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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 2015 ROBOTICS EDITION | P.01 BRACKETOLOGY | P.06 BDPA@ 40 | P.12 MARCH 2015 bdpatoday VOLUME XL ISSUE 03 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH | BDPA@ 40 ATLAN TA, GA—In 1962, Dianne White Clatto became a media pioneer as the first African American female to broadcast weather on television. The Weather Channel recently featured her in an interview during Black History Month. Women’s History Month 2015 coverage with BDPA continues on P.06 and the following Success Story Board pins XŚƩƉƐ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ƉŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͘ĐŽŵͬďĚƉĂƚŽĚĂLJͬ Y The Weather Channel (TWC) filmed on location at Jackson State University (JSU) to showcase JSU’s successful meteorology program. The feature was the brainchild of JSU alumnae Vivian Brown (far left), who is a veteran meteorologist with The Weather Channel. Vivian Brown also interviewed media pioneer Dianne White Clatto (left inset) . Photo credits: The Weather Channel and St. Louis Post-Dispatch New Apps for Drones + Robotics set to Conquer the Last MILE JIT Systems, Efficient SCM Services, and New Delivery Apps Will Lead the Way Email it, print it, or send it here Z Dominos “explored” the just-in-- tme (JIT) delivery concept lastt year with a video featuring the “DomiCopter,” a small drone thatt delivers pizza right to your GPS location or your door. Dominoss coordinated with U.K.-based digital media company T and Biscuits, drone specialist AeroSight, and Big Communications for the mobile pizza delivery system, demonstrated in their video. Photos: Domino’s and PC Magazine WASHINGTON, DC—A key activityvity of tthehe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is i to develop regulations, policy, procedures, guidance material, and training requirements to support safe and efficient Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations in the National Airspace System (NAS), while coordinating with relevant departments and agencies to address related key policy areas of concern such as privacy and national security. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Public Law 112-95, mandated the creation and publication of a five- year Roadmap for this process. Unmanned Vehicles continued on P.05 bdpatoday ISSN 1946-1429 Volume XL NATIONAL BDPA CO-FOUNDER Earl A. Pace, Jr. NATIONAL BDPA PRESIDENT Pamela Sexton NATIONAL BDPA VICE PRESIDENT Michael Williams NATIONAL BDPA VP OF FINANCE Coram Rimes NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT NORTH REGION Frederick Smith, Jr. NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT SOUTH REGION Teresa Williams NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT MIDWEST REGION Michael Wulf NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT WEST REGION John Malonson III NBDPA CIO Julius Clark, CISSP BDPA EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (BETF) R. Wayne Hicks Executive Director FOUNDING PUBLISHER MANAGING EDITOR bdpa.org Perry Carter ABOUT US BDPA, formerly known as Black Data Processing Associates, was founded in 1975 to promote professional growth and technical development to those in or entering information and communications technology (ICT) career fields and related industries. Now in its 40th year (Volume XL) National BDPA (NBDPA) and participating local BDPA Chapters publish quarterly or monthly newsletters. 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ITSMF’s mission is to increase the level of African-American representation Chapter publications, such as bdpatoday, are available for at senior-levels of IT through executive leadership development programs, online publishing of ICT industry, chapter news, and community networking initiatives, formal mentoring and strategic partnerships. IT, Cyber, and STEM events. Forward advertisements, articles, calendar of events, or images with captions and credits to: In June of 2015, the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) will convene its second quarter (2Q15) IT Senior Management Symposium in Cincinnati, Ohio. [email protected]. Readers may use NBDPA Groupsite calendars, enhanced by Groupsite.com to review local events Continue and accelerate your journey to the C-Suite while exploring timely and relevant or visit www.bdpatoday.org. Advertisements, articles, topics critical to your professional development. Throughout the year members and announcements, OP-EDs, tweets, re-tweets, or following corporate partners gather at Symposiums, networking events and conferences to build National BDPA on social media does not constitute an rewarding professional and personal relationships. Learn, share and network with other endorsement. Contributor opinions are not necessarily those Technology executives in an atmosphere of trust, camaraderie and openness. bt of National BDPA, local BDPA Chapters, nor bdpatoday. P.04 bdpatoday.org z March 2015 CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF IT AND DATA PROCESSING JOIN OVER 40 CITIES, BDPA CHAPTERS, AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. NATIONAL BDPA | SINCE 1975, ADVANCING TECHNICAL CAREERS FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE BOARDROOM BDPAXL Your site for this year’s 40th Anniversary (BDPAXL) and National BDPA’s annual Technology Conference is Washington, District of Columbia—with BDPA Washington, D.C. (BDPA-DC) and BDPA Northern Virginia (BDPA NoVA) serving as industry’s Host Chapters. The Washington Hilton is the official headquarters hotel for this special assembly, Career Fair, Technology Expo, National High School Computer Competition (HSCC) scholarship round, National IT Showcase (ITSC) scholarship round, National Mobile App Development scholarship round, and the annual national Youth Technology Camp (YTC). Due to significant VIP events in the Nation’s Capital during BDPAXL, attendees are asked to pre-register early. Complete travel and lodging reservations for chapters, student teams, 40th anniversary events, career expo exhibit spaces, video commercials and publication advertisements on or before June 1, 2015. [email protected] [email protected] DRONES & FAA What does IT take to deploy new drones and new @pps for launching autonomous services for your favorite drones or UAVs? Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are inherently different from manned aircraft. Introducing UAS into the nation’s airspace is challenging for both the FAA and aviation community, because the U.S. has the busiest, most complex airspace in the world. The FAA is taking an incremental approach to safe UAS integration. ƐƚĂƚƵĞ ƚŽ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Photo credit: FAA Z Know Before You Fly U.S. airspace. Title 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(41) UAS come in a variety of shapes and sizes and ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ͞WƵďůŝĐ ŝƌĐƌĂŌ͟ ĂŶĚ Α serve diverse purposes. 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