NRO Applications Service Provider Working Group

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) invites you to its NRO Application Service Provider (NASP) Industry Advisory Working Group (IAWG) kickoff meeting Tuesday, Sept. 23, from 3 to 5 p.m.

The government is in the process of defining the NASP operating model, technical architecture, and how and what it will procure. Help shape the government-industry ecosystem surrounding the NASP’s move to a Software Services Platform.

To jump-start the dialogue and form a coherent industry voice, USGIF has formed theNASP IAWG. The mission of the working group is to assist the NRO in achieving its transformation objectives and to provide insights from an industry-partner perspective.

The working group will provide a collaborative, vendor/integrator-agnostic venue that is strategic and objective, offer options and tradeoffs, and emphasize speed and pragmatism over research.

USGIF will serve as the convening organization for this effort and will contribute meeting space, logistics support, and communications channels. To achieve success, the working group requires consistent participation from industry. Members are expected to bring best practices, lead discussions, and conduct follow-up reporting. Participation is voluntary and uncompensated, but the return on investment is a deeper understanding of the future procurement environment.

If there are other industry partners you would like to recommend for participation, please forward this invitation. Our joint success is a function of everyone’s time and talent.