Only Paul Brubaker is the Deputy Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Defense. Well, in the case of who learns most from whom, I think it's easier to say that clearly the learning process works both ways. But most importantly to foster that shared sense of purpose between federal, state and local government IT players and set the direction for future IT management in serving government customers and citizens.
Government agencies do a lot of business with the private sector.
I think there is still some reluctance to communicate openly based on the old acquisition processes that we used to follow. But despite these changes, there are still some cultural impediments that we are working hard to overcome. I think it's fair to say that all federal agencies want to get the mission done for the best value. So we recognize that we actually have to do a much better job in communicating with the private sector. We participate with our counterparts in industry in professional development seminars.