Military IT Pros Ordered to Stay Away from Event Targeting Military IT Pros

If last week’s AFCEA West 2013 conference in San Diego is any indication, these are strange and trying times to be an IT professional with the U.S. military. AFCEA West is the annual confab that normally attracts thousands of Defense Department IT pros. The only problem is, the military is under standing orders not to incur expenses for such non-essential activities – so the intended audience from around the country couldn’t show up. There was even some confusion about whether military based in the southern California area were allowed to attend, judging by this post on the home page of… Continue Reading ›