satisfy the following criteria:

A GITCA Fellow is someone who has already made a distinguished contribution to the IT profession or to the application of IT and has committed to become an advocate of GITCA and its various activities. An advocacy role requires the GITCA Fellow to be fully cognizant of the activities of GITCA and be prepared to advocate on behalf of GITCA as requested and to seek opportunities to advocate on behalf of GITCA. It is expected that Fellows will have contact with major players in industry, governments and international organizations which will provide GITCA with opportunities to get its message across in a wider arena...and in places and times not anticipated by GITCA. The title of Fellow (FGITCA) also provides the opportunity for GITCA to recognize the work done by individuals, both through professional associations and in other activities in promoting IT professionalism and the objectives of GITCA.

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CIPS members receive discount on NEW Penn State Executive Program launching this fall

CIPS members receive a discount on this program of $1,000 off the regular price 

(see the brochure).  

As part of the Goods and Services Management Process, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is reviewing its approach to Professional Services and is seeking information from industry. Based on research, market analysis and initial consultations, PWGSC has developed a draft national strategy detailing the proposed approach. Once finalized, this approach will be in place for five years.

You are invited to provide your feedback as part of a Request for Information ((RFI) by October 7, 2011.  You can access theRequest for Information and download the RFI at http://www.merx.com.

This video series will cover 45 interviews with executives, politicians and researches talking about growth, change and learning. The whole series will be recorded during this summer around the world.

New Interviews:

• Professor Martha Maznevski, IMD    
• CEO Mårten Mickos, Eucalyptus Inc
• SVP Peter Sondergaard, Gartner Inc.
• CEO Sacha Alexander Zackariya, The Change Group Plc.

It is all here: (for all devices)

Hi, I'm Rick Claus, Senior Technical Evangelist with Microsoft Canada.  I was floored a couple of years ago by statements from Technical Professionals who weren't working Microsoft Updates into their maintenance plans on a regular basis. When asked why - they mentioned it was on their radar to get done, but it was too difficult to understand which updates applied to them.  As a result I created the monthly " Security Bulletins by the Regular IT Guy " podcast to simplify details about Update Tuesday .

This got me thinking. There are a number of additional FREE resources you should investigate and include in your routine. Windows Update Services is something I recommend for businesses of all sizes to help control the rollout of updates in their organizations. I keep abreast of issues by visiting the Microsoft Security Response Center team and their Blog on a regular basis.  My free Anti-Malware software of choice for consumers and small businesses is Microsoft Security Essentials.  If you develop code, you might want to learn more about our Secure Development Lifecycle process.

We've come a long way since the email Bill Gates sent to all employees back in 2002 about Trustworthy Computing . Even other players in the security space are starting to come around with their opinions on our latest technologies.  Are you ready to start deploying these up to date operating systems? Our one stop shop for resources is our Springboard Series site .

Feel free to connect with me to continue the conversation.

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