Federal Executive Breakfast featuring Chris Smith, Deputy CIO, USDA March 19, 2009

Mr. Chris Smith was appointed Deputy Chief Information Officer for the USDA on July 2, 2008. He is responsible for providing overall guidance for USDA’s information technology (IT) efforts, investments, polices, and planning. He provides oversight to USDA agencies to ensure that agency IT investments are linked to agency accomplishments.

Mr. Smith will address:

His role as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the USDA

Upcoming technology opportunities, and a status update on major technology investments within the USDA

The event will also feature Mr. John Slye, Principal Analyst for INPUT. He will identify major technology investments within the USDA and top opportunities for technology vendors in 2009.

Official Website: http://www.input.com/corp/events_breakfast/20090319_Csmith.cfm