The UID Forum & Defense Procurement eBusiness Conference Success

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L), Defense Procurement & Acquisition Policy, sponsored two events, April 6-8, 2009 in Denver, CO: the UID Forum and the Defense Procurement eBusiness Conference with nearly 1200 total attendees. Pictured is BG William "Tim" Crosby, PEO Aviation, as he delivered the Key Note presentation at the UID Forum.

During these co-located events, several individuals and teams were recognized for their achievements within the IUID and eBusiness communities. These award winners include:

• Ms. Shanna Poole – IUID Certificate of Appreciation
• Ms. Dorothy Ritter – IUID Individual Contribution Award
• Lockheed Martin – IUID Team Excellence Award
• Insight Technology – IUID Team Excellence Award

• Mr. Michael Holland – eBusiness Individual Contribution Award
• Mr. Juan Arratia – eBusiness Individual Contribution Award
• NAVSISA Puget Sound – eBusiness Team Excellence Award
• Southwest Asia Business Process Improvement Team – eBusiness Team Excellence Award

Reminder: The next UID Forum will be September 9-10, 2009 in Orlando, FL. Check out www.UIDForum.com for additional details.

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DoD IUID Registry Updates

The DoD IUID Registry passed 6 million items April 17 when Harris Corporation submitted a radio set via Wide Area Workflow. As the IUID Registry continues to grow, updates to the Registry will be added to increase functionality and user friendliness.

Changes made with IUID Registry Version 4.0, released March 31, 2009, include:

Warranty
The Registry now captures more information relating to an item’s Warranty, in addition to the Yes/No Indicator and the Indicator Date. If an item has a Warranty, the Award Instrument (contract information) is required and stored, as is the Warranty Event (acquisition, rollover).

Rollover
The Registry has added features that allow the user to update an item’s Part or Batch/Lot Number Rollover. Previously captured with a Part Number Update, the Registry will now capture a Part Number Rollover, as well as Batch or Lot Rollovers. The user will also have the ability to add a new Description to the Rollover, and register a Warranty.

Contact Section
A contact section has been added so Registry staff will be better able to contact XML submitters if there is a problem with the submission. The contact section includes System UID.

For additional details on the IUID Registry v4.0 release, please see: https://www.bpn.gov/iuid/documents/IUID_Website_Changes.pdf

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New IUID Video

The UID Policy Office has developed a brief video “Industry Perspective - Common Approaches, Toolsets, Wide Area WorkFlow and Success” presented by Mr. Andrew Jay, Subject Matter Expert.

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