Association for Enterprise Information
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The Association for Enterprise Information (AFEI) is an association for the United States government and the defense industry
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AFEI was formed in 1998 as an affiliate organization to the National Defense Industrial Association
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Before becoming an association, AFEI started as the US CALS (DOD)
Industry Steering Group in 1985. This organization was formed at the request of OSD and designed to advise DoD on the selection of commercial standards for data exchange among dissimilar systems. The Steering Group also conducted programs and activity in e-commerce and e-business.
The AFEI mission is to lead government agencies, industry and academia to strengthen global enterprise integration technology, processes and solutions.
AFEI advances enterprise integration, network centric operations and world E-commerce, through a series of workshops, symposia, exhibits and working groups. These events and exhibitions are designed to facilitate information sharing and networking opportunities. AFEI is a conduit for DoD policy and strategy input from industry through jointly chartered working groups.
Defense industry
The defense industry, also called the military industry, comprises government and commercial industry involved in research, development, production, and service of military materiel, equipment and facilities...
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AFEI was formed in 1998 as an affiliate organization to the National Defense Industrial Association
National Defense Industrial Association
The National Defense Industrial Association is an association for the United States government and the defense industry. Based in Arlington, Virginia, NDIA was established in 1919 as a result of the inability of the defense industry to scale up the war effort during World War I...
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Before becoming an association, AFEI started as the US CALS (DOD)
CALS (DOD)
CALS is a DOD initiative for electronically capturing military documentation and linking related information.The initiative has developed a number of standard specifications...
Industry Steering Group in 1985. This organization was formed at the request of OSD and designed to advise DoD on the selection of commercial standards for data exchange among dissimilar systems. The Steering Group also conducted programs and activity in e-commerce and e-business.
The AFEI mission is to lead government agencies, industry and academia to strengthen global enterprise integration technology, processes and solutions.
AFEI advances enterprise integration, network centric operations and world E-commerce, through a series of workshops, symposia, exhibits and working groups. These events and exhibitions are designed to facilitate information sharing and networking opportunities. AFEI is a conduit for DoD policy and strategy input from industry through jointly chartered working groups.