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May 12, 2006

AFCEA's Bethesda, Md., chapter hosts a breakfast discussion on information-sharing ? McAfee helps out the USO ? It's a goal for Sun's Scott McNealy.

Various government officials gathered to discuss ways to share information across federal agencies at AFCEA Bethesda's breakfast gathering April 27 at the Bethesda, Md., North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.Photos by Rick SteeleXXXSPLITXXX-Mike Carpenter of McAfee Government Group and his wife Kimberly; and Sandy Levine, Advice Unlimited, at the USO of Metropolitan Washington Annual Awards Dinner, March 22 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Virginia. McAfee was an entertainment sponsor for this event, attended by 620 military and industry leaders and hosted by Sun Microsystems.Photos courtesy Advice UnlimitedXXXSPLITXXX-Sun Federal Chairman Scott McNealy discussed the role and future of IT in the federal government at an event hosted by Sun Microsystems Inc. at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center May 2.Photo courtesy 463 CommunicationsXXXSPLITXXX-The Washington Technology staff poses with cover dog Bear, an English bulldog, during the photo shoot for the 2006 Top 100 cover. From left: Staff Writers Ethan Butterfield, Doug Beizer, Roseanne Gerin; Editor Nick Wakeman; Art Director Virginia Bledsoe; Managing Editor Evamarie Socha; Web Director Jonathan Byus; Deputy Editor William Welsh. Absent from the photo are Staff Writer Alice Lipowicz, Copy Editor Sami Lais and Executive Editor Tom Temin.Photo by Rick Steele

Trendsetters

		Debbie Filippi of the Defense Department speaks at the AFCEA Bethesda Breakfast April 27.
		Andrew Battin, Wes Wilson, State Department's Lee Lohman, Gerri Ratliff and Col. Ed Hackett were panelists at the AFCEA Bethesda Breakfast.
	Gerri Ratliff of the Homeland Security Department
	Col. Ed Hackett of the Marine Corps
	Wes Wilson of Office of National Intelligence
	Andrew Battin of Office of Information Collection