Florida AEA Executive Director Named to State Internet Task Force.Business Editors FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2000 Jo Moskowitz, Executive Director of the Florida Council of the American Electronics Association The American Electronics Association (now known as AeA) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry in the United States. , has been named to the State of Florida's Information Service Technology Development Task Force. The Task Force, which consists of 34 appointed bipartisan members, is chaired by Julia L. Johnson, who was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician, and was the 43rd Governor of Florida as well as the first Republican to be re-elected to that office. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of current President George W. earlier this year The Task Force was created to develop policies that will foster the free-market development and beneficial use of advanced communications networks The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. and information technologies within the state. It is responsible for developing overarching o·ver·arch·ing adj. 1. Forming an arch overhead or above: overarching branches. 2. Extending over or throughout: "I am not sure whether the missing ingredient . . . principles to guide state policy decisions with respect to the free market development, identifying factors that will affect whether Internet-related technologies will flourish in Florida, and developing policy recommendations for each factor with a goal of developing policies that promote growth of the technology and its beneficial use by Florida's businesses. Ms. Moskowitz serves on the eAccess & Awareness subcommittee sub·com·mit·tee n. A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee. subcommittee Noun of the Task Force chartered with developing policies to ensure that Florida's public and private sectors will focus on bridging the gap between information-rich and information-poor in order to foster equal access to IT for all Floridians. "I'm honored to have been selected as one of the Task Force Members, and pleased to see that the state is recognizing Florida's high-tech industry as a vital economic factor in our future growth," Ms. Moskowitz said. "I'm looking forward to working with the other distinguished members of the task force to help position Florida as a center for e-commerce and information technologies." The American Electronics Association (AEA AEA Atomic Energy Authority AEA n abbr (BRIT) (= Atomic Energy Authority) → consejo de energía nuclear; (BRIT) (SCOL) (= Advanced Extension Award) → ) is the nation's largest high-tech trade group, representing more than 3,000 U.S.-based technology companies. From AEA's Washington, DC office, a seasoned professional public policy staff provides strong leadership on national and international high-tech issues. The AEA has an active grassroots network through its 17 regional councils consisting of senior executives from high-tech member companies. Three international councils of AEA are located in Tokyo, Beijing, and Brussels. Membership spans the industry from telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. and computer firms to software and semiconductor companies. More information on the Task Force is available at www.itflorida.com. More information on the AEA can be found at www.aeanet.org |
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