(ACERS, this courtesy of Karen Freeman, NPR)
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW
TO TAKE ACCESS AMERICA ON THE ROAD
Access America Conference Is in Seattle on March 11
Vice President Gore s National Performance Review (NPR) would
like to invite you to attendour Access America conferences. Access
America is Vice President Gore's 1997 report outlining steps to
encourage and increase citizen and business access--via the
Internet--to the most commonly requested government services by the
year 2000. These conferences will provide employees in federal,
state and local government, as well as private industry, with current
developments in the use of information technology and its
applications for reinventing government.
The Access America conference will be held at the Westin Seattle
Hotel, Seattle, WA on March 11, 1998. The conferences will focus
on five major topic areas: Internet/Intranet Success Stories;
Distance Learning and Collaboration; Advances in Electronic
Technology; Privacy and Security; and Year 2000.
Seattle Speakers and Panelists
Mr. James Evatt, President of Information and Communication
Systems, Boeing Company, is the keynote speaker at the Seattle
conference. Other speakers and panelists include: Secretary Rodney
Slater, Department of Transportation (invited); Steve Kolodney,
Chief Information Officer, State of Washington; Ed Lazowska,
University of Washington; Robin Gonzalez, Environmental Protection
Agency; James Van Wert, Small Business Administration; James
Gaston, UNISYS; Eileen O'Neill Odum, GTE Northwest; David Lamp,
USDA Graduate School; Michael Baum, Versign; Wayne Mercado,
Internal Revenue Service; and Elliott Rosen, Booz, Allen, and
Hamilton.
How to Register
The cost for the Seattle conference is $85 for federal, state,
and local government employees and $145 for non-government
employees, if registered by March 4, 1998. After March 4, the cost
is $125 for government employees and $185 for non-government
employees. To register, or to get information about Seattle and
other cities, visit http://conf.npr.gov or call 1-401-845-8818. If
you have any questions, please contact Karen Freeman at (202)
632-0408, or [log in to unmask]
For More About "Access America"
Visit http://www.gits.fed.gov/ to download "Access America" and
to learn more about the President's Government Information
Technology Services Board (GITSB). For more information about other
National Performance Review initiatives, visit http://www.npr.gov.
National Performance Review, 750-17th St., NW, Washington, DC
20006, (202) 632-0223. To subscribe by e-mail, send a message to:
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FIRSTNAME LASTNAME. For fax, send fax number to Pat Wood at
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