ITAA Federal Market Briefing to Feature DHS CIO Steve Cooper, Representative Zoe Lofgren.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2003 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 ) will host a May 30th half-day briefing highlighting opportunities in the federal government IT market in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , CA. Steven Cooper, Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , will be the featured keynote speaker. Cooper will address opportunities and opportunities with applying information technology to the 22 federal agencies and departments consolidated under the new DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) , and will outline future IT needs. Representative Zoe Lofgren Zoe Lofgren (born Sue Lofgren on December 21 1947), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the 16th District of California (map), based in San Jose. , member of the Select Committee on Homeland Security, will provide the view from Capitol Hill on IT spending at DHS. Additional speakers and panels will address key issues vendors need to know when selling to the federal government. The event will take place from 8:30am to 12:30pm at the Network Meeting Center at TechMart. For more information or to register for this instructive, high level event, visit: http://www.itaa.org/events/event.cfm?EventID=739. ITAA is the leading information technology industry association specializing in the government space. Sponsors of the event are General Dynamics, Oracle Corporation, SAP and Secure Computing. For information on sponsorships, contact Carol Henton at Chenton@itaa.org or 650-357-7728. Members of the press should contact Tinabeth Burton at tburton@itaa.org or 703-284-5305 to register. The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) provides global public policy, business networking, 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 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, human resources and e-commerce policy. ITAA members range from the smallest IT start-ups to industry leaders in the Internet, software, IT services, ASP, digital content, systems integration, telecommunications, and enterprise solution fields. For more information visit www.itaa.org. |
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