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Collaboration & Transformation SIG February 2013 Meeting
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2/21/2013
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2/21/2013
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ACT-IAC Conference Room, 3040 Williams Drive, Suite 610, Fairfax, VA 22031
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SIG Event
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Collaboration & Transformation SIG February 2013 Meeting
Topic: "Easy ways to understand emerging technologies and the philosophy that ties them together for Govt. Decision Makers" - Guest Speaker Ms. Bethany Letalien, Management Analyst for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in the office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Location: ACT-IAC Conference Room, 3040 Williams Drive, Suite 610, Fairfax, VA 22031
Teleconference: 1-303-218-2664 or 1-800-371-9219; ID 759 153 6404# (ACT-IAC is a non-profit organization. In order to best support our mission, we respectfully request that you use the first conference # listed if possible.)
Webinar: https://actiac.webex.com/actiac/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=665471875
Webinar password: C&TSIG (registration is not required, only the case-sensitive password)
Fee: none
Please join us at our next C&T SIG meeting on Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 from 3:30-5:00 PM where we’ll have guest speaker Ms. Bethany Letalien, Management Analyst for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in the office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Agenda
• Feature Presentation: Ms. Bethany Letalien, Management Analyst for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in the office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) discussing "Easy ways to understand emerging technologies and the philosophy that ties them together for Govt. Decision Makers"
• Welcome by SIG Chair, Adelaide O'Brien, and Vice Chair, Linda Garcia
• Status on Current Programs, Projects & Initiatives
About the Program
Bethany Letalien, Management Analyst for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will discuss the need for government decision makers who are managers and leaders at the highest level -- but not subject matter experts on the latest technologies -- to have easy ways to understand emerging technologies and the philosophy that ties them together. Bethany will review how APIs and apps are a major part of emerging technologies and provide some examples of how government agencies can collaborate and make good use of this technology to further mission.
Speaker Bio
Bethany Letalien is a Management Analyst for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in the office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO). She provides strategic and analytical support on a range of topics, including transparency and collaboration, implementation of the Digital Government Strategy, plain language, and innovative approaches to agency challenges such as performance management and employee development.
Ms. Letalien arrived at OPM in 2009 as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) and graduated from the program in 2011. During that time, she completed a rotational assignment in records management with the Institute of Museum and Library Studies.
Prior to beginning her PMF experience, Ms. Letalien received a doctorate in Information Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Her field research, funded by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, took her to a shantytown in Brazil for nearly two years, during which time she worked with a local non-profit organization on institution building, as well as the construction of a reading room and classrooms for children and adults.
Ms. Letalien’s first introduction to Federal employment was in the 1990s, when she spent two years at the Hispanic Division of Library of Congress. There, she worked on a variety of topics pertinent to the Portuguese-speaking world, including Portuguese immigrants to the United States.
Ms. Letalien holds a Masters of Information Studies, MA in Communication, and MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a BS in Portuguese from Georgetown University.
A native of Bristol, CT and a dog lover, Ms. Letalien is passionate about equal access to information and social inclusion for all people. She is also drawn to the topics of technology, language, and culture. Not a natural athlete, she challenged herself for some 20 years through competitive swimming and has recently rediscovered the joys (and pains) of water polo.
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