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Treasury recompete success

MIL maintains its position as a subcontractor to RCG for the
Department of Treasury, Infrastructure Operations Support
Services Contract. MIL will continue to support the maintenance
of the distributed computing environment under the following
support tasks:
• Program Management
• Service Desk
• Desk side Support
• Data Center Operations
• Asset Management
Kudos to the Treasury team and all who worked on the winning
proposal!

conferences

FCW Cloud Summit

By Alex Tzavellas
On August 23rd, FCW hosted its 2017 Cloud Summit, offering a venue to discuss the technologies, policies,
and management strategies that provide a foundation for a cloud-based government. FCW’s Cloud Summit
expanded on topics covering policy, technology, and management when it comes to cloud computing, an
generated discussions on the future of the industry and its impact on the federal government.
MIL attended the Cloud Summit as an exhibitor, sponsor, and speaker. MIL’s Federal Salesforce Practice
Director, John Harlow, offered opening remarks for a session on cloud-driven innovation. MIL sponsored the
afternoon government keynote titled, Cloud-driven Innovation: Transforming Federal IT Services, given by
Health and Human Services Chief Technology Officer, Bruce Greenstein. Harlow’s opening remarks provided
a focus on the heightened importance of people in cloud-driven transformation.
“Due to the speed and resource shift we gain in the cloud, we now have time to allow strategic agency
initiatives to drive technology instead of technology steering the agency,” said Harlow. “People are what will
make the difference in this cloud-era, not technology.”
Following Harlow’s introduction, Greenstein delivered the event’s closing keynote address. His discussion revealed the resistance faced
by federal agencies when trying to implement modernization practices, while highlighting the transformative potential of cloud-based
technology.
MIL’s IT Services team includes a Salesforce Practice, led by Harlow, which focuses on maximizing customer relationship management
through technology in the federal government. The Salesforce Transformation Framework used in MIL’s practice utilizes cloud-
based technologies, ultimately helping agencies to modernize their tools and increase departmental efficiency for both their systems
and personnel.

employee stories

MIL S.C. Top Workplaces Award & of the most impactful sessions at the PDT was titled “Off Balance
on Purpose,” where I noticed that many of the success factors
Work-life in Charleston advocated by the speaker are prevalent within the MIL culture in
Charleston
By Sheena Kennedy The speaker, Dan Thurmon, emphasized the importance of
In September, I was pleased to learn that MIL was included in the embracing uncertainty and initiating challenges that lead to
“The South Carolina Top Workplaces”, a list of the best places to growth. In addition to being a professional speaker and author,
work in South Carolina. During the same week, I attended the Mr. Thurmon is an accomplished juggler. He compared juggling
AGA Professional Development Training (PDT) in Boston. One to embracing new responsibilities or skills within our careers.

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