Michael C. Daconta of Oberon Associates, Selected for the Federal 100 by Federal Computer Week Magazine.MANASSAS, Va. -- Michael C. Daconta, Vice President for Enterprise Data Management at Oberon Associates, Inc., was selected by Federal Computer Week Magazine to the prestigious "Federal 100," a select group of the top 100 government, private sector and academia professionals that most influenced government in 2005. Mr. Daconta was awarded this honor for his work as the Metadata Program Manager for the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States (DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) ). In his tenure at DHS, Mr. Daconta led the data team for the Information Sharing Council The Information Sharing Council (ISC) was established by Executive Order 13388, designed to be consistent with section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA). in response to Executive Order 13356, led an interagency working group to produce version 2.0 of the Federal Enterprise Architecture The Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) is an initiative of the US Office of Management and Budget that aims to comply with the Clinger-Cohen Act and provide a common methodology for information technology (IT) acquisition in the United States federal government. (FEA (Finite Element Analysis) A mathematical technique for analyzing stress, which breaks down a physical structure into substructures called "finite elements." The finite elements and their interrelationships are converted into equation form and solved mathematically. ) Data Reference Model (DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M ) and collaborated with the Department of Justice to launch the National Information Exchange Model (www.niem.gov). Mr. Daconta will be featured in the March 20th issue of Federal Computer Week. For Oberon Associates, Inc., Mr. Daconta has launched the Enterprise Data Management division for the company with the mission of increasing organizations speed and agility via the management of data as a strategic, enterprise asset. Mr. Daconta is building a unique team of highly-talented data management, semantic web and XML experts to serve our current and new government clients. On January 30th, Mr. Daconta was featured in Washington Technology Magazine for his ground-breaking work in metadata and the challenges of implementing a federal information sharing environment. Mr. Daconta will be speaking and writing on information sharing in multiple forums over the next few months. On February 15th, he spoke at the Information Technology Trends Conference (ITTC ITTC Information and Telecommunication Technology Center ITTC International Towing Tank Conference 2006), in Orlando Florida. About Oberon Associates, Inc. Founded by David L. Young and Jodi L. Johnson, Oberon Associates, Inc. based in Manassas, VA., is a woman owned, service-disabled veteran owned engineering services small business dedicated to providing responsive, quality Information Technology (IT) services to government and commercial clients at a competitive price. Oberon's IT services expertise includes Data Management, Biometric Applications and Integration, Intelligence Community (National Level and Tactical) and Communications Engineering. On the web at www.oberonassociates.com. |
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