NITAAC Industry Advisory Council (IAC)

MEETING MINUTES

Bldg. 6100 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD

Conference Room 6D01

Thursday, April 17, 2007

10:00 A.M.–11:30 A.M.

Attendees:

Victor E. Powers, NITAAC Program Director, powersv@od.nih.gov

Donald Wilson, CO, NITAAC

Greg Holliday, CO, NITAAC

Wanda Russell, CO, NITAAC

Rusty Wall, IAC Co-Chair, CSC rwall@csc.com

Geralynn Franceschini, IAC, Unisys

Frank Durso, IAC, SRA

Dennis Dietrich, IAC, Digicon

Zaman Khan, IAC, Intelligent Decisions

Stuart Kramer, NRC, SRA

 

The Thursday, April 19, 2007 Meeting Minutes follow:

è   Opening Remarks                                                                                      Mr. Victor E. Powers
                                                                                                                     NITAAC Program Director

Mr. Victor E. Powers welcomed everyone to the IAC meeting.

è   NITAAC’s Outreach/Upcoming Shows Request for                             Mr. Victor E. Powers
Comments                                                                                                 NITAAC Program Director

Victor Powers addressed NITAAC’s plans for attending various 2007 Tradeshows.  He specifically addressed that several IAC members were absent from the meeting because both NITAAC and Industry Representatives were attending the April 19^th Seventeenth Annual OSDBU Conference in Upper Marlboro MD. http://www.fbcinc.com/osdbu09/default.aspx that was ongoing simultaneously.

Additionally, Mr. Powers addressed NITAAC’s plans for ramping up the NITAAC Outreach and Education program in the spring.  IAC council members are encouraged to contact Victor Powers with any suggested additional shows or changes to the draft 2007 Tradeshow schedule previously distributed.

NITAAC participated in the following shows to-date:

•   GOVTECH Spring Series

    –  USCG Logistics Command          Norfolk, VA                               4/10/07

    –  Langley Air Force Base               Hampton, VA                             4/11/07

    –  US Army (Ft. Eustis/Monroe)      Newport News, VA                   4/12/07

•   National Cancer Institute’s Small Business Initiative Conference         5/03/07

•   NARA                                                                                            5/08/07

Mr. Powers then addressed partnering opportunities at the 3rd Annual Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition (Conference: June 14-15, 2007/Exhibition: June 14, 2007) at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC.  At this conference Keynotes include: Dr. Michael Cowan, Chief Medical Officer, BearingPoint, and former Surgeon General, Dept. of the Navy; The Honorable Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Dr. Robert Kolodner, National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services.

 

Mr. Powers also addressed partnering opportunities at ItsGov Conference on August 17 2007, also at the Ronald Reagan Building.  This conference provides government IT purchasers with end-of-year requirements the opportunity to:

•   See, touch and demo a wide range of products

•   Confirm previous research and make a final cut

•   Become more educated about technology and procurement trends - all in one day

è   Collaborative Efforts of Subcommittees in                                              Mr. Donald Wilson
Developing GWAC Comparative Analysis                                   Sr. Contracting Officer, NITAAC

Mr. Donald Wilson, Programs Subcommittee member, led a roundtable discussion on behalf of Ms. Diane McLaughlin, Programs Subcommittee Chair. The discussion concerned results to date on the draft comparative analysis of current, past, and future GWACs, and representative Agency ID/IQ MACs.  The results will be presented to the IAC at the May 24^th meeting.

è   Discussion/Status of IAC Subcommittees

–   Marketing Chair                                                                         Ms. Geralynn Franceschini

The Marketing Subcommittee Chair reported on the status of her subcommittee efforts. 

è   Report on NITAAC Contract Performance

Mr. Donald Wilson and Mr. Greg Holliday, NITAAC Senior Contracting Officers, reported on NITAAC contract performance as of the end of March 2007.

•   ECS III has an inception-to-date award total of 62,867 orders for a total value of $1.2B.

•   IW2nd has currently awarded 457 Delivery Orders with a value of $71.3M and 43 Task Orders with a base award value of $13.2M and an option value of an additional $7.2M.  Total $84.5M

•   CIO-SP2i has 492 awarded Task Orders with a base value of $1.6B and an option year value of $6.7B if all options are exercised. 

è   Open Discussion/Potential Agenda Items for the Next Meeting

The next IAC Meeting will be held on Thursday, May24^th from 2:30 P.M.– 4:00 P.M. in Bldg. 6100 Executive Blvd., in Conference Room 6D01.  The IAC will, at a minimum, be presented with and discuss the results of the collaborative efforts of the subcommittees on the GWAC comparative analysis. The subcommittee minutes will be presented by each Subcommittee Chairperson. In addition, NITAAC Contract Performance and the ongoing efforts of the NITAAC Outreach and Education Team will be presented.

Your input is requested on any new agenda items for the next IAC meeting.  Please propose your desired agenda items or your desire to participate on the IAC Subcommittees as a new member. You may send your inputs to:  Rusty Wall, rwall@csc.com and/or Victor Powers, powersv@od.nih.gov