ADVISORY/Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt to Discuss E-Commerce and `Strengthening the American State in the New Global Economy' On Monday, May 1 At Hoover Institution.Business/News Editors ADVISORY...for Monday (May 1) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt, who is a member of the Congressional Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, will address 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. and "Strengthening the American State in the New Global Economy" at 8:30 a.m., Monday, May 1, when he speaks at the Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . Leavitt is the designer of the "digital state" initiative in Utah to deliver high-speed Internet See broadband. access statewide and guarantee Utah's place in a global economy, and he is a founder of the Internet-based Western Governor's University. He also is the chairman of the National Governors Association for 1999-2000. Reporters Can Hear the Speech: To hear the Governor's address, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m., reporters should call 800/288-8974 by 8:25 a.m. to receive a live audio feed. Reporters Can Hear the Press Conference: At 9:30 a.m., Governor Leavitt will take 30 minutes of questions and answers from reporters who call 800/288-8968. Calls should be placed by 9:25 a.m. Reporters Can Attend Both the Speech and Press Conference: Reporters are also welcome to attend the speech and press conference. The speech will be at the Hoover Institution's Stauffer Auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. on the Stanford University campus. The press conference will be in a Hoover Institution conference room within the Hoover complex. Directions and information on parking are available by calling the Office of Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. , 650/723-0603. |
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