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ADVISORY/ITAA Media Advisory: OMB Associate Director Mark Forman, Analysts and IT Industry Experts to Highlight Opportunities in the Government Marketplace for the IT Services Sector.


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ADVISORY...Thursday (Feb. 20)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

The Federal government may be a preferred customer again this year, as the commercial sector continues to show restraint in information technology (IT) spending.

What is the market outlook for the federal government? Will the states, many facing budget shortfalls, follow the fed's lead or retreat? What is on the minds of government Chief Information Officers? Get the answers to these and other questions at ITAA's Outlook for the IT Services Sector: Opportunities in Federal and State Government Martketplace.


WHAT:   IT Analysis and Outlook Event focused on Government Markets

WHEN:   Thursday February 20, 2003
        11:00am - 5:30pm

WHERE:  Millennium Broadway Hotel
        145 West 44th Street (Btw. 6th Ave and Broadway)
        New York, NY

WHO:    Speakers include:

        --  Mark Forman, Associate Director, Office of Management and
            Budget

        --  David Weild IV, Vice Chairman, NASDAQ

        --  Harris Miller, President, ITAA

        --  Scott Lewis, VP, INPUT

        --  Jim Kane, President, Federal Sources

        --  Paul Wohlleben, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

        --  Steve Carrier, SVP, Northrop Grumman Information
            Technology

        --  Robin Lineberger, SVP, BearingPoint

        --  Kenneth Johnson, President, CACI

        --  Ed Caso, Managing Director & Senior Director, Wachovia
            Securities

        --  Don Blair, SVP, Raymond James

        --  John Nyland, VP Public Sector, IBM

        --  Irwin Pfister, EVP, Schlumberger Ltd.

        --  Ed Burns, President, State & Local Government Division,
            CIBER

        --  Bill Loomis, Managing Director, Legg Mason

        --  Jim Thomas, VP, TATA Consultancy Services

        --  Neil Isford, VP, Dell/Plural Professional Services


HOW:    Members of the media can obtain more information and register
        here:  http://www.itaa.org/events/event.cfm?EventID=604.
        Space is limited.



The Information Technology Association of America See ITAA.  (ITAA (Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, VA, www.itaa.org) Formerly the Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO). A membership organization founded in 1960 that defines performance standards, improves management methods and monitors government ) provides global public policy, business networking This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , and national leadership to promote the continued rapid growth of the IT industry. ITAA consists of over 400 corporate members throughout the U.S., and a global network of 49 countries' IT associations.

The Association plays the leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.  competition, workforce and education, immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. , online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. , human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees.  and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers.  policy.

ITAA members range from the smallest IT start-ups to industry leaders in the Internet, software, IT services, ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). , digital content, systems integration, telecommunications, and enterprise solution fields. For more information visit www.itaa.org.
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